Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Film Review Beauty and the Beast certainly hit the right notes for the target audience (young girls), of which there were plenty in the screening which I attended. There was laughter, applause and more than a few tears shed at the end of this live action retelling of the classic […]
Skull Island is a cheerfully modern period King Kong movie
Kong: Skull Island (2017) – Film Review Set in a period at the end of the Vietnam war in 1973, this film is littered with references to one of the greatest Vietnam war films made – Apocalyse Now – and juxtaposes the themes we find there with the classic monster movie genre. Right down to […]
A fitting finale for Wolverine in Hugh Jackman’s Logan
Logan (2017) – Film Review It’s been 17 years since the release of X-Men, arguably the film that kick started the modern super-hero obsession thanks to the Marvel movies. In that time, Hugh Jackman has gone from a fresh faced man in his early 30s to a veteran in his late 40s looking to bow […]
Manchester by the Sea and other Oscar contenders for 2017
A year packed with strong Oscar contenders It’s Oscars weekend, and by Monday morning we’ll find who who has won the award for Best Picture. It’s a very competitive group of films in the running for victory this year with La La Land leading the pack. The full list is as follows: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, […]
Hidden Figures is a brilliantly engineered and accessible tale of NASAs women in the 1960s
Hidden Figures (2016) – Film Review Hidden Figures is a fascinating Oscar nominated film based on the little known story of African-American women working as mathematicians, programmers and engineers at NASA during the early days of the American space programme. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and […]