Hidden Figures (2016) – Film Review Hidden Figures is a fascinating Oscar nominated film based on the little known story of African-American women working as mathematicians, programmers and engineers at NASA during the early days of the American space programme. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and […]
The Lego Batman Movie is the best Batman film since The Dark Knight Rises
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) – Film Review The Lego Batman Movie is a spin-off to the phenomenal 2014 Lego Movie which introduced us to the teamwork ethic through the song “Everything is Awesome”. For a film that was admittedly a two hour commercial for a very famous series of toys, the original Lego Movie […]
Matthew McConaughey misses out on Oscar with curiously dull Gold
Gold (2017) – Film Review “Inspired by true events” is a title caption at the beginning of Gold but given that the ‘inspiration’ is the Bre-X mining scandal from the 1990s that very few people have heard of it’s a slightly pointless caption. What we get is a story about a dreamer who gets together […]
Sing is family entertainment for younger kids and pop music fans
Sing (2017) – Film Review Sing is another one of those animated films starring animals but this time they are performing in a singing contest at a theatre which is under threat of foreclosure. Illumination Entertainment, makers of the popular Despicable Me and Minions films and The Secret Life of Pets (2016), certainly know how […]
Xander Cage returns from the dead to revive xXx action franchise
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (2017) – Film Review The second sequel to 2002 action film XXX has been a long time coming, and perhaps wasn’t even on the radar after 2005’s sequel XXX – The Next Level flopped at the box office without the charismatic presence of the original star Vin Diesel. Fortunately, […]