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 […]
Colossal is that rare film that you’ll never second guess until the end
Colossal (2017) – Film Review Written and directed by Spaniard Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal is an unusual low-budget science fiction black comedy independent film mash-up but with some serious star power in Anne Hathaway on board as main star and executive producer. Hathaway (who recalls a similar role in Rachel getting Married) stars as unemployed 30-something […]
Latest Alien film is a greatest hits of the Alien franchise – back to basics but no surprises
Alien: Covenant (2017) – Film Review Ridley Scott has always been able to make movies look great but without a good script any director’s going to suffer. The Covenant is a colony ship carrying over 2000 colonists and crew in cryogenic stasis which is diverted to a mysterious planet after picking up a signal of […]
Mindhorn – silly spoof fun with deluded Alan Partridge style laughs
Mindhorn (2017) – Film Review Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt, The Mighty Boosh) is a washed-up actor whose golden era was in three seasons of an obscure British low-budget genre cop show set on the Isle of Man called Mindhorn. Mindhorn was an ‘enhanced’ cop, with a bionic eye which could ‘see the truth’ – a […]
Colourful fun as Guardians of the Galaxy delivers more heart with the laughs and action
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (2017) – Film Review Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is the followup to a film which was a surprise smash hit upon release three years ago. If it weren’t for the fact that it was being released under the Marvel Studio banner, and apparently existing in the same […]