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Category: Reviews
Our deep-dive into the film-making craft; offering insight into a variety of major and independent films.
Judging what this film is aiming to be based on its trailer is perhaps the…
The last three episodes of The Boys Season 3 caps off the best season of…
What on God’s green earth compelled Netflix to spend $200 million on a frivolous action…
Many directors who enter the Hollywood machine are often faced with a looming creative existential…
Coming off the success of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi’s second entry into the MCU fails…
Stranger Things Season 4: Vol. 2 brings together multiple narrative threads together in a pitch-perfect…
Minions: The Rise of Gru achieves its goal of cramming as many gags and Minion…
Taking on one of the biggest culture icons of the 20th century, Austin Butler dives…
Anticipation for Obi-Wan Kenobi was at an all time high before it aired its first…
It has been over 27 years since the release of Pixar’s Toy Story (1995) –…
Returning characters, stalking dinosaur thrills and nostalgia bait is not enough to carry Jurassic World:…
When thinking back to the earliest days of being a child it’s quite easy to…
The Boys are back for season 3 and they deliver the perfect hangover cure for…
Stranger Things: Season 4 – Vol.1 is ageing right alongside its core cast – it…
The Bob’s Burgers Movie can easily be compared to an actual burger. You have the…
I’ve never quite understood the allure of Top Gun – don’t get me wrong, I…
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent may serve Nicolas Cage’s own self-portrait for his fans…
Sprinkled with subversive undertones and provocative messages, How to Please a Woman takes pride in…
If there were to be one common thread seen across all of Robert Eggers films…
Launching Tom Cruise into Hollywood stardom and having state of the art visual effects for…
Bringing Egyptian culture into the Marvel Universe, Moon Knight diversifies itself from the typical superheroes…
There’s a lot of things I’d like to say to you as a reader to…
Within the first 30 minutes of The Lost City, I felt like a lost lamb;…
What’s the difference between Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Well pretty much…
It was over 6 years ago when director David Yates and writer J.K. Rowling banded…
What do you get when you fuse the world of Zootopia with the visual style…
There are few films projected onto your local cinema screen that leave you feeling like…
If Batman (1989) was one small step, then The Batman is one giant leap for…
While it may not reach the heights of The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises…
The Dark Knight exceeds the parameters of comic book filmmaking and filmmaking in general by…
Darker, grittier and more grounded than ever before, Batman Begin ushers in a new era…
Batman & Robin almost single handedly destroyed not only the Batman franchise but the comic…
New director, new composer and a new Batman, Batman Forever throws away the dark elements…
Batman Returns can be compared to fine wine, where it has aged perfectly 30 years…
Gone are the days of Batman being seen as a campy character with a sidekick…
Belfast gives off the scent of a life-long passion project made reality; one that the…
How many times can this film series scream before it loses its voice? Apparently five…
Were you feeling underwhelmed by the Peacemaker character in The Suicide Squad? Or did you…
Encanto has all the key ingredients to fit in alongside the best of Disney’s impressive…
NO SPOILERS – #DontSpoiltheMultiverse Spider-Man: No Way Home is an extremely dense film to unpack…
Despite the fierce intimacy shared by Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, The Amazing Spider-Man 2…
The Amazing Spider-Man doesn’t offer much in terms of Spider-Man’s origin, as we see Uncle…
There are a ton of odd storytelling decisions and character motivations that make little sense…
17 years since it was released Spider-Man 2 is still an enthralling film to watch…
A lot has happened in cinema and the wider world since the year 2000. In…
West Side Story (2021) is a musical film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on…
In an open love letter that is all things old school print journalism, The French…
If No Time To Die were a Vodka Martini, the cocktail would be a well-shaken…
Adam McKay’s bombastic, erratic, cocaine-induced directorial style builds towards a timely cataclysmic message. Don’t Look…
Aaron Sorkin is a writer-director who is largely more of the former than the latter.…
When I first viewed the marketing material for Last Night in Soho, two emotions swept…
Something, something, Halloween Kills my hope for the next film. Halloween Kills is director David…
Resurrection or rebirth? The new Ghostbusters: Afterlife film makes it quite hard to distinguish whether…
For the better part of half a decade the common line uttered from avid book-readers…
When Venom released, it took a great deal of brain power to truly understand and…
tick, tick… BOOM! is a musical directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda based on the novel of…
When it comes to the founding Avengers who started it all, Hawkeye has always been…
Every now and then you encounter a film that makes you think “ah, it’s one…
Despite an impressive diversification of the 24 prior Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Shang-Chi and the…
Home Sweet Home Alone is what you would get if you were to order Home…
Finch is one of those films that makes you ponder what audience it was made…
Spectre had so much hope on its shoulders following on from the financial and critical…
It’s often regarded that Skyfall is one of the best James Bond films of all…
Coming hot off the heels of Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace unfortunately is unable to…
Gone are the days of the cheesy one liners, cringe worthy action scenes and the…
If the trailers were your first introduction to Free Guy then it would be no…
Is it better to have an incompetent storyteller with bold ideas or a competent one…
For a film brand that actually landed itself in critical suicide back in 2016, it…
Adventure films have a long and rich history spanning back over 100 years, from The…
Sustained continuity is the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It binds together the stories,…
Marvel Studios have spun an impressively intricate web to create their cinematic universe; all the…
25 years on from the original, Space Jam: A New Legacy dunks its way into…
A childhood classic where most 90s kids thought Space Jam was the greatest movie to…
If you take a banal concept like “sending people from the past to fight an…
F9, Fast & Furious 9, F9: The Fast Saga, Fast and Furious 9: The Fast…
If you’ve been a perceptive viewer of Pixar content for the past two decades you’ll…
As I sit there in the movie theatre contemplating how lucky I am to enjoy…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is now pacing full steam ahead as we arrive at the…
Musicals come in varying shapes and sizes, some are large and fantastical, others are modest…
If you’re familiar with James Wan then it will come as no surprise why the…
It never ceases to amaze me when the opening 2 minutes of a film can…
It was back in 2018 that A Quiet Place released – in what felt like…
During the trailer reveal of Disney’s Cruella, judgements and comparisons were abundant; with audiences stating…
Coming from the vault of Disney’s animated classics, 101 Dalmatians is still full of charm…
From the creators of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) comes another dazzling visual dive into…
The exact reasoning for anyone being drawn to a new film varies; my reason? Those…
Since its inception in 2004, Saw has had a long and tumultuous journey throughout the…
Video game film adaptations have always been plagued by numerous teething problems; for reasons only…
The first dive into television from Marvel Studios was undoubtedly a unique one; Marvel Studios’…
When you look back at the iconic Sci-Fi films throughout history you can see their…
It’s really quite easy to watch Tom and Jerry and come to the immediate conclusion…
The impact that both Godzilla and King Kong have had throughout the history of cinema…
Pure action driven films have become quite stagnant over the past decade outside of films…
It all makes sense now… In 2020, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier was announced…
Ambitious adaptations of novels attempting to translate a strange or convoluted concept onto the big…
Available on Sky Go and Neon for New Zealand viewers & HBO Max in other…
Hot off the trail of the year 2020, Judas and the Black Messiah sweeps in…
In September 2020 the teaser trailer for WandaVision was released – the first television show…
If there’s one thing that has always remained true for Disney and Pixar films it’s…
When you look back at the year 2019 it’s quite baffling to reminisce on just…
The Little Things has a solidly crafted visual aesthetic, an ominous and enticing antagonist, and…
It’s really quite easy to take a quick glance at the digitally altered cover image…
There’s something to be said about a studio that comes back after 7 long years…
What’s truly hard to describe about Soul is really in the name itself; what even…
At the risk of being labeled as a stereotypical sequel hater; I’m just gonna say…
Ammonite builds the intrigue of its story off of one singular component; the raw intimacy…
In 2017 director Patty Jenkins released Wonder Woman – a smash hit both critically and…
With just as much lip-glossed and pink scarfed style as it has deeply translatory messages…
‘Godmothered’ shows it’s more intent on making its audience laugh than impressing them with a…
It’s difficult to describe to a reader what Nomadland provides as a film in words…
Blithe Spirit follows the story of Charles (Dan Stevens) being haunted by his deceased ex…
Like the sprawling hills of Ohio; Hillbilly Elegy is a beautiful looking film with equally…
Like any book-to-film adaptation there’s a key artistry to getting the most out of the…
Following the relative success of Happy Death Day (2017) and Happy Death Day 2U (2019)…
If you’ve seen most of Sofia Coppola’s films it quickly becomes apparent that she tends…
While not quite as potent as the first film, this “subsequent movie film” is edgy…
The stark uprise of the darker and more dreary arthouse horror genre has shaped the…
The Trial of the Chicago 7 adapts the famous 1969 trial of seven defendants who…
Spontaneous is a trickster disguised as your typical coming-of-age romance. With its quirky camera-work, self-deprecating…
Don’t let the “Love” in Love and Monsters fool you, as this is first and…
Sam Kelly’s Savage is as much a film providing social commentary on the complex reality…
There’s a sense of apprehensiveness I feel when it comes to judging the recent influx…
Like clockwork, every year films release that are specifically designed to be digestible viewing experiences,…
Jurassic Park Stomping into cinemas 27 years ago ‘Jurassic Park’ is still the fun, visually…
Going into this film there’s an assumption on what to expect; I mean, it’s a…
Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone A master in world-building, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s…
Following Spike Lee’s most recent hit BlacKkKlansman (2018), the stage is set for a heavy…
When watching a Pixar film set in a land that is inhabited by mythical creatures…
The sports film genre as a whole has been explored over the years and told…
Writer-director Leigh Whannell stands at the forefront of this long adapted film series – can…
The Call of the Wild has been adapted countless times and this remains another unnecessary…
There’s something truly fascinating about the weird and perplexing history of this film; its like…
Birds of Prey is a film that nobody expected to hit the big screen; even…
What Bad Boys for Life achieves is seemingly small; simply, it’s a solidly made sequel…
There have many adaptations of Little Women over the years from Louisa May Alcott’s novel…
Inspired by a New York article that follows a dynamic group of strippers as they…
When I think of Star Wars, I think of the thin lines of morality that…
Marriage Story is a snapshot film; a story that shows us the marriage between two…
Much like the slow-death of the Rom-Com genre, murder-mystery films have also disappeared from the…
6 years later and here we finally are – I must preface this review with…
Adapting a real life character on-screen is never an easy thing; the questions immediately bubble…
If you know anything about the premise of this film you sense that it’s likely…
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story is a sequel (of sorts) focusing on Jesse Pinkman…
10 Years on and we are finally met with a sequel to this Zombie cult…
If there’s one thing that’s certain it’s that this film is strikingly different from the…
From his inception in the 1950’s to his recreation in the 70’s, the Joker has…
Monos is a drama film directed by Alejandro Landes – it follows the story of…
With more blood, more violence, and a valiant attempt at providing a bigger heart –…
This unlikely children’s film has to land as perhaps the most surprising film of the…
Like many R-rated comedies, there’s always a risk associated with pushing the humor to a…
If you’ve been following the trends that the horror genre has been through in the…
Directed by Claire Denis High Life follows the story of Monte (Robert Pattinson), a man,…
Looking back to 2017, it’s hard to see why things went so awry for this…
Who would’ve thought that The Angry Birds Movie 2, a film based off of a…
The Farewell takes its audience across the sea to a fundamentally different cultural world, exploring…
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is yet another dive into the what if concept…
Providing popcorn munching entertainment, admirable performances, and a simple yet familiar tone, Crawl is a…
On the surface, Parasite is quite simplistic in its general plot. Simply, we follow the…
What can audiences expect from Hobbs and Shaw? Well, if you like a succinct description,…
This French film follows the story of an aging father named Victor (Daniel Auteuil); a…
Live-action remakes are in the firing line as we speak, but The Lion King is…
Chucky. Many of us know him, many of us don’t – regardless, he’s no doubt…
Toy Story 4 is the fourth and final film in Pixar’s Toy Story franchise by…
The Secret Life of Pets 2 is the second film in Illumination’s Secret Life of…
Men in Black: International is the fourth film in the MIB franchise, entirely separating itself…
Dark Phoenix is quite simply a film without proper direction, figuratively and literally. As this…
Rocketman is a musical biopic directed by Dexter Fletcher and it follows the life of…
For the most part, Godzilla: King of Monsters stays true to its name, doubling down…
In many ways the lead up to this film reminds me of the death-march that…
Nothing quite evokes a nod of approval from action film enthusiasts than hearing the name…
From the director of the Netflix Ted Bundy doco-series; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile…
#DontSpoilTheEndgame – SPOILER-FREE REVIEWThis is a story about family, those that we lose, moving on,…
Based on the novel of the same name Five Feet Apart is a romance film…
Both fans and film critics alike have at some point made the argument that origin…
A Dog’s Way Home simply attempts to tell the story of a lost animal on…
Like any trilogy, there’s an imperative that it ends in such a way that encapsulates…
If there’s one thing that’s certain about How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World…
Roma is a semi-biographical story based on Cuarón’s childhood maid; the life she led and…
Continuing the journey of the magical nanny Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt). Mary Poppins Returns focuses…
Riding in hot off the tail of Warner Brother’s DCEU franchise films such as Batman…
We all know the base story of Spider-Man, his origins, his persona; we’ve seen it…
The Transformers franchise within the past decade has been following what could only be regarded…
Standing as perhaps one of Disney’s best original animated properties outside of Pixar in over…
Grinch is a character who is an icon during the Christmas season and The Grinch…
Much like the previous attempt to reimagine this story in 2010 by director Ridley Scott,…
What is admirable about director Steve McQueen is his raw dedication to character; whether they…
It was inevitable that the Harry Potter franchise was going to remain left untouched by…
As this film is biographical and primarily covers the subject of drug addiction, it felt…
If there’s anything to take away from this absolute train wreck of a film its…
With complicated history that already surrounds this film it’s hard not to look at it…
In my view, a sequel should primarily be about one thing, to further build on…
It’s hard to describe where the trend of revisiting old films with old leads and…
Whenever somebody mentions the word remake, it feels as though there’s an air of disdain…
It feels as though a neo-noir crime thriller comes along only once every 3 or…
I’ll say it, Sony has had trouble producing a good superhero flick since Spider-Man 2…
One would think going into a film that is based around the moon landing that…
There was a unique opportunity here to create a Predator film that ticked all the…
Breakout directorial debuts are always something that will either make me wary or excited for…
Solo survivalist stories are films that thrive on two things; engaging the audience through a…
Gratuity is something I’ve always struggled with in cinema, if I am to see it,…
Before I talk about The Nun we can’t forget where its inspiration resides — The…
A live-action Winnie the Pooh with a teddy bear like Pooh is as close to…
It is perfectly natural to feel a sense a trepidation when entering a film that…
The Happytime Murders is one of those films where you almost can’t believe this blend…
Any film that delves into mental illness as its primary storytelling directive has a large…
Deconstructing the notion of family, Shoplifters is the kind of film that will keep you…
What is your definition of a great heist film? Is it the complexity of the…
If you’ve ever wondered how a B-list monster movie similar to the likes of Sharknado…
What you have heard is true. Mission Impossible: Fallout is one of the greatest modern…
Not much can ultimately be said in regards to the wind-up and wind-down of my…
What was once thought dead has now been reborn, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is the…
As the fifth installment in the Mission Impossible franchise, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation refuses to…
Spike Lee is an enigmatic figure in cinema who has a clear and concise message…
When entering a film of this nature you need to understand a few things; this…
Expectations are undoubtedly going to be monumental when audiences have been asking for a sequel…
Only one of Marvel Studios sequel has been regarded as superior to the original, that…
One would think that a film that delves into the life of the woman who…
Pixar’s dive into the superhero genre is a truly incredible one, being among the first…
Jeff Tomsic makes his feature-film directorial debut here utilizing an idea inspired by startling, far-fetched…
I was already eagerly anticipating this film before I had the date set to view…
Following the truly monumental success of Jurassic World (2015), audiences are undoubtedly expecting these films…
Jurassic World makes an effort to bring back the wonderful world of dinosaurs to audiences…
Over 10 years since the last Ocean’s film was released we are met with Ocean’s…
Warmer than your average French new-wave flick and your typical American comedy, C’est La Vie…
There is absolutely no doubt coming into this film that the expectations are lower than…
Deadpool 2 at its core is fun and more action packed than ever before; Ryan…
Deadpool steals the superhero spotlight from all the rest with crude, violent, and satirical humour…
Avengers: Infinity War is Marvel Studios 19th film in their grand buildup to this exact…
The Captain America films have without a doubt shown to be the mini-franchise within the…
Magic and Marvel Studios has been an aspect long avoided by the franchise, despite its…
With such a convoluted narrative there must be a level of self-awareness and Ant-Man does…
Phase 2 of the MCU felt as if each film hit the same formulaic beat…
Roaring with explosive action, wicked character chemistry, and a killer soundtrack that brings it all…
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo provide their first film for the MCU and…
Thor: The Dark World takes a safe and careless approach to a superhero sequel, hoping…
Just coming off the large scale film The Avengers people had huge expectations as Marvel…
Marvel takes its first big step at tackling a large scale superhero collaboration. With boundless…