The London Film Festival 2019 opened with this delightfully charming re-imagining of Charles Dickens most beloved and larger than life autobiographical novel - and it's an absolute joy! Most known for The Thick of It and Veep, Armando Giovanni leaves the satirical…
Joker is the latest DC outing chronicling the origin story of Batman's most iconic villain, but unlike previous properties Shazam and Aqauaman, it's a film that feels much more like the publisher's Black Label comics. Its a darker and nastier affair that…
For a British audience of a certain age, there is almost a sort of nostalgia for the first act of black comedy horror Ready or Not. The ensemble cast of odd and quirky characters in a stately gothic mansion, evokes memories of…
Well it has been nearly 40 years since First Blood, and strangely it doesn't feel anywhere near that. I suppose the first outing of John Rambo, is such a well known film, that people probably mis-remember when they actually watched the darn…
In the same year that NASA commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission, it's only fitting that one of the most spectacularly realistic portrayals of space is brought to life on the big screen. Brad Pitt is utterly captivating…
Based on an article written for The New Yorker magazine, Hustlers tells the incredible story of a group of ambitious pole dancers that decide that there is a lot more money to be made from their clients, and they don't mind what…
Guess who's back, back again...IT Chapter One was both a box office and critical hit, quickly becoming the highest-grossing horror film of all time. Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's beloved novel proved a winning combination of 80's nostalgia and scares (with…
Hangover director, Todd Phillips, takes a trip to the dark side with Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck/Joker, DC’s best loved villain. He’s a single man living with his sick mother, working full-time as a kid’s party clown at Haha’s in Gotham City.…
The latest gritty crime drama based on a Swedish novel to hit the big screen comes courtesy of The Informer, a gripping and compelling tale that's full of tense twists and turns, yet ultimately fails to really bring anything new to the…
There's a creepy sense of disaster around every corner in Sam Raimi's latest thriller Crawl, that has the viewer often on the edge of their seat. It's a similar vibe to his other claustrophobic chiller Don't Breathe, it's just the antagonist that…
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a horror movie based on a book series of the same name, that although well known in the States, is an unknown commodity here in the UK. As far as I can gather, this…
Often listed in the top Batman graphic novels of all time, there's no denying that Batman: Hush is one of the most anticipated and long-awaited adaptations from Warner Bros. Animation. The film is the latest instalment in the impressive DC Universe Animated…
Hobbs & Shaw is 2019’s addition to the well revered Fast & Furious franchise. It’s clear from its crowd-pleasing dialogue and ridiculous scenes (where the time of day changes every two minutes even though it’s one continuous sequence) that this is a…
This is Quentin Tarantino’s 10th film. Let’s be clear about that. The significance? He’s always claimed he’d be bowing out after 10. Never to direct again. His peers can barely believe he’d claim such a ridiculous thing, with Paul Thomas Anderson quoted…
It seems a shame that The Current War has been released in the middle of the Summer holidays, when cinema goers are usually looking for fun superhero style entertainment, animated franchise entries or Disney remakes. It will probably flounder like Doctor Who…