Comedy
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Review
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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...