Ready Player One (2018) – Film Review In a dystopian future where people escape to a massive multiplayer virtual reality game called OASIS to forget their humdrum lives, a group of gamers go on a quest to solve a puzzle left the the deceased inventor who has offered a hugely valuable prize – ownership of […]
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Tomb Raider is a competent retread of the modern rebooted game, but not much more
Tomb Raider (2018) – Film Review Tomb Raider is a reboot of the popular long-running gaming franchise that spawned two Angelina Jolie fronted films – Lara Craft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft: Cradle of Life (2003) which has picked up a new lead actor in Alicia Vikander. The game franchise itself has been running […]
Game Night is an amusing lighthearted comedy with a twist
Game Night (2018) – Film Review Game Night looks every bit a superficial cheesy action comedy involving three couples who meet on a regular basis to socialise during what they call ‘Game Night’ where various board and parlour games are played. All three couples are competitive but perhaps not quite as committed as Max and […]
I, Tonya is a tough watch that humanises a reviled figure from sporting history
I, Tonya (2018) – Film Review For people over a certain age, the names Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan conjure up the memory of a moment in the lead-up to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer – Norway – that will go down in infamy. The aftermath an attack on Kerrigan saw her ‘rival’ Harding […]
The Shape of Water is an instant classic romantic fantasy tale with superb performances led by Sally Hawkins
The Shape of Water (2018) – Film Review Shape of Water externally recalls the American 1950s B-movies but is set during the early 1960s and both contains and subverts the conventions established in that format which turns what could have been a routine monster flick into a romance story. There are scientists, government agents, soldiers, […]