Comedy

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Review

October 13 2017, by Daniel Hart

Directed by Noah Baumbach, we review the 2017 Netflix movie The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), which does not contain spoilers. I fondly remember when...

Review – The Babysitter (2017)

October 13 2017, by Daniel Hart

At a glance, you would believe that The Babysitter is going to be the usual recycled garbage that Netflix churns out on a fortnightly basis...

Review – My Little Pony: The Movie

October 8 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Thanks to a series of incredibly bizarre events, earlier this evening I found myself in a screening of My Little Pony: The Movie, along with...

Review – The Grand Budapest Hotel

October 4 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

The Grand Budapest Hotel follows the tale of eccentric hotel concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and a lobby boy he befriends whilst caught up in...

‘No Offence’ Season 1 Review – A Seriously Addictive Series

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

The daily trials and tribulations of the officers of a Manchester constabulary working together to keep the streets safe, No Offence follows the lives of...

Review – Kingsman: The Golden Circle

September 24 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

After Kingsman HQ is destroyed, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) have to call upon some extra help to find those behind the attack....

Review – The Wilde Wedding

September 23 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

You know you’re in trouble when a romantic comedy opens with a character explaining to a video camera that they intend to make a documentary....

Review – Gun Shy

September 18 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Sometimes, a bad movie leaves a tantalising trail of breadcrumbs all the way back to an idea that might have once seemed smart, or funny,...

‘Dave Made a Maze’ Review – It’s Not Bad, But It Overstretches The Concept

September 9 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

There are few metaphors more obvious than the homemade living-room labyrinth in Dave Made a Maze. The titular Dave (Nick Thune) is a struggling artist...

Review – The Hitman’s Bodyguard

August 20 2017, by Daniel Hart

Somewhere in an air-conditioned office in Hollywood, a bunch of sweaty executives trawled through a big pile of scripts and raised this one in the...

Review – Naked

August 13 2017, by Daniel Hart

Naked is a remake of the 2000 Swedish film Naken. It is a Netflix Original romantic comedy about a guy who is pretty much naked...

Review – Girls Trip

August 8 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

What’s this? About a year ago, a friend of mine pointed me towards a YouTube video in which a woman who calls herself Angel demonstrated...

Review – The Emoji Movie

August 5 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Surprising absolutely nobody, The Emoji Movie is an insulting travesty without a shred of wit, intelligence or worth; a shameless, unfunny slab of advertising that...

‘Archer: Dreamland’ Review – It Teaches An Old Dog New Tricks

July 16 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

The eighth season of Adam Reed’s anarchic, sneakily genius spy-spoof animated series – and a bit of a gamble, this time around. Sure, the FXX...

‘Snatched’ Review – It’ll Kidnap You For 90 Minutes

May 24 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

In Snatched, Amy Schumer plays Emily Middleton. Emily Middleton is, for all intents and purposes, Amy Schumer, or at least the on-stage-and-screen persona that she...

‘Mother’s Day (2016)’ Review – “I Left Away Not Feeling Much

May 23 2017, by Daniel Hart

The month that brings us Father’s Day is also the month that brings us Mother’s Day. Not sure if it is intended irony, as it...

Review – Me Before You

May 23 2017, by Daniel Hart

Firstly, I have not read the book. My review of this film is merely an interpretation from the big screen, so I am afraid my...

Review – Ghostbusters (2016)

May 22 2017, by Daniel Hart

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you will know the Ghostbusters remake was not a comfortable release. The promotion...

Review – The Interview

April 19 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

I suppose it is somewhat ironic that North Korea’s fervent attempts to censor The Interview have did nothing but bolster the illusion of credibility surrounding...

Review – Sandy Wexler

April 18 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

Maybe it’s just me, but lately, watching an Adam Sandler movie makes me want to scoop my eyes out with a rusty spoon and fling...