A sprawling frontier Western beginning in 1859 that tells multiple converging storylines that all centre on the town of Horizon. Horizon itself does not yet exist. It is a dream sold to would be settlers of perfectly pristine untouched land in the San Pedro Valley which just happens to be a sacred location for the … Continue reading Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Fast talking Detroit detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) returns to Beverly Hills when the life of his estranged daughter Jane Saunders (Taylour Paige) is threatened. Forty years since the original Beverly Hills Cop and thirty years since the most recent Beverly Hills Cop 3 we now have the fourth film in the franchise. As modern … Continue reading Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter who is attempting to write about his parents who died in a car crash when he was twelve. As a source of inspiration he gets the train to visit his childhood home only to find his parents there ready to welcome him in. At the same time as this … Continue reading All Of Us Strangers
My odyssey to the Planet of the Apes is complete. Nine films in nine days. You can find my in depth thoughts on all of the films here: The Planet of the Apes Original Films Review (1968-1973) Planet of the Apes (2001) The Planet of the Apes Trilogy Review (2011-2017) But this article is the all important rankings, … Continue reading Planet of the Apes – Ranked
When Border Terrier Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell) is abandoned by his owner Doug (Will Forte) he joins up with fellow strays Bug (Jamie Foxx), Maggie (Isla Fisher) and Hunter (Randall Park) to learn the rules of the street and track down his owner. I had high hopes for Strays based on its trailer. It … Continue reading Strays
Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) is a genius whose skills as a surgeon allow him to bring back to life the dead body of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone). Bella, reanimated without any of her memories or learned skills is effectively a child in a woman’s body. In order to study her personal growth better Godwin … Continue reading Poor Things
Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) is a Major League Baseball player not quite ready to give up on the game despite his recent diagnosis of MS. So when the new home he purchases with his wife and children has a pool built on a natural water source he sees it as an opportunity to engage in … Continue reading Night Swim
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… only kidding. Rebel Moon was originally conceived as Zack Snyder’s Star Wars story but fate decided otherwise and it is now his attempt at creating a science fiction fantasy epic birthing a new universe in which many stories can be told. Kora (Sofia Boutella) is … Continue reading Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire
In the final moments of World War II a cowardly kamikaze pilot by the name of Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) pretends his plane is malfunctioning in order to land on a small island where repairs can be completed. Unfortunately for Koichi though a giant reptilian sea creature that the locals call Godzilla lays waste to … Continue reading Godzilla Minus One
Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is an evolutionary biologist who is yet to publish and a family man who feels unimportant to his children. So when the general public start to see him in their dreams he feels seen and wonders if he can use the notoriety to finally publish the book he has dreamed of. … Continue reading Dream Scenario
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