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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...

DUM…DUM…DUM.DUM…DUM…DUM…DUM…DUM… Everyone knows that intro, it’s unmistakeable. It’s Mission Impossible! The first Mission Impossible was 1996. I KNOW! How did that happen, it seems like yesterday… There have been six MI films since then. We’ve all seen what happens to film franchises as the sequels rack up right? I’ve written reviews on here lamenting the state of Jurassic Park, the...

This is one of those films that I’ve always meant to watch, but never have. When I saw it was being released at the cinema for it’s 60th anniversary, I jumped at it. What a great film! The cast (James Stewart, Kim Novak, and the excellent Barbara Bel Geddes) shine throughout the movie. It is very much of its time,...

The original Ocean’s film (Ocean’s 11) was a great movie. At the time (2001) it was something a bit different, a big names, big budget blockbuster with a great cast and great timing. As with many great films it seems, the studio milked it across several sequels, producing weaker and weaker offerings each time, so by the end of it...

Another Jurassic movie? Okay, I’m ready! It’s going in a new direction though right? New story tropes, new perils, new monsters, new characters, new, new, new? No. Tired, recycled, predictable, meh… I give this movie 5.0/10.

I saw the first Star Wars movie in the local cinema back in 1977. I didn’t want to go, hadn’t really heard anything about it, but I went with a huge group of kids, and everyone seemed excited. I was 9 years old. It blew my mind. I knew when watching that movie that the cinema would never be the...

The original Deadpool was fantastic: a fresh, self-deprecating twist on superhero movies that was filled with in-jokes, laughs, and direct-to-camera gags. Deadpool 2 is more of the same, and I don’t mean that in a good way. Coupling Deadpool with a mini-X-Men cast (yes, the “closing the door” gag was funny) seemed to me to be lazy writing. It didn’t...

I had high hopes for this film. An interesting idea, at least it looked like it from the trailer. And what a cast! It was, though, entirely unsatisfying. The key aspect to any good scary movie is that it stays with you after the movie ends. You walk out of the dark cinema into the night with a growing sense...