The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
As public opinion of Superman (David Corenswet) turns negative following an international incident, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) sees it as an opportunity to destroy him. The latest iteration of Superman eschews an origin story and places us in a world where “meta-humans” are the norm. It opens with a write up that establishes that Superman … Continue reading Superman
A mocumentary telling the story of the 1982 Tour de France in which all but five cyclists were disqualified for doping. This crazy TV movie runs for only 41 minutes but somehow manages to cram in an insane amount of jokes in an even more insane story. There is nothing real about the story or … Continue reading Tour de Pharmacy
It’s 1999 and when a Halloween prank goes badly wrong for Dean, JT and Wes they make up a friend called Ricky Stanicky who they can place the blame on. Fast forward twenty-five years and Ricky Stanicky has a whole life that is entirely devised around Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino) and Wes (Jermaine … Continue reading Ricky Stanicky
Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the best selling author of the Argylle (Henry Cavill) spy novels. Whilst working on book five of the series she is saved from a kidnapping attempt by secret agent Aidan Wilde (Adam Rockwell) who explains that her books appear to be prophetic visions of current events and an evil … Continue reading Argylle
Having grown up in the sewers four mutant turtles are desperate to be accepted by the human world that they have only been able to see in secret. So they decide to take on a super criminal as a way to be accepted on the surface. This new version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles … Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his ‘family’ face a new threat from their past in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa). Dante is the son of Hernan Reyes who the team dispatched all the way back in Fast Five and as is now almost expected in a Fast film there is a bit of … Continue reading Fast X
Controversial statement - Was TV better than Cinema this year? One thing I am constantly amazed at is the sheer volume of terrific TV available to us now. Every time I have a conversation with someone about what they watched this year it almost goes without saying they will name a minimum of two shows … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Television
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