The ‘live-action’ version of The Lion King was a huge hit for Disney, being the second highest-grossing film of 2019. This success led the studio to greenlight a prequel and hired acclaimed filmmaker Barry Jenkins to direct. Mufasa (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) are about to have their second cub, and they had to […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Outnumbered 2024 Boxing Day Special Review
It has been eight years since the Brookmans last appeared on TV screens. They return once more for a Christmas Special, this time with the children all grown up. Pete and Sue (Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner) have downsized to a terrace house and are preparing for their children’s return for Christmas lunch in November. […]
Doctor Who – Joy to the World Review
“Joy to the World” is the second Christmas special of the Disney era of Doctor Who. This Christmas-set adventure sees The Doctor team up with Derry Girls/Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan. Joy Almondo (Coughlan) books into a hotel in London on Christmas Day 2024. Her simple stay escalates quickly when a Silurian hotel manager and a […]
Stray (Xbox) Review
Many people love cats. They are lovable mischief-makers who know how to get what they want. The French game developers, BlueTwelve Studio, give gamers a chance to play as a realistic cat in a dark cyberpunk adventure. Four stray cats live in the overgrown ruins of an abandoned city. When one of the cats jumps […]
Maria Review
Maria is the third and final film in Pablo Larraín’s “Ladies with Heels” trilogy, a series of films about important 20th Century women. This film focuses on the opera singer Maria Callas during the last week of her life. It is 1977, and Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) lives in Paris. It has been four and a […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Review
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most iconic video game characters who has made a splash in other forms of media. His third theatrical film has been heavily marketed and it looks like it will be one of the biggest films of the holiday period. In 1974 a top-secret G.U.N. military facility suffered from […]
Kraven the Hunter Review
Kraven the Hunter is the sixth entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU) with Aaron Taylor-Johnson taking on the role of the vigilante raising hell across the criminal world. Sergei Kravinoff (Taylor-Johnson) is the son of Nikolai (Russell Crowe), a ruthless crime lord. He survived being mauled by a lion when he was a teenager and […]
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Review
J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium is extensive and more than just The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. This rich source material has been mined again, resulting in an anime prequel based on the legend of Helm Hammerhand. 183 years before the events of The War of the Ring, Rohan entered into a war that […]
Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro Review
Klara and the Sun is the eighth novel written by Japanese-born British author, Kazuo Ishiguro. It is his second dystopia novel after Never Let Me Go. Klara is an Artificial Friend, or AF for short, an android designed to be a companion to a teenager. Klara becomes fixated on Josie, a girl who sees the […]
Small Things Like These Review
Small Things Like These is an adaptation of a novel by Claire Keegan and premiered at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) is a coal merchant in New Ross, County Wexford. He’s the father to five daughters and is respected within the community. When Bill witnesses a young woman, Sarah (Zara […]