Movie fans always anticipate Christopher Nolan’s films. He moves into the world of biopics with his historical epic about J. Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer follows the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), from 1926 to 1954. This includes his student days in Cambridge and travelling around Europe to learn from the best physicists, teaching […]
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Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken Review
DreamWorks had a great one-two punch with their 2022 releases The Bad Guys and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Their first film of 2023, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken had a lot to live up to. Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor) and her family live in the seaside town of Oceanside. There are Krakens who are pretending to be humans. […]
Asteroid City Review
Wes Anderson is a filmmaker known for his signature visual style and whimsical tone. He takes his directional traits to the sci-fi genre with Asteroid City. In 1955 a group of assorted people arrive in a small desert city. This includes war photographer Augie Steenbeck (John Schwartzman) and his 14-year-old son Woodrow (Jake Ryan), famous […]
Book Club: The Next Chapter Review
After a five-year break and a pandemic, the Book Club returns for a second film. This time they travel to Italy. The Book Club has seen many changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown. Carol (Mary Steenburgen) was forced to close her restaurant, Sharon (Candice Bergen) only gets to officiate weddings after turning 65, […]
Fast X Review
Fast X sees the Fast & Furious crew return for a tenth film (eleventh if you include Hobbs & Shaw). This time they must overcome a sociopathic villain and a troubled production. 10 years ago Dom Torero (Vin Diesel) and his crew robbed a notorious crime lord in Rio de Janeiro. This crime lord had a son, Dante Reyes […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review
Super Mario is one of the most recognisable characters in pop culture, let alone in video games. He teams up with the animation titan Illumination so the character can have a second cinematic adventure. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are brothers who start a plumbing business. They try to build their reputation by […]
Renfield Review
There have been many featuring the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula. Renfield is the latest film to feature the famous vampire. Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is Dracula’s familiar. He must do the usual things for his master: find accommodation, get victims, and protect the Count from the forces of good. When Renfield finds himself in New Orleans […]
Pearl Review
Pearl is a prequel to the slasher throwback X. This film shows the origins of X’s slasher villain. Pearl (Mia Goth) is a Texan farm girl who lives with her mother (Tandi Wright) and disabled father (Matthew Sunderland). She longs to leave her hum-drum life and become a dancing star in the pictures. She may get a chance when […]
Champions Review
Based on a Spanish film, Champions is a sports comedy-drama from one half of the Farrelly Brothers. Marcus Marakovich (Woody Harrelson) is a basketball coach who is tactically brilliant but with poor man-management skills. He gets fired from his job with the Iowa Stallions after getting into a fight with his boss and things become worse for him after a drink-driving […]
Knock at the Cabin Review
Based on Paul G. Tremblay’s 2018, Knock at the Cabin continues M. Night Shyamalan’s trend to make tight, claustrophobic horror films. Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) are a couple who go to a cabin in rural Pennsylvania with their seven-year-old daughter, Wen (Kristen Cui). Their peace gets shattered when they are attacked by a group […]