The Mission: Impossible film series has arguably been getting better and better with each installment. After a five-year gap since its previous entry and three years since it started filming, the series returns with the first part of a two-part finale. An Artificial Intelligence program known as The Entity has developed self-awareness and has been infiltrating computers around […]
Tag: Paramount Pictures
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Review
Transformers is one of Paramount’s biggest and most popular franchises. After a five-year break the Autobots return and joined with the Maximals to save the world. Centuries ago the Maximals’ home world is devoured by Unicron (Colman Domingo) and the Maximals fled to Earth with the Transwrap Key. Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos) is an unemployed ex-soldier […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review
Dungeons & Dragons is one of the most recognisable fantasy franchises. Paramount and Hasbro bring the series to the big screen with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Edgin Darvis (Chris Pine) is the leader of a crew of thieves that includes Holga Kilgore (Michelle Rodriguez) the barbarian, Simon Aumar (Justice Smith) the sorcerer, Forge Fitzwilliam (Hugh […]
Scream VI Review
Ghostface returns for a sixth entry in the Scream series. This time he terrorises the citizens of New York City. Since the events of Scream (2022), Sam (Melissa Barrera) and Tara (Jenna Ortega) have moved to New York to escape Woodsboro. Another pair of killers dress up as Ghostface and plan to kill the Carpenter sisters so they […]
Babylon Review
Babylon is the fourth film from the young, celebrated filmmaker Damien Chazelle. His tale about early 20th century Hollywood is his most blazon and divisive film so far. Babylon follows five figures as they experience their ups and downs in Hollywood. There is Manuel “Manny” Torres (Diego Calva), a Mexican émigré who wants to work in the […]
Smile Review
Smile is based on a supernatural horror film based on a short film, Laura Hasn’t Slept. Smile hopes to join the likes of The Babadook, Oculus, and Lights Out as excellent horror films based on shorts. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) is a psychiatrist at an emergency mental health unit. One of her patients is Laura Weaver (Caitlin Stasey), a 26-year-old post-graduate student who claims to see an […]
Top Gun: Maverick Review
Top Gun is a film that generations of film fans hold dear to their hearts. 36 years later a sequel has been made and sees Tom Cruise return to the Danger Zone. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) is a decorated Navy pilot, earning medals and commendations for his service. But he is also a misfit because he […]
The Lost City Review
We are currently living in dark times. There is war, a cost-of-living crisis, and a pandemic. We need some light relief and romantic adventure The Lost City attempts to offer that. Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is a romance novelist who lives alone after her husband’s death. Loretta’s publicist, Beth (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) demands the author goes […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Review
The history of films based on video games is a torrid one. There have been many failures on a critical and financial level. 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog was considered one of the better video game adaptations and it has earned a sequel. Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) has found a way to escape the Mushroom Planet and […]
Jackass Forever Review
After a decade’s long break the Jackass crew is back for a fourth cinematic outing where they perform stunts, pranks and acts of self-harm. When I review a film I normally give a brief plot synopsis. With Jackass Forever that isn’t possible since it’s a film with no plot or story, it’s about a group of men […]