Wild Rose is a Scottish film that attempts to combine kitchen sink realism and a story about a young person trying to succeed in the music industry. It is a film that has already received a lot of praise and centres around a fantastic rising star. Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is the titular ‘Wild Rose,’ a […]
Film Reviews
Hellboy Review
The first two Hellboy films by Guillermo del Toro have a cult following but financially were only modest successes, so the reboot button has been pressed for the 2019 film. In the 6th century King Arthur and Merlin were able to stop Nimue, the Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich) from taking over England. To prevent Nimue from being a […]
Missing Link Review
Laika is one of the biggest animated studios in the world who have made celebrated animated films like Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Their latest film, Missing Link is set to join them. Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is an adventurer who seeks to join the exclusive explorers club. When he receives a letter about the legendary Sasquatch […]
Pet Sematary Review
The 2019 version of Pet Sematary is the second adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same. It release comes after the success of 2017’s It. The Creed family move from Boston to rural Maine so they could have a quieter life and allow the family patriarch Louis (Jason Clarke) to spend more time with the children. […]
Dumbo Review
In recent years Disney has developed a lucrative strategy where they turn their animated classics into live-action films. 2019 sees the Mouse House adapting three animated films with Dumbo being the first to be released. The Medici Brothers’ Circus and the Farrier family have fallen on hard times. Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) lost his arm during the First World War, […]
Shazam! Review
Last month the Marvel Cinematic Universe released Captain Marvel – but it is not the only film based on a character called that. Warner Brothers and DC give audiences they offering with Shazam! Billy Batson (Asher Angel) is a 14-year-old troublemaker that runs away from foster homes. Billy is given one last chance when he is placed in […]
Fisherman’s Friends Review
Based on the story of an unlikely group of fishermen earning a record contract Fisherman’s Friends is the film tailored made for middle-class audiences across the British Isles. Danny (Daniel Mays) is a London based record producer who goes to Cornwall for a stag weekend. Whilst in the picturesque village of Port Isaac the party discover a group of fishermen who sing sea […]
Us Review
Jordan Peele made a real impact with his directional debut Get Out, a film that is a part of the current horror renaissance. His follow-up film was highly anticipated and has already been praised by critics. Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is a woman who suffered from a traumatic event when she was a child. Her past comes back […]
What Men Want Review
What Men Want is gender swap remake of the forgettable 2000 rom-com What Women Wants. This was a project that few people wanted and the final product was not worth it. Alison “Ali” Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a gifted sports agent who believes she’s going to be made a partner. When this doesn’t come to be Ali goes out […]
On the Basis of Sex Review
2018 saw the release of two films about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The first was critically acclaimed documentary RBG and the more recent film was the dramatisation about one of her most famous court cases. On the Basis of Sex follows Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones) from her days as a Harvard Law Student to her landmark case which sets out to […]