Life (2017) – Film Review With the release of Life, we appear to have Fox’s Deadpool to thank for a return to more explicit genre movies which include the recent release of Logan. Life is the latest in the line of films that aren’t afraid to exclude younger kids and use the higher rating to […]
Beauty and the Beast is the latest live-action Disney adaptation; it lacks spark but will still prove popular with its target audience
Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Film Review Beauty and the Beast certainly hit the right notes for the target audience (young girls), of which there were plenty in the screening which I attended. There was laughter, applause and more than a few tears shed at the end of this live action retelling of the classic […]
Skull Island is a cheerfully modern period King Kong movie
Kong: Skull Island (2017) – Film Review Set in a period at the end of the Vietnam war in 1973, this film is littered with references to one of the greatest Vietnam war films made – Apocalyse Now – and juxtaposes the themes we find there with the classic monster movie genre. Right down to […]
A fitting finale for Wolverine in Hugh Jackman’s Logan
Logan (2017) – Film Review It’s been 17 years since the release of X-Men, arguably the film that kick started the modern super-hero obsession thanks to the Marvel movies. In that time, Hugh Jackman has gone from a fresh faced man in his early 30s to a veteran in his late 40s looking to bow […]
Manchester by the Sea and other Oscar contenders for 2017
A year packed with strong Oscar contenders It’s Oscars weekend, and by Monday morning we’ll find who who has won the award for Best Picture. It’s a very competitive group of films in the running for victory this year with La La Land leading the pack. The full list is as follows: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, […]