Tolkien (2019)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Dome Karukoski
Written by: David Gleeson & Stephen Beresford
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney & Derek Jacobi
At the heart of Tolkien, there is a love story. It's the driving force of the whole story, but it's overlooked…
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by: Rob Letterman
Written by: Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Rob Letterman & Derek Connolly
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe & Chris Geere
I should probably prefix this review by stating that I’m…
Avengers: End Game (2019)
Walt Disney Studios
Directed & Written by: Anthony & Joe Russo
Starring: Robert Downey Jnr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johanson, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Don Cheadle, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper (voice) & Josh Brolin.
Well the time has…
Prospect (2019)
DUST (under Gunpowder and Sky)
Written & directed by: Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Sheila Vand, Andre Royo & Anwan Glover
Debuting in the UK at the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival in April, Prospect is a new indie…
Terminator 2 (1991)
TriStar Pictures
Directed by: James Cameron
Written by: James Cameron and William Wisher
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong
So we watched Terminator 2 on the big screen at the weekend, thanks to our local small cinema, and to be…
Wild Rose (2019)
Entertainment One
Directed by: Tom Harper
Written by: Nicole Taylor
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, James Harkness and Sophie Okonedo
Musicals. I can't be bothered with them. They often distort the truth like The Greatest Showman or Bohemian Rhapsody, or are just ridiculous like…
Hellboy (2019)
Lionsgate
Directed by: Neil Marshall
Written by: Andrew Cosby & Mike Mignola
Starring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim & Sasha Lane.
You probably know all about the original Hellboy movies, as they aren't really that old. It's not like they were…
Our local cinema, The Apollo, is showing old movies on a Saturday night. It's great to have a chance to see these films on the big screen, the way they were meant to be seen. Last week we took our seats for…
Dumbo (2019)
Walt Disney Studios
Directed by: Tim Burton
Written by: Helen Aberson, Ehren Kruger & Harold Pearl
Starring: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Nico Parker & Finley Hobbins
Tim Burton‘s live-action reimagining of Disney's 1941 animated classic Dumbo, is the latest in a…
Us (2019)
Universal Pictures and MonkeyPaw Productions
Directed By: Jordan Peele
Written By: Jordan Peele
Starring: Lupito Nyong'o, WInston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex and Elizebeth Moss
Ok, I'm going to make this clear from the very start, I'm not normally a big fan of horror…
Shazam! (2019)
Warner Bros.
Directed by: David F. Sandberg
Written by: Henry Gayden and Darren Lemke
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Marta Milans and Cooper Andrews.
Shazam! continues in a similar vein to James Wan's hugely successful and enormously enjoyable…
Captain Marvel (2019)
Marvel Studios
Directed by: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
Written by: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Nicole Perlman, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Meg LeFauve, Liz Flahive & Carly Mensch
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, Gemma Chan, Lashana Lynch, Annette Bening, Clark…
Alien (1979)
20th Century Fox
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: Dan O'Bannon
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
Oh, the sheer thrill of seeing a classic, an all time classic, on the big screen 40 years…
Fighting with My Family (2019)
Lionsgate
Directed by: Stephen Merchant
Written by: Stephen Merchant
Starring: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn & Dwayne Johnson
CONTAINS SLIGHT SPOILERS!
With writing and directing duties from Stephen Merchant, you will probably have a good idea exactly…
Departures (2019)
Directed by: Peter Hutchings
Written by: Fergal Rock
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams, Nina Dobrev, Tyler Hoechlin, Ken Jeong, Briana Venskus, Tituss Burgess and David Koechner.
Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) star in indie teen dramedy 'Departures', an enjoyably…