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…
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…
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…
Cold Pursuit (2019)
StudioCanal
Directed by: Hans Petter Moland
Written by: Frank Baldwin
Starring: Liam Neeson, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Emmy Rossum, Domenick Lombardozzi, Julia Jones, John Doman & Laura Dern
It's a shame that Cold Pursuit. the latest revenge flick starring Liam…
Oh dear. You know that feeling when you are maybe 20 minutes in, and you know the whole production looks like it's going down the toilet, and the couple in the row behind are packing up their snacks…
Green Book (2019)
Universal Pictures
Directed by: Peter Farrelly
Written by: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie & Peter Farrelly
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco & Dimiter D. Marinov
Peter Farrelly is the director of road movie Green Book, a…
Escape Room (2019)
Sony Pictures
Directed by: Adam Robitel
Written by: Bragi F. Schut & Maria Melnik
Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis & Nik Dodani
There are better films than Escape Room at the cinema just…
The Mule (2019)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: Sam Dolnick & Nick Schenk
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Manny Montana, Taissa Farmiga & Michael Peña
There are two incredible things about new Clint Eastwood film The Mule, and one…
Welcome to Marwen (2019)
Universal Pictures
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Written by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Steve Carell, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl, Patrick Roccas & Gwendoline Christie
Steve Carell stars in this quirky film, based on a true story, about an illustrator…
The Favourite (2019)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
Starring: Emma Stone, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz.
Outstanding performances make this black comedy stand out from other New Year…
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Disney
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Written by: David Magee, Rob Marshall & John DeLuca
Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke &…
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Orion Pictures
Directed by: John McPhail
Written by: Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry
Starring: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux & Ben Wiggins
There are certain films that are difficult, for various reasons, to review. Perhaps the…
Episode #99 – The Girl in the Spider’s Web Review + Interview with Black Lightning’s Jordan Calloway
In this weeks episode we review the latest edition in the Fantastic Beasts franchise as well as the Girl in the Spider's Web. We're also joined by actor Jordan Calloway who plays Khalil Payne/Painkiller in DC's Black Lightning…
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
Sony Pictures
Directed by: Fede Álvarez
Written by: Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez and Steven Knight
Starring: Christopher Convery, Claire Foy, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Merchant, Sverrir Gudnason and Sylvia Hoeks
When Frans Balder (Stephen Merchant) is fired…
Widows (2018)
20th Century Fox
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Written by:Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen
Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Colin Farrell, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Kaluuya, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez and Viola Davis
Everyone likes a heist movie, well nearly everyone, and…