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2018’s Holmes & Watson has earned a reputation for being one of the worst mainstream comedies made in recent years, ‘winning’ four Razzies. But does it deserve this reputation? Sherlock Holmes (Will Ferrell) is the most celebrated detective in London despite being a pompous arse. Holmes and his loyal assistant, John Watson (John C. Reilly) face their […]
Ned Kelly is a controversial figure in Australia who lived a life of crime and died at the age of 25. His story has been adapted to screen numerous times with the latest version being based on a novel by Peter Carey. True History of the Kelly Gang follows Ned Kelly both as a child […]
The fifth film of Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, was one of contrasts. The biggest being the conflict between a talented director and a terrible screenplay. Years after the events of Jurassic World the volcano on Isla Nublar is about to erupt and the dinosaurs would suffer a second extinction event. Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) leads […]
Jellyfish is a social drama in the British tradition of kitchen-sink realism as it focuses on the struggles of a teenage girl. Sarah Taylor (Liv Hill) is a 15-year-old girl living in Margate. She has to act as the primary carer for her younger siblings and bipolar mother (Sinead Matthews). To make ends meet she works […]
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms was Disney’s attempt to adapt the famous ballet and the E. T. A. Hoffman novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. What the studio came up with was a cookie-cutter fantasy. Clara Stahlbalm (Mackenzie Foy) is a tomboyish girl in Victorian London who’s interested is in science and engineering. Clara has a strained […]
The second film in the Harry Potter spin-off series sees a big expansion of its storytelling scope. After the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is banned from leaving England unless he joins the Ministry of Magic. When he refuses to do this his old teacher, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) assigns […]
Within the UK there is a lucrative subgenre of films that appeals to middle-class, middle-England audiences. The film story about the Military Wives choir easily fits in that category. At a military base, the soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan for a six-month tour. Whilst their families at home the wives have to find things to […]
Blumhouse’s version The Invisible Man is the latest film by writer/director Leigh Whannell. It shows that both the studio and the filmmaker are the current masters of budget filmmaking. Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) is a woman who makes a daring escape from her abusive boyfriend, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Two weeks later, Cecilia hears Adrian has committed […]
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was the big awards’ winner of the 2019/2020 season, earning awards like Best Picture at the Academy Awards and the Palme d’Or at Cannes. But was it worthy of the accolades? The Kims are a poor, under-employed family. They live in a basement, leach off others for wifi, and make pizza boxes for a living. The […]
2020’s version of The Call of the Wild is the latest adaptation of Jack London’s classic children’s story. This time more special effects were used to bring the story to life. During the Klondike Gold Rush, there was a demand for big, strong dogs to work as sleigh dogs. Because demand was so high it leads to […]