It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The leaves are falling, pumpkins are being carved, and knife-wielding maniacs are stalking their way through small suburban towns. Yes, the long-awaited, long-delayed newest installment in the Halloween franchise is finally in theaters and on Peacock this weekend, delivering all the gory thrills horror fans long for […]
Film Reviews
The Addams Family 2 Review
The 2019 version of The Addams Family made over $200 million from a $24 million budget. With numbers like that a sequel was inevitable. This time the Addamses go on the road and tour America. Gomez Addams (Oscar Isaac) fears his children are growing distant from him. To resolve this he plans to take the family on […]
The Addams Family (2019) Review
The Addams Family is an enduring franchise. It has been around since 1938 and has been adapted into live-action and animated shows and had two hit live-action films in the early 1990s. MGM rebooted the franchise with an animated film in 2019. After getting married, Gomez and Morticia Addams (Oscar Isaac and Charlize Theron) flee their […]
Mass Review
I have never been a part of a crowd so still and on edge as the audience for the new film Mass. I had the privilege of attending the Washington DC premiere of the movie (out this weekend in the US) where the tension in the theater was palpable. We were all there to share […]
Kate Review
2014’s John Wick has upped the game across the action genre. Many films have tried to replicate that series’ style. Kate is the latest film trying to follow in John Wick’s footsteps. Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is an American assassin working in Japan. Killing yakuza bosses is a dangerous game and Kate gets poisoned with a radioactive substance. She […]
No Time to Die Review
After 15 years and five films, Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond has come to an end. His last film, No Time to Die is set to be a film that will cause debate for years to come. No Time to Die picks up five years after Spectre left off. Bond has gone into retirement, living a quiet life in […]
Respect Review
Aretha Franklin is the latest beloved musical to receive the biopic treatment. It’s a film following on a tread that Walk the Line and Bohemian Rhapsody has started. Respect follows the life of Aretha Franklin (Skye Dakota Turner/Jennifer Hudson) from the age of 10 to the release of her live album of Amazing Grace in 1972. During this 20-year period Franklin’s musical […]
Dear Evan Hansen Review
I am an unashamed fan of movie musicals. If your film is at all cohesive and features sequences of the characters singing and dancing, chances are I’m gonna be on board. Honestly, a movie musical has to really drop the ball or misinterpret its source material in order for me to not be on its […]
The Collini Case Review
The Collini Case is a German courtroom drama that worked as a personal drama and looked into Germany’s dark history. Casper Leinen (Elyas M’Barek) is a young lawyer who is given his first case as a public defendant. His client is Fabrizio Collini (Franco Nero), an Italian national who has lived in Germany for 30 years. […]
Gunpowder Milkshake Review
Gunpowder Milkshake is a part of the tread of mid-budget action movies. It was a film that has been released by Netflix in the US and Sky Cinema in the UK. Sam (Karen Gillan) is an assassin for The Firm. She’s given a job to get back some money stolen from The Firm. She ends up […]