I have always been fascinated by the era of the Space Race and everything around it. From THE RIGHT STUFF which told the story about breaking the sound barrier leading to the first round of Americans trying to fly around the planet to APOLLO 13 which is one of the best movies ever made about […]
Reviews
THE FALL GUY Review – MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Lite?
The problem with THE FALL GUY is that it’s not really about the world of stunt performers, and nor does it do enough to truly recognize their contributions to cinema. The opening monologue rewrites what’s classic from the TV series, and the movie (METALSTORM) being made within this movie vaguely hints at it. But unless […]
FOOD, INC. 2 Review – What’s Changed At The Dining Table
According to US Senate Corey Booker of New Jersey, America’s food system is savagely broken. In the well-meaning documentary, FOOD, INC. 2, viewers are looking at how the industry has changed when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, what’s still wrong with it and how it’s affected the global distribution chain. It’s a loose sequel to the […]
EMMAGEDDON Review – Character Drama & Satire in an Imagined World
EMMAGEDDON is a charming enough film about Emily (Bre Mueck) who dreams about being a hero. But in reality, she just wants to have a better life than the one she has now and the way she throws herself into an imagined world, where she and Emma are the same, can get confusing. Both of […]
THE IRON CLAW Review – Get Your Von Erichs Out
THE IRON CLAW takes place in a different era of wrestling than what you are familiar with today. At that moment the WWE was not yet the global wrestling powerhouse. They were still known as the WWWF and it’s just a territorial promotion in most of New England and New York, and this takes place mostly […]
ARGYLLE Reaction – Keep The Cat In The Bag
With the recent Apple+/theatrical release ARGYLLE, I am somewhat baffled by Matthew Vaughan’s recent actioner. This new movie does not look or have the feeling of The Official Pitch: Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World franchise) is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night […]
Mean Girls (2024) Review: Is It Still Fetch?
I always felt like I was not the target audience for the Lindsay Lohan starring MEAN GIRLS, but I went on opening day in 2004 and remember laughing out loud constantly and was especially impressed in just how the Mark Waters-directed and Tina Fey written comedy really showcased teenager issues well at the time. Far […]
My Five Animated Films of 2023
Presented here are my top five favourite animated films of 2023, and they’re listed from best to least. These mini-reviews encapsulate why I think they work. Not only do they represent the best in narrative design but also they are worth seeing time and time again. SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER VERSE This sequel ups the […]
Between CANDY CANE LANE and DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, My Money is on the Latter.
Eddie Murphy’s family friendly films should be a sub-genre in itself. Not only are they thematically similar, but also sometimes offer some payoff that viewers can part with. However, his best movies are those when he’s allowed to be raunchy and off the wall, like DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (2019). But when he has to […]
TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR Review – 100% Pure Adrenaline
When I think of the name Taylor Swift I think of an incredibly famous, powerful and beautiful woman who has really transcended the world stage in entertainment and seems to have mostly done it all by herself. I have always been a casual fan of her work and on occasion had some of her songs […]
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Review – Scorsese Can Do Whatever He Wants
A huge wave of euphoria hit me about halfway through Martin Scorsese’s latest picture (he gets to call his movies “pictures”, therefore so do I) in that this is a filmmaker still at the top of his game after decades and still creates his movies on his own terms. Seeing something like KILLERS OF THE […]
TALK TO ME Review – Don’t Talk To The Hand
Where would horror movies be as a genre without teenagers making dumb choices about fooling around with the occult? We certainly wouldn’t have TALK TO ME, the new A24 film about how grasping an embalmed hand (ick!) and uttering a couple of incantations can pierce the veil between our world and the shadow world. Australian […]
SOUND OF FREEDOM Review – The Power In The Fight
SOUND OF FREEDOM doesn’t sound like something you would want to see on an evening out at the movies with its rather controversial subject, yet this groundbreaking and quite alarming new movie currently making waves in release I found such a powerful movie experience throughout. A lot of what you have been hearing about this […]
JOY RIDE Review – Fresh & Funny & Totally Different
Every so often you will see a film that manages to do something fresh and different in a totally unexpected way. JOY RIDE is that film. It’s the girl gang, road trip, K-Pop, Asian -American raunchy feel -good, viral video comedy that we didn’t know we needed. This wild fresh comedy is the debut feature […]
THE FLASH Review – Too Far Gone
The only reason I went to see THE FLASH movie is to enjoy witnessing the return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne aka Batman. The music and the Tim Burton touch is everywhere when he’s gracing the screen and I wanted to watch those movies and first animated series again! There’s also Sasha Calle as […]