Film Review: Widows
By: James Jones
The stakes are high in Steve McQueen’s latest project. That said, when have the stakes never been high in his films? Director of Hunger, Shame, and 12 Years a S... Read More...
Film
Slash, Scare & Stalk: Why this year’s Halloween is the most brutal to date.
By: Joey Crutchley
It’s 8:33pm and I’m sat in the cinema, reclined on a leather chair while crowds swarm in to fill up the seats like moths to a flame. “Michael! Michael!” Som... Read More...
Film Review: Hunter Killer
By: James Jones
Dive, dive, dive! More like dull, dull, dull! Gerard Butler’s latest action film Hunter Killer sees him single-handedly prevent World War Three as he captains a... Read More...
So what’s this venom character all about?
Right now, we are living in a world where we're never really a few months away from seeing a superhero movie. Iron Man, Ant-Man, Spider-Man, Batman, Superman… S... Read More...
Film Review: A Star is Born
By: James Jones
Rating: 4/5
Certain stories hold a special resonance which allows them to work, no matter the time or place in which they are told. Their universal themes co... Read More...
Autumn 2018 at the Cinema
By: James Jones
Well, what a summer! Scorching temperatures and weeks of uninterrupted sunshine may have topped up your tan but it had less of a positive impact on UK cinema at... Read More...
Film Review: The Meg
By: James Jones
Rating: 3/5
Never one to be typecast, Jason Statham is back on our screens as tough guy Jonas Taylor – expert diver and the man to whom everyone goes when th... Read More...
A look into summer 2018 at the Cinema
By: James Jones
As the country continues to bake in temperatures with which you’d normally be very pleased on your annual trip to Magaluf, the cool darkness of the cinema is be... Read More...
Mission Impossible Fallout – Review
By: James Jones
Mission Impossible - Fallout (Rating: 4/5)
There’s an undeniable fact about Tom Cruise: he makes a brilliant Hollywood leading man. Ignore all the Scientolog... Read More...
Film Review: Ocean’s Eight
By: James Jones
Rating: 2/5
In public life, men get noticed. Women don’t. And, for once, Sandra Bullock’s Debbie Ocean is fine with that. Debbie is the sister of Danny Ocean... Read More...
Film Review – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
By: James Jones
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
3/5
The old adage “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” seems remarkably apt when it comes to the p... Read More...
Underrated Film Soundtracks
By: James Jones
A good musical score can make or break a film. From soundtracks which are essentially cinematic playlists (think of the synth-pop brilliance in Ryan Gosling’s D... Read More...
Most awkward sex scenes to watch with mum…
The Wolf Of Wall Street
We are thrown straight into the deep end as the crude sex scenes and references are consistent from start to finish. The first scene ... Read More...
Film Review: Rampage
By: James Jones
Dwayne Johnson has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, with his films making literally billions of dollars at the box office. One of his first film a... Read More...
New Movies 2018 Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You…
By: James Jones
New Movies 2018
We’ve made it through winter (finally!) and with longer days and warmer temperatures come a whole host of big screen releases to tempt you in... Read More...
Marvel’s Infinity War Posters are Missing the Soul Stone
"Imagine if Hawkeye actually had the soul stone"
Film Review: Red Sparrow
By: James Jones
Since her breakthrough role in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence has become one of the most famous of Hollywood actresses. Indeed, her films have grossed ... Read More...
I’m unhappy with The Greatest Showman Tomatometer Rating
By: Becky Farrar
I think everyone and their mothers will have heard about The Greatest Showman by now. And if not, your dog will probably know.
The Greatest Showman was relea... Read More...
Howard the Duck-Cult Film Retrospective
One wonders what the world has done to deserve George Lucas. He is the Lady Macbeth of the Movie Brat filmmakers, an initially independent film maker whose mind... Read More...
Film Review: The Shape of Water
By: James Jones
There are certain directors whose style is so distinct, that it immediately jumps out at the audience from the moment a film begins. This cinematic calling-card... Read More...
