It’s a reunion for director Martin McDonagh and leading co-stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson who had all previously worked together in the 2008 crime comedy, In Bruges. The pairing of Farrell and Gleeson was like catching lightning in a bottle, but McDonagh proves that it can happen again. The story of The Banshees of […]
Tag: 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front – Review
Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a literary masterpiece. Its anti-war message based on the events of World War I has retained its relevancy almost a hundred years later, with this movie adaptation – directed by Edward Berger for Netflix – bringing the story to the next generation. This […]
Werewolf by Night – Review
For years I’ve been saying that Marvel is getting too comfortable and have become stagnant and stubborn in their ways. Once they found monumental success with The Avengers in 2012 it felt like they finally had a formula that worked and took the superhero sub-genre to new heights. But since the turn of its 4th […]
Blonde – Review
You’d have to search long and hard to find somebody who doesn’t know of Marilyn Monroe, but Norma Jeane? That’s another story. That is what Blonde explores (or should I say exposes) as it takes a fictional dive into the life of both the woman we knew in front of the camera and the one […]
Pinocchio (2022) – Review
Whilst most of Disney’s live action remakes have received commercial success, they have all failed to reach the same level of highs that their animation origins once did. These rehashes are either a complete rip of the original creators or so far removed from them that it lacks the spirit or magic which once made […]
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Review
Perhaps the second of two movies that could really earn the title of ‘multiverse of madness’ to be released in 2022. But unlike Marvel’s Doctor Strange sequel, the directing duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert really throw the kitchen sink (and then some) at the concept of a multiverse. Not being restrained to contractual […]
Bullet Train – Review
Director David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw) doubles down on the dumb chaos that he provided with his Deadpool sequel. Non-stop action, constant visual comedy and plenty of characters that present a variety of varying characteristics (for better or worse). Bullet Train is a wild ride that desperately tries to not […]
Lightyear – Review
Not the origin story you’d expect or associate with an already well established character, Lightyear paints a unique picture. Pixar essentially wants you to view this through the lens of those in the Toy Story world (like Andy for instance). The opening text to the movie reads “In 1995 Andy got a toy. That toy was […]
Thirteen Lives – Review
During the summer of 2018 the football World Cup had kicked into action, but while most of the world was preoccupied with the historical event there was another happening in the northern area of Thailand. Whilst many united in the celebration of their nations scoring goals for their country, an elite group of professionals and […]
Prey – Review
It was only four years ago that director Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys) tried to reinvent the Predator franchise and bring it back to fine form after decades of failing to replicate the success of 1987’s ‘Predator’. But much like the many sequels/redesigns that have come and gone without leaving much of […]
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