Ari Aster is quickly emerging to be more of the most acclaimed if divisive filmmakers in the horror genre. His first film was loved by critics but received a mix reception from fans and his follow-up film is going down the same route. Midsommar follows a group of American university students who have been invited by […]
Author: Kieran Freemantle
Catch-22 – Episode 1 Review
Catch-22Â is a celebrated satirical novel by Joseph Heller and has been adapted into a six-part miniseries for Hulu. In the UK the show is being broadcast on Channel 4. The series follows an American bomber squadron based in Italy during the Second World War. The first episode follows John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a bombardier who’s […]
Pitch Time: The MCU X-Men Movie
The X-Men is one of the excessive and thematic comic book franchises around. It has hundreds of characters and has people who are discriminated against for having powers. Now that Disney has brought 20th Century Fox the world of the X-Men is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe which delights Marvel fans but raises […]
The X-Men Movies: Worst to Best
20th Century Fox’s version of the X-Men has come to an end with the mutants set to join the MCU. Fox’s franchises span 12 films that were made over 19 years.  It was a series which attracted some great filmmakers who got to work with some of the best source material comic books have to offer. The film series has […]
The Victim Review
The murder of James Bulger has had a massive impact on the British psyche. Not only was it a horrific crime but also due to the perpetrators being so young. This crime serves as the influence on the Scottish miniseries The Victim. Craig Myers (James Harkness) is a 28-year-old bus driver with a young family. His world is shattered when […]
Spider-man: Far From Home Review
Spider-man: Far From Home is the first MCU film to be released after Avengers: Endgame – and the implication those events have on the film franchise. Seeing that Endgame ended on such a high Spider-man: Far From Home had a lot to live up to. Spider-man: Far From Home picks up eight months after Avengers: Endgame where The Avengers successfully reverse ‘The Blip.’  Peter […]
Yesterday Review
Yesterday is a film that has gathered some of the biggest talents in British entertainment. It was produced by Working Title Films, directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle, written by Richard Curtis, and centred on the music of The Beatles. Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a struggling musician who is prepared to give it up after one […]
I Love My Mum Review
I Love My Mum is the second feature-length film from Camelot Films. This comedy had a bigger budget but was problematic on a writing level. Ron and Oleg (Tommy French and Kierston Wareing) are mother and son who have an incredibly dysfunctional relationship. After one argument too many the pair end up crashing into a shipping container and […]
Informer Review
Informer was a BBC miniseries described as a character-driven thriller which lasted for six episodes. Raza (Nabhaan Rizwan) is young British-Pakistani whose is is forced to infiltrate a terrorist cell by Gabe Waters (Paddy Considine), a detective for the Met’s Counter Terrorism unit. Gabe promises Raza that his mother would get a British passport if he’s successful, but if […]
Toy Story 4 Review
Toy Story was the film that put Pixar on the map and the subsequent films made the series a perfect trilogy. So it was seemingly bizarre that Pixar would go back to the well for a fourth entry. After the events of Toy Story 3 Andy has given up his toys to a little girl called Bonnie (Madeleine […]