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After a decade’s long break the Jackass crew is back for a fourth cinematic outing where they perform stunts, pranks and acts of self-harm. When I review a film I normally give a brief plot synopsis. With Jackass Forever that isn’t possible since it’s a film with no plot or story, it’s about a group of men […]
One of the more unexpected effects this pandemic has had on my movie-going life is an almost total lack of exposure to bad films. With the effort and precautions required to see a movie in theaters, I’ve found myself exclusively choosing to see things I know I’ll enjoy. Couple that with the production slowdown at […]
Illumination returns to their musical world of singing animals with a sequel to their 2016 hit Sing. Buster Moon’s (Matthew McConaughey) theatre has reopened, and their Alice in Wonderland show is the talk of the town. Buster hopes to take the show to Redshore City, the entertainment capital of the world, and when he and his troupe audition […]
Nightmare Alley is the first film made by Guillermo del Toro since winning Academy Awards for his monster romance The Shape of Water. This time he has made a neo-noir mystery involving people faking that they have mystical powers. In 1939 Stanton “Stan” Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) leaves his home and takes a job in a travelling […]
Licorice Pizza is a ‘70s set coming-of-age film from the acclaimed filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. His latest film sees an unusual relationship between a 15-year-old and an older woman. Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) is a child actor who flirts with Alana Kane (Alana Haim), a photographer assistant on school picture day. Despite the 10-year age difference […]
Wes Craven’s original Scream was a genre-defining masterpiece. Prior to its 1996 release, mainstream horror was pretty much dead. Audiences had grown tired of the increasingly ludicrous sequels popular franchises were churning out at that point. The only move left was to make a horror movie about horror movies. Through its meta deconstruction of slasher […]
Universal Pictures’ spy-thriller The 355 is the first major cinematic release of 2022. It is also set to be one of the first box-office flops of the year despite its all-star cast. A special program on a hard drive that can hack any network has disappeared after a raid in Colombia. It appears again when a DNI […]
Clifford the Big Red Dog is a long-running series that has spanned books, animated series, and an animated film. The 2021 live-action film marks Clifford’s first life action-adventure. Emily Elizabeth Howard (Darby Camp) is a 12-year-old girl who is the new kid at a private school. She’s bullied because of her new girl status. When Emily’s […]
After two films of varying quality the Kingsman franchise returns for a prequel film that shows the origins of the spy organisation. Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) is an English aristocrat and committed pacifist. When The Great War erupts Oxford starts up a spy network and along with his son, Conrad (Harris Dickinson), they get involved in some […]
And the award for Most Cynical Movie of 2021 goes to… Don’t Look Up is the latest genre-defying dark comedy from the very specific mind of Writer/Director Adam McKay. The film paints a bleak portrait of humanity through its satire, reveling in the worst of our impulses with its tale of scientific denial, greed, and […]