A movie lives or dies on the believability of the performances. In the case of The Power of the Dog, you have to believe that Benedict Cumberbatch can play a bastard cowboy. To his credit, Cumberbatch manages to deliver upon … Continue reading The Power of the Dog (2021) Review
The fact that Thor Ragnarok was a superhero movie with funny moments has spoiled Thor’s fourth solo outing. Returning director Taika Waititi can effectively tap into the light-hearted elements of a situation but deliver the heart as well, which was … Continue reading Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Review
Following Top Gun with a sequel that is 36 years in the making was always going to be a tall order and even more so when the original movie didn’t really lend itself to a follow-up. Director Joseph Kosinski and … Continue reading Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Review
I don’t usually review franchises as a whole but the Jackass movies are so similar and deliver practically the same film with each instalment that this just seemed the easier option. As a general point, it goes without saying that … Continue reading The Jackass Franchise (2002 – 2022) Review
Pixar continue to be as inventive as ever with each new movie. You can almost guarantee that the central story or character is like nothing you have seen before and that they will be able to build an impressive world … Continue reading Luca (2021) Review
With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios delivers one of its most creative movies yet. Doctor Strange always lent itself to impressive imagery but this is a film which manages to bring the mind-bending and reality warping … Continue reading Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness (2022) Review
There is something powerful about simply retelling a story as a matter-of-fact series of events. This is the form that Attica takes, using witnesses from the event, people in and around the protest and those still affected by it, be … Continue reading Attica (2021) Review
Ascension is a good idea but you need to buy into what you are watching. There is no “hand-holding” here and it becomes fairly clear, fairly quickly, that you will witness events as a fly-on-the-wall rather than as a narrative … Continue reading Ascension (2021) Review
The best movies could put the characters in any situation and you would still be engrossed. If you’ve written your character well enough, you should be able to watch them shopping and it would be interesting. This is exactly the … Continue reading The Mitchells vs The Machines (2021) Review
Animation suits the documentary format so well that its surprising that more movies of this medium don’t use it. It is especially fitting when a person is recounting incredible events of their life. Rather than recreations, which documentaries like The … Continue reading Flee (2021) Review
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