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There’s nothing like a charming, quirky, and lovable television show. When you need a pick-me-up or a half hour spent with genuinely lovely characters, nothing beats a feel-good series. And last year, the show that really fit that bill was the exquisite Ted Lasso (which returns for its second season on AppleTV+ on July 23 […]
Even after revisiting some of the greatest zombie movies ever made, my appetite for undead carnage has persisted. Enter Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. AOTD follows a band of mercenaries, led by the hulking Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), as they attempt to recover $200 million from a casino vault within an overrun Las Vegas. […]
Eurovision is upon us. It is a celebration of pop music from across Europe and brought us iconic acts like Abba and Bucks Fizz. It serves as the subject for a Netflix comedy that starred Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) is a man who has a simple dream: win Eurovision for […]
Stowaway is the latest film to show the perils and challenges of space travel. A three-man crew goes on a two-year mission to Mars. The make up of the crew are commander Marina Barnett (Toni Collette), medical officer Zoe Levenson (Anna Kendrick), and the ship’s biologist David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim). However, their mission is complicated […]
Sony Animation’s new film The Mitchells vs The Machines is a movie for young movie lovers. The film follows the titular Mitchell family as they embark on a cross-country road trip to take daughter Katie (Abbi Jacobson) to her first year of film school. Katie is passionate about making movies, as demonstrated by the (often […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan shared their love for Derry Girls.
The pandemic has been the big disturber to many businesses and industries, including the film industry. The long closure of cinemas and the backlog of unreleased films has led to studios looking for alternative methods of distribution. Warner Brothers planned to release most of the 2021 slate in cinemas and on HBO Max simultaneously, with films […]
Last year, I wrote about how Netflix has found a niche in the college sports documentary corner of the documentary game, churning out the excellent Cheer and the Last Chance U series (along with the less popular, but still compelling, QB1). Which, for someone like me who adores a good college sports documentary, has been […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the current state of physical and digital media.
Malcolm & Marie centers on the eponymous couple, played admirably by John David Washington and Zendaya respectively, who return home after the premiere of Malcolm’s latest directorial effort, to yell at and manipulate each other for 106 straight minutes. This is a deeply troubled, toxic relationship where neither party says what they really mean, preferring […]