Comedy
I Feel Pretty Review – Amy Schumer’s Empowering and Witty Rom-Com on Self-Image
I’m rather intensely torn by I Feel Pretty and did more than my share of convicted thinking before sitting down to write this review. It has...
‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Review: A Pun-Filled but Hollow Sequel
A sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet, Sherlock Gnomes reimagines the famous sleuth as a lawn trinket on the trail of his missing fellows in...
On My Block Season 1 Review
On My Block Season 1 is a Netflix comedy series that focuses on four teenagers — Cesar (Diego Tinoco), Ruby (Jason Genao), Monse (Sierra Capri)...
‘Gringo’ Review – Disappointing Comedy Action Drama with Edgerton & Theron
Comedy action drama Gringo tells the story of Harold, who believes his executive friends are backstabbing him at a major pharmaceutical company. His suspicion eventually...
Film Review | Game Night (2018)
Game Night is a raucously funny comedy about parlour-loving partiers who find themselves drawn into a web of danger. Written by Mark Perez and directed...
Review | Everything Sucks! (2018)
Netflix Original Everything Sucks! follows nerdy teenaged outsiders in Boring, Oregon, as they deal with the stresses of growing up in the VHS era. The...
‘Polka King’ Review – A Charming Few Hours
Polka King is a charming ode to the completely bizarre and undeniably fanciful life of Jan Lewan. Based upon the 2009 documentary The Man Who...
‘War on Everyone’ Review – Excellent Cast, Excellent Characters
War on Everyone is a film about two corrupt policemen and the mess they get into when they take their bribery down a new direction....
Review | The Nine Lives of Christmas
The Nine Lives of Christmas Title The Nine Lives of Christmas Director Mark Jean Writer(s) Sheila Roberts (based on the book by), Nancey Silvers Rating...
‘Brigsby Bear’ Review – A Chummy and Wholesome Film
This is a film you may not have heard of (unless you follow what’s going on at Sundance) that came out in the USA in...
Flashback | Review | What We Do in the Shadows
Movie Title: What We Do in the Shadows Director(s): Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement Writer(s): Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement Rating: PG Release Date: June 19, 2014...
The Visit (2015) Review
We review the 2015 movie The Visit, which does not contain any significant spoilers. M. Night Shyamalan is back – and he really snuck this...
‘Dead Alive (1992)’ Review – Blood, Gore and Excess Comedy
“Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?” “The Uruks turn Northeast! They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard!” “That baby just… landed in a fucking blender.”...
‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ Review – A Serviceable Piece Of Work
Our third trip down the well-stocked aisles of Toys R Us, this time in search of LEGO’s apparently-popular Ninjago; a more narrative-heavy extension of LEGO’s...
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....