REVIEW: Men in Black International
The Men in Black franchise has taken an odd path to get here – Barry Sonnenfeld’s first outing in 1997 was an excellent example of a blockbuster – it had tonnes of originality, excellent performances (and chemistry, using the mismatched buddy cop formula well, with…
REVIEW: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
“To remember.” It doesn’t feel like a minute since we saw Mr Wick running out of Central Park for his life. The grace period is over now. Excommunicado is in effect. Tick tock. Chad Stahelski’s third chapter in the Wick series picks up thirty five…
REVIEW: Cold Pursuit (2019)
This 2019 American black comedy thriller is directed by Hans Petter Moland as a remake of his own native 2014 vigilante film ‘In Order of Disappearance’ and stars Liam Neeson, Tom Bateman, Emmy Rossum, William Forsythe, Julia Jones, Domenick Lombardozzi and Laura Dern. Mild-mannered Kehoe…
REVIEW: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
In recent years, there seems to be an influx in manga-to-film adaptations: last year saw the release of Netflix’s Bleach and Full Metal Alchemist and the year before saw the release of the US live-action adaptations of Death Note and Ghost in the Shell. Unfortunately,…
REVIEW: The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Based on one of the most iconic legends in history, The Kid Who Would Be King takes a spin on the classic King Arthur story and catapults it into modern times. Behind this modern retelling is British filmmaker Joe Cornish, who after eight long years…
REVIEW: Polar (2019)
This 2019 neo-noir action film, based on the comic series of the same name, is directed by Jonas Åkerlund and stars Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Katheryn Winnick and Matt Lucas. As the world’s greatest assassins Duncan ‘The Black Kaiser’ Vizla prepares to retire, his boss…
REVIEW: Bumblebee (2018)
Let’s be honest, Transformer fans haven’t had an easy ride with movie adaptions. Back in 1985 during Transformers: The Animated Movie, every child’s favourite Autobot Optimus Prime was unexpectedly killed off. In 2007 Michael Bay unleashed the first (and best) of the live action films. What came next were 4 sequels all declining…
REVIEW: Aquaman (2018)
The DCEU badly needs a win. To say the DCEU has had peaks and troughs is something of an understatement. Despite, for my part, ‘Man of Steel’ being far stronger than the wider consensus says, and ‘Wonder Woman’ being as universally acclaimed as it is,…
REVIEW: Mortal Engines (2018)
Based on the book by Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines is set in a post-apocalyptic future where in order to survive, whole towns and cities are on wheels, roaming the Earth looking for fuel. Smaller towns are on the constant lookout for predator cities, London being…
REVIEW: Robin Hood (2018)
