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D-Day you say? A classic war film maybe? With our plucky heroes ordered to blow up a Radar station so our brave boys can get ashore on the Normandy beaches? What, Nazi Zombies as well?!?! I’m in! J.J.Abrams is a master of the tightly-paced, tension-filled, absolutely-terrifying-while-simultaneously-complete-nonsense horror-thriller, and this is another one to add to the collection. Is it great...

Widows uses a fabulous ensemble cast (the amazing Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki) to tell a fast-paced story of four recent widows, forced by circumstance, to complete the heist their four husbands failed to fully complete. It’s well written, well-paced, and with a highly-skilled director in Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame, and the awesome 12 Years A...

Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) is hunting for a U.S. sub lost under the Arctic Circle. The race is on to save the sailors and find out what happened. What’s that you say? A surprise Russian coup has toppled their leader, and the only hope to rescue to world from descending into WWIII is to send in Joe Glass with...

When I first heard about Damien Chazelle’s First Man I was expecting to see another great space movie, something along the lines of Apollo 13 perhaps, or even Gravity. What I got was indeed a great movie (mostly), but it wasn’t a space movie. This is not a story of heroes going further, going faster, doing things we couldn’t ever expect to...

I’ve had a bit of a soft spot for Blake Lively since I watched The Age of Adaline. What? I liked it and I’m not embarrassed to admit it! A simple favour follows a somewhat tightly-wound single-mom blogger called Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), and a wild, haute couture, live-life-to-the-full Emily (Blake Lively). They are extremes, but become bound together when Emily...

If you’ve been following these reviews you’ll see quite a few movies that I’ve been negative about. I’m always looking for great films to watch, and I’m clear that not all great films make money. Take Solo: A Star Wars story for example. But a Mark Wahlberg film is usually a strong contender on both counts. I’ve enjoyed a lot...

GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!!!!! The first Predator movie was awesome nonsense. Much like Commando, Arnie was a tour-de-force of muscle and great one-liners. The movie never took itself too seriously, but it delivered a great cinema experience. The sequels were successively poor, besmirching the brand and squandering what could have been a very strong series. So, this time around would...

I wanted to love this film. The trailers looked really interesting, and the subject matter fascinating. The messages in this film, the truths in this film, are unavoidable and unquestionable. The parallels with the USA and the wider world are there to see. Is it a good movie though? Does it stand up on its own, messages to one side, as...

As we all know, sequels are hard. Especially when you have to follow something as amazing as the first Equalizer movie. This outing did not rise to the challenge. Now, I love a Denzel movie. I’ve pretty much loved everything he’s been in. In fact I struggle to think of any of his past films that I didn’t like a...

I should have known this was going to be bad when I bought my ice cream and got stiffed on the portion size… Seriously, it was half what they normally serve, and my mate ordered the smaller one and got almost as much as me, it’s just not fair! Little did I know that would be the highlight of the...