Argylle sees Matthew Vaughn move away from the Kingsman series to start another potential spy franchise. This time he’s armed with an ensemble cast and a reported $200 million budget. Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the author of the Argylle series, a popular series of spy novels. She’s an unassuming woman who lives alone with her cat, […]
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Studios, Corporate Greed and Hollywood’s Crisis
Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has seen drastic changes. There has been the rise of streaming services, a focus on big-budget films based on recognisable intellectual property, and an increase in digital media sales at the cost of physical media. In 2023, the Hollywood business model suffered from the detrimental effects of short-term […]
The Beekeeper Review
Jason Statham has been a reliable action star for a long time and gained a devoted fanbase. The Beekeeper sees the Englishman in a story involving revenge, phishing scams, and a wider government conspiracy. Adam Clay (Statham) is a beekeeper and former government agent who rents a barn from Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad), a retired educator. The […]
Mean Girls (2024) Review
In 2004 Mean Girls became a seminal film. It was an edgy teen comedy that was a satire of high school culture, and female relationships and made many of the people involved stars. 20 years later the world of Mean Girls gets revisited with the cinematic adaptation of the Broadway musical. Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is a homeschooled teenager […]
Wish Review
Wish was made to be the film to celebrate Disney’s 100th Anniversary, with an aim to mix their classic tales and more modern animation and sensibilities. The Kingdom of Rosas is a peaceful paradise, ruled by the benevolent King Magnifico (Chris Pine). Everyone on Rosas gives King Magnifico their wish on their 18th birthday and once a […]
Poor Things Review
Poor Things sees three major players from The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos, Tony McNamara, and Emma Stone return for an adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) is a brilliant surgeon who conducts amoral experiments at home. One of his experiments is Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a woman with the mind of a child. Godwin hires […]
Night Swim Review
Night Swim is the first cinematic horror film of 2024, taking the traditional January horror slot. This film sees a family who are haunted by a malicious swimming film. The Waller family move to Minnesota due to the family patriarch; Ray (Wyatt Russell) being forced to retire from professional baseball. They seem to have found the perfect home […]
Napoleon (2023) Review
Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the most influential men in history. His legacy and impact have lasted long past his death, as well as his divisive reputation. The story of his life is chronicled in Ridley Scott’s 2023 epic for Sony and Apple. In 1789 France was in chaos. The royal family had been […]
One Life Review
Nicholas Winton is a famous humanitarian who helped save 669 children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia. His story is dramatised in the film One Life. In 1938 Nicholas Winton (Johnny Flynn) is a stockbroker who travels to Prague to help the British Refugee Council with the evacuation of political refugees. However, when Winton visits a refugee camp […]
The Boy and the Heron Review
Hayao Miyazaki is a legend of Japanese animation, making numerous classics like My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. After a 10-year break, Miyazaki has returned with possibly his last film, The Boy and the Heron. Mahito Maki (Luca Padovan) is a young boy who loses his mother during an Allied bombing raid on Tokyo during the Second […]