Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all, with a worldwide gross of $2.9 billion. It was a cultural phenomenon back in 2009/2010. Yet it is a film that had many detractors and was dismissed as a “Dancing with Smurfs” and “Ferngully in Space.” Whilst I have been critical of Avatar: The Way of Water, the […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Review
Silent Night, Deadly Night is seen as a Christmas horror classic and spawned a series of five films and a reboot. Cineverse, the company behind Terrifier 3 and The Toxic Avenger reboot, have taken on the task of rebooting the series for a second time. Billy Chapman (Rohan Campbell) is a drifter who goes from […]
Ella McCay Review
Octogenarian James L. Brooks returns to filmmaking for the first time in 15 years. This time, the director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets makes an ensemble comedy-drama set during the 2008 recession. Ella McCay (Emma Mackey) is the 34-year-old lieutenant governor who succeeds her boss, Bill Moore (Albert […]
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Review
Five Nights at Freddy’s was a big hit for Universal and Blumhouse, making $297 million at the box office from a $20 million budget. This feat was particularly impressive, given that the film had weak reviews and a simultaneous theatrical and digital release. The sequel builds on the lore of the property. In 1982, a […]
Zootropolis 2 Review
Disney has returned to the world of Zootopia (or Zootropolis in many parts of Europe), with Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde needing to work together to uncover another conspiracy. Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick (Jason Bateman) have been police partners for a week. When they cause a colossal amount of damage, Chief Bogo (Idris Elba) […]
Eternity Review
Eternity is a fantasy romantic comedy where a woman is given an impossible choice on how to spend her afterlife. Larry and Joan Cutler (Barry Primus and Better Buckley) have been a married couple for 65 years. That all ends when Larry dies choking on a pretzel, and he finds himself in The Junction in […]
Historia: Braveheart
Braveheart is a film that needs little introduction. It won five Academy Awards and has been held in high regard by audiences. It has an 8.3 score on IMDB from 1.1 million users. It’s also the poster child for historical inaccuracies in movies. William Wallace (Mel Gibson) was a humble farmer who suffered at the […]
Christy Review
Christy Martin is seen as one of the first successful female boxers, and her life and career are explored in the biopic Christy. In 1989, Christy Salter (Sydney Sweeney) discovers she has a boxing talent. She gets noticed by a promoter in Tennessee and is put into contact with a trainer, James V. Martin (Ben […]
Wicked: For Good Review
Wicked was one of the biggest hits of 2024, earning $759 million at the box office, acclaim from audiences and critics, and earning awards recognition. The sequel has become a highly anticipated film because of this success. Five years after the events of Wicked, Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) has been leading a resistance against the […]
Pillion Review
Pillion is Harry Lighton’s directorial debut as he explores a same sex BDSM relationship in one of the most critically acclaimed British films of 2025. Colin Smith (Harry Melling) is a meek, quiet man who has a chance encounter with a biker called Ray (Alexander Skarsgård). A relationship quickly forms between the pair, with Ray […]










