When her baby brother is kidnapped by a murder of crows, Prue McKeel (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), alongside school friend Curtis (Jacob Tremblay), enters the magical Impassable Wilderness in pursuit. Inside lies an enchanted forest where different factions vie for control. Laika Studios' sixth movie is another spectacularly beautiful and lovingly created ode to film. The … Continue reading Wildwood
Downtrodden janitor Winston (Peter Dinklage) finds himself thrown into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into the horrifically deformed superhero The Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger is a rather hilarious and fun homage/reboot of the 1984 low budget horror movie of the same name. It is a B-movie, splatterfest with an awful lot of … Continue reading The Toxic Avenger: Unrated
Jerry Kane (Nick Offerman) identifies as a “Sovereign Citizen” exempt from the laws of the state by virtue of the fact that he does not consent to them. Whilst travelling around the state with his son Joe (Jacob Tremblay) giving sermons on his beliefs to people in financial difficulties his views begin to radicalise even … Continue reading Sovereign
Three acts in the life of Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) told in reverse order. Beginning with the apocalypse and ending with a childhood beset by setbacks. All framed in a reassuringly life affirming manner. The three acts in the Life of Chuck initially feel somewhat disconnected, but it is in the explanation of how they come … Continue reading The Life of Chuck
Orion (Jacob Tremblay) is scared of the dark. Petrified. But then Dark (Paul Walter Hauser) comes to visit him and ask him why he is so scared. Orion And The Dark starts as a fairly standard children’s animated adventure. A scared child who is visited by extraordinary figures who will teach him not to be … Continue reading Orion And The Dark
Ariel (Halle Bailey) is a mermaid who is entranced by the human world and dreams of being able to live in it. After saving a young prince named Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) she disobeys her father’s orders and makes a deal with her evil aunt to be able to join the human world. But can she … Continue reading The Little Mermaid (2023)
