Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (2017) – Film Review Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is the followup to a film which was a surprise smash hit upon release three years ago. If it weren’t for the fact that it was being released under the Marvel Studio banner, and apparently existing in the same […]
A fine performance by Gemma Arterton in Their Finest
Their Finest (2017) – Film Review Based on the book Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans, which was inspired by the real life story of screenwriter Diana Morgan, this film stars Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy and Sam Claflin as the three main stars in this period drama with comic and romantic moments. […]
Fast and furious 8 is also funny, but oddly lightweight
Fast & Furious 8 (2017) – Film Review I remember watching the original The Fast and The Furious way back in 2001. Back then it was dismissed as a pale copy of Keanu Reeves’ Point Break (1991) despite being inspired by a magazine article by Ken Li in Vibe magazine way back in 1998 about […]
Hard to explain Boss Baby has imagination but lacks charm
The Boss Baby – Film Review (2017) Wrapped up in a hard to explain plot, The Boss Baby is a colourful animated film that’s liberally littered with modern references for grown ups as most Dreamworks animated films are. It’s actually based on a 2010 children’s book of the same name by Marla Frazee but obviously […]
Ghost in the Shell is decent enough but offers very little new in a glossy live-action adaptation
Ghost in the Shell (2017) – Film Review Ghost in the Shell is a live-action adaptation of an original Japanese Anime from 1995 set in a future where cyberpunk was all the rage. Cybernetic augmentations are commonplace in the future and work on a full cyborg is proceeding at pace in one of the megacorporations […]