Baby Driver (2017) – Film Review Baby Driver is the latest film written and directed by Edgar Wright who also performed similar duties on Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and The World’s End. It’s also a welcome throw-back to classic action-orientated heist films from decades ago just when you […]
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Last Knight underlines fading Transformers film series going out with a wimper
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) – Film Review The fifth in a highly successful series of Transformers live action films, it seems a long time ago that Michael Bay’s series of films first came out. It seems possible that Bay’s swansong could also mean the end of the current Transformers franchise with box office takings […]
The Dark Universe runs into trouble from the start after The Mummy unravels
The Mummy (2017) – Film Review Universal Studios’ “Dark Universe” – announced last month – is the latest attempt by a Hollywood Studio to ape the success of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Universal intend to leverage their classic properties from almost a century ago – including Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, The Invisible Man, The Creature from the […]
The summer’s first big hit – Wonder Woman is a fun, thoughtful and well written super-hero film
Wonder Woman (2017) – Film Review The first major female-led super-hero film for over a decade, Wonder Woman has a lot riding on it as the fourth instalment of the DC Extended Universe which includes Superman: Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad. There’s been a mixed reception for all of […]
More of the same as Johnny Depp returns for a fifth instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017) – Film Review I liked the first Pirates of the Caribbean film when it first came out in 2003. It was an entertaining family film if a little over long at 142 minutes and I felt it had one action sequence too many towards the end. Subsequent films have […]