Film Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 27 September 2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a film adaptation of the bestselling cult…
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Film Review: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 22 March 2018 At the start of Pacific Rim: Uprising, our hero Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) proclaims, “I…
Film Review: The Shape of Water (2017)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 18 January 2018 There’s been much anticipation for Guillermo del Toro’s latest feature. With a highly successful festival…
Film Review: Crimson Peak (2015)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 15 October 2015 Wine and cheese. Alcohol and kebabs. Meat pies and tomato sauce. Guillermo Del Toro and…
Film Review: The Book of Life (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 31 March 2015 The Book of Life is an animated tale of bravery, loyalty and love, set in…
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 24 December 2014 Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit series has thrown almost everyone into mutually exclusive camps: the haters…
Film Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
byIn Jackson’s view, it seems nothing is done unless it is done to excess and this dizzying flurry of action may be exhausting for some. However, it is nothing if not a spectacle and leaves me eagerly waiting for more.
Film Review: Pacific Rim (2013)
byRaleigh (Charlie Hunnam) and Yancy (Diego Klattenhoff) are brothers, pilots, and rock-stars. They have no marketable skills in the real world, but in post apocalyptic aliens vs giant robots world, their ability to hold their own in a fight makes them super human rock-stars.
Film Review: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
byWritten by Mark Hewitt Originally published 18 March 2013 So, you want to make an adventure movie, do you? All right, I can see…
Film Review: Mama (2013)
byMama is a film ripe with horror clichés, some of the setups seem oddly familiar and there are scenes that leave you scratching your head with a feeling of déjà vu, swearing you’d seen what just happened in Japanese horrors The Ring or The Grudge.