Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats was one of the longest-running musicals on the West End and Broadway. But the film adaptation was in development hell for years until now. What we got is the most ill-conceived big-budget films in a long time when adapting it. One-night Victoria the White Cat (Francesca Hayward) gets dumped in a bin bag […]
Film Reviews
Little Women Review
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is seen as a classic piece of American literature and it has been adapted numerous times. Greta Gerwig’s all-star version is the eighth cinematic iteration. Josephine “Jo” March (Saoirse Ronan) is an aspiring writer living in New York City after the Civil War. When Jo receives a letter stating that her younger sister is […]
Frozen II Review
Frozen is arguably Disney’s most successful animated film, it certainly is from a financial standpoint. Disney has been milking that film ever since by making shorts, licensing the property, and now the first theatrical sequel for one of their famous princesses. Since the events of the first film, Arendelle has entered into a time of peace, […]
Jumanji: The Next Level Review
The 2017 sequel/soft-reboot of the Jumanji sequel was a surprise critical and commercial hit. A second sequel has been fast-tracked to provide more video-game based adventures. Since surviving Jumanji and the perils of high school, Spencer (Alex Wolff) has fallen into a deep depression. He is lonely at New York University, hasn’t communicated with his old friends […]
Last Christmas Review
Tis the season for a Christmas rom-com and 2019’s offering sees Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding caught in the seasonal romanticising. Katarina (Clarke), or Kate for short is a 26-year-old woman whose life’s a steaming hot mess. She sofa-surfs from friend to friend’s home, shags her way through half of London, and basically chaotic and disorganised. Kate has […]
Charlie’s Angels Review
Charlie’s Angels get a globe-trotting makeover with Elizabeth Banks writing and directing a reboot of the female-led franchise. The Townsend Agency has evolved from being a local detective agency to an international organisation that rights wrongs around the world. Two of the angels working for the organisation, Sabina (Kristen Stewart) and Jane (Ella Balinska) are […]
Knives Out Review
Knives Out is the first film Rain Johnson has made since the release of his divisive Star Wars film. His mystery film shows why he gained a reputation as one of the finest writer/directors currently working. Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) was a successful mystery writer and the patriarch of the Thrombey family who’s found dead on his 85th birthday. Benoit […]
Le Mans ’66 Review
Ford’s triumph at Le Mans in the 1960s is considered one of the greatest achievements in motorsports. This story is given the cinematic treatment thanks to Logan director James Mangold. Ford Motors have fallen into a slump. One of their executives, Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) comes up with a radical plan to give Ford a more glamorous […]
Midway Review
The Battle of Midway was one of the important naval battles of the Second World War. It was the battle that turned the tide of war for the Americans in the Pacific. America has suffered from a surprise attack from the Japanese Navy. As America reels from the attack the Japanese military expand across Asia […]
The Aeronauts Review
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reunite for the first time since starring in the Oscar-winning film The Theory of Everything. This time they play Victorian explorers in The Aeronauts. James Glaisher (Redmayne) is a meteorologist who’s sneered at by the scientific community because he believes studying the weather can lead to predicting it. Amelia Rennes (Jones) is […]