The Florida Project (2017) – Film Review Director Sean Baker, who helmed the shot-on-iPhone micro-budget movie Tangerine, moved up to shooting largely on film for his latest release and it’s an absorbing examination of life on the fringes in America today. The Florida Project was an early name for the Walt Disney World Resort complex […]
Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express is a great adaptation of an Agatha Christie classic
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) – Film Review One of the the most famous examples of the whodunnit genre featuring world famous detective Hercule Poirot, there’s a lot of people of a certain age who will know how Murder on the Orient Express ends and that’s one of the drawbacks of adapting material that’s […]
The comedy overpowers most of the emotional depth between the action and the laughs in Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) – Film Review Seventeen movies into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and there appears to have been a change in tone since the mega success of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and this change appears to have improved the Thor franchise which suffered from a forgettable second instalment after a decent origin […]
High stakes and many laughs in Communist Party Veep in The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin (2017) – Film review A jet black comedy drama with strongly satirical and farcical overtones, The Death of Stalin was co-written and directed by Armando Iannucci and fans of The Thick of It, Veep and In The Loop will recognise his work throughout this adaptation of an obscure French graphic novel […]
Lego Ninjago Movie is a lightweight retread of pre-existing ideas that may disappoint hardcore fans
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) – Film Review The Lego Ninjago Movie starts in the city of Ninjago, located on Ninjago island, which is attacked seemingly on a daily basis by the villainous Garmadon who seeks to take control of the city for his own nefarious reasons with his army of sharkmen who live in […]