Avatar 2 – Can it turn a profit?
Yes, it can. OK, that may be a bit on the flippant side. There’s been a lot in the media recently about how much the sequel to Avatar has cost to make and, by all accounts, it is likely a massive amount. Some reports are suggesting as much as $350m -> $400m! Whilst I personally […]
Black Panther – Wakanda Forever Review
How are you meant to create a sequel to a movie when your lead actor has died? What are you meant to do with the almost completed script when you find out you no longer have your lead actor? What are you meant to do when you have to make a movie while you are […]
West Side Story Review
Steven Spielberg is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated, genius directors of the last 40 years. You cannot deny the ability proven by movies such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan and Schindlers List. He may be the greatest director of all time. I will leave that to history […]
Death on the Nile Review
One of the sleeper hit movies of 2017 was Murder on the Orient Express, a re-telling of the classic Agatha Christie novel set on the iconic train. Kenneth Branagh starred as Poirot and directed the movie and a quite astounding, ensemble cast. It largely flew under the radar but held modest success and acclaim. I […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home Review
I know, I know, I’m VERY late to the party when it comes to seeing this film and that’s partly due to COVID and partly due to the fact that I was able to spend a lot of time in the US at the end of the year. Now the COVID numbers are going down, […]
Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Review
Shang-Chi is a character, about whom, I know absolutely nothing. I do not claim to be a comic aficionado, neither a Marvel enthusiast although I do enjoy the movies massively. As such, I had no idea what to expect when I was laying on the bed in a hotel room when the film appeared on […]
Cry Macho – Review
A great director can make a good movie great. A great director can, at best, make a bad movie OK. Unfortunately, that is the fate of Cry Macho. This is a very simple tale with a great many plot-holes. Set in 1979, it centres around the story of Mike Milo, a former rodeo star (Clint […]
Sonic the Hedgehog – Review
It’s a Bank Holiday Monday. I’d just dragged myself out of bed after a late night knowing I didn’t have to be up early in the morning. So while I munched my breakfast and drank my coffee, I figured what the heck, I’d give this VERY silly movie a go!!! And you know what? It’s […]
Godzilla vs Kong Review
“It’s so bad, it’s good!” I’ve said that a bunch of times in my life and yet I now feel that it’s a phrase that I’ve been mis-using all my life. Godzilla vs Kong is, put simply, a movie that had absolutely no business being made. Sure, there’s the “monster” franchise. We’ve had a Godzilla […]
Val Review
Val is the self-told story of Val Kilmer; actor, artist, writer, complete lunatic, tragic figure. As Val says in the movie, he was the first person he knew to own a video camera and, seemingly, he took it literally everywhere. The result is a lifetime of footage that he can call upon in order to […]