The loveable ginger cat Garfield makes his third appearance in a theatrical film. This reboot sees Garfield move back into the field of animation and sees an all-star voice cast in a heist adventure. As a kitten Garfield (Chris Pratt) was abandoned by his father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Luckily he adopted Jon Arbuckle (Nicholas […]
Cherry Magic! Spoiler-Filled Review
Cherry Magic!, also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, is a comedic boy’s love series, adapted from a manga of the same name by Yuu Toyota. There were previously TV drama and film adaptations. The anime is directed by Yoshiko Okuda and written by Tomoko Konparu. Tomoki Hasegawa […]
Doctor Who – Boom Review
Well, that was quite the episode of Doctor Who. We got a treatise on the horrors of unchecked capitalism (timely, as always), a quick swipe toward militant religiosity (although having the military consist of various Anglican clerics of differing ranks didn’t really have enough time to gel into a statement of sorts – although, you […]
The Big Cigar Review
About midway through the second episode of The Big Cigar, the latest AppleTV+ series, I found myself wondering just why this particular story hadn’t been made into a movie instead of an over-long and wholly unnecessary six-episode limited series. And when I dug a little bit, I discovered that in fact, it was originally optioned […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review
20th Century Studios have returned to the Planet of the Apes with a fourth entry in the reboot series and the tenth film overall in the franchise. This film shows how ape society has developed since the fall of man. Generations after the death of Caesar ape society flourished and formed many different cultures and […]
IF Review
IF is a family film that shows a young girl navigating the hidden world of Imaginary Friends in New York City. Bea (Cailey Fleming) is a 12-year-old girl who moves into her grandmother’s (Fiona Shaw) apartment as her father (John Krasinski) is taken into hospital. Whilst living at her grandmother’s, Bea comes across some strange creatures […]
Tarot Review
The world of Tarot card reading and fortune telling serves as the subject matter for Tarot, an adaptation of the horror novel Horrorscope. A group of college friends spend a weekend in the mansion in the Catskill Mountains to celebrate Elise’s (Larsen Thompson) birthday. Whilst up there the group discovers a special deck of hand-drawn tarot cards […]
The Fall Guy Review
The Fall Guy is a big-screen adaptation of the 1980s TV show of the same name. A top-tier cast and action director have been hired to make an action-comedy that celebrates stunt performers and coordinators. Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) works as the stunt double for the biggest star in Hollywood, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). After an […]
Doctor Who Season 14 Review
If my glowing review of the Doctor Who Christmas special back in December was any indication, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the official start of the latest season of Who for a couple of months now. I’ve been a fan of Ncuti Gatwa’s for a bit now, and his take on the Fifteenth Doctor has, so […]
Dark Matter Review
Dark Matter, the new AppleTV+ series adapted from Blake Crouch’s novel of the same name (largely by the author, who holds writing or joint writing credits on most of the season’s episodes), is a story about the multiverse – something I wanted to get out there at the top of this review, because I know […]










