After 29-years break the bodacious dudes’ Bill and Ted return for a third cinematic adventure. Since the events of Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, the titular characters have not written the song that would unite the world despite their best efforts. This has led to time and space starting to collapse. Bill and Ted get taken […]
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Tenet Review
Cinemas around the world are starting to reopen and the big test for theatrical films is the release of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. After a mission in Kyiv, an unnamed CIA agent (John David Washington) gets recruited by a secret organisation that gives him two leads, a hand gesture and the word “tenet.” The agent gets […]
Britflix: V for Vendetta
Dystopian stories are a subgenre fiction that the British have mastered, including Alan Moore’s famous graphic novel V for Vendetta. It was famously adapted by the Wachowskis in 2005 and the film immediately became a cult classic. In the near future, Britain has become a fascist state. The government constantly blasts religious propaganda, Islam is […]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review
The second film in the Harry Potter spin-off series sees a big expansion of its storytelling scope. After the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is banned from leaving England unless he joins the Ministry of Magic. When he refuses to do this his old teacher, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) assigns […]
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Review
The ever-popular Harley Quinn gets her chance to lead her first feature film with the Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). The film ends up being an R-rated look at the seedy side of the DCEU. Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) has broken up with the Joker and she announces this […]
Joker Review
What does it take for someone to become a villain? Does it take a lifetime of abuse or simply one bad day for them to snap? This is the question Todd Phillips attempts to answer in his foray into the superhero genre. Gotham is a crime-ridden, rat-infested hellhole. There’s a huge divide between the rich […]
The Informer Review
The Informer is a grim and gritty crime thriller that features an ensemble cast and attempts to cover a number of storylines. Peter Koslow (Joel Kinnaman) is an FBI informer working undercover in the Polish mob in New York. Koslow gets put into an impossible situation when a cop gets killed during an operation. The […]
Blinded by the Light Review
Inspired by the youth of Sarfraz Manzoor and the lyrics of Bruce Springsteen Blinded by the Light – is a coming-of-age story that has been promoted as the ‘feel-good’ film of the summer. Javed (Viveik Kalra) is a British-Pakistani teen who wants to leave his home town of Luton to escape his overbearing father (Kulvinder Ghir.) Javed has a […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review
Godzilla makes his Hollywood cinematic return after a five-year break and his return brings even more monster action. But bigger doesn’t always mean better. After the events of Godzilla (2014), San Francisco is left in ruins and the US Government are seeking to put the Monarch Agency under military control. Monarch has found and contained […]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Review
When it comes to icons of video gaming Pikachu is one of the most famous. He is the mascot of the Pokémon franchise, leading the anime, the games, and now the live-action movie. Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) is a loner who has given up on his dream to be a Pokémon trainer. When he receives a phone call about […]