We all have had ‘one of them days.’ For some people, those days can be worse than for others. Two friends and roommates experience a particularly bad day in a Los Angeles-set buddy comedy. Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) have been friends and roommates for seven years. Dreux is about to have the job interview […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
License to Be Killed: James Bond at Amazon
The James Bond franchise has experienced a seismic change with the announcement that Barbara Broccoli has given up creative control to Amazon. The franchise has gone from being a personal legacy for the Broccolis to being a part of a corporate entity. The news has been received badly by Bond fans, including myself. There are […]
Captain America: Brave New World Review
Captain America enters a brave new world with Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) taking on the mantle of the shield-wielding hero. Sam Wilson operates as Captain America for the American government, partaking in clandestine missions. Sam stops a black market deal in Oaxaca, Mexico, which results in him saving an international treaty and the hero getting […]
The Monkey Review
The Monkey is a darkly comic offering from the pantheon of Stephen King adaptations. This film is the follow-up of Osgood Perkins’ sleeper hit, Longlegs. In 1999 twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelburn (Christian Convery/Theo James) find a toy monkey amongst their father’s possessions. When the boys use The Monkey people they know die and […]
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Review
Bridget Jones returns for a fourth film with Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. This time the romcom icon deals with motherhood and widowhood after the loss of her beloved Mr. Darcy. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) has been a widow for four years after her husband (Colin Firth) died on a humanitarian mission in Sudan. She […]
Britflix: Bridget Jones’s Diary
Bridget Jones is a rom-com icon and a piece of British pop culture. She has appeared in a series of novels and seeing that a fourth film is out, now is a good time to check out the film that started it all. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is a 32-year-old singleton living in London. After […]
Heart Eyes Review
Valentine’s Day is a day for romance. It’s also the day a new slasher villain has chosen to go on a killing spree in the romantic-comedy horror hybrid Heart Eyes. Ally (Olivia Holt) is a pitch designer at a luxury jewellery company in Seattle. Her latest campaign is received poorly because the Heart Eyes Killer […]
Saturday Night Review
Saturday Night Live is an American television institution. It has lasted for 50 years, and the story of its first broadcast is told in an energetic comedy-drama. It’s October 11, 1975, and NBC is 90 minutes from broadcasting an unusual show, a live sketch show with musical and comedic guests. Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), leads […]
The Brutalist Review
The Brutalist is one of the leading contenders for the 97th Academy Awards, having earned 10 nominations as of this writing. László Tóth (Adrien Brody) is a Holocaust survivor who emigrated to America after the Second World War. Despite being a celebrated architect in Europe, László survives to earn a living in Philadelphia. He gets […]
Companion Review
From the team that brought audiences the horror hit Barbarian and the studio of The Notebook is a darkly funny film about a toxic relationship. Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) are a couple in love and plan to spend the weekend at a Russian oligarch’s lake house. Iris is given a chance to […]