AQUAMAN: THE LOST KINGDOM (2023) – REVIEW

4/10 It was long wait. But was it worth it? Avatar 3 was not what I was expecting. For a start, they have recast the entire film! Pandora was the only remaniing location, though for some reason, they kept on calling it Atlantis. And where did Aquaman come from! Well, after a time, realised that…

MIRROR MIRROR (2012) – Review

2012 DIRECTOR: Tarzem Singh 70/100 I finally got around to watching this 2012 Snow White adaptation after 8 years an was pleasantly surprised. I missed it at the time, put off by what appeared to be a kids movie, favouring the mediocre Snow White and the Huntsman, in the Cinema instead. I misjudged both films…

STAR WARS SEQUEL TRILOGY: TIME TO HATE THE HATE

In recent years, as in Star Wars since The Force Awakens, we, as in myself, my better half and my teenage stepson have made the trip on opening night to see the latest addition to the galaxy far, far away. We also go with my parents, who I have been with to see every one…

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (2019) – ANALYSIS & REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Tim Miller 70/100 A lot has been said about this film and indeed, the franchise's return as a whole. Following on from the soft, in more ways than one, reboot that was Terminator: Genisys back in 2015, this is one of those sequels which are really starting to piss me off! Not a…

THE MONSTER-VERSE: THE STORY SO FAR… – REVIEW

2014, 2017, 2019 DIRECTORS: Gareth Edward's, Jordan Vogt-Roberts & Michael Dougherty My ratings of the Monster-Verse so far... Beginning with Godzilla in 2014, the 1998 debacle has been consigned to history, finally a decent westernized version of the Toho classic, Gojira was finally realised. This version of Godzilla was modified not just for the 21st…

NO TIME TO DIE DELAYED…

In a statement released today by EON and the other two production partners, Bond's 25th, as well as Daniel Craig's swansong, outing have been delayed by seven months. QUOTE “after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace” Though surely to be a huge disappointment to fans expecting this rather unprecedented in recent…

STAR WARS: PREQUELS Vs SEQUELS…

After watching this video from the rather dubious movie rating site Rotten Tomatoes, a site who's impartiality has been called in to question in recent years, I felt the need to compose a short response... https://youtu.be/FzNZS7-Hsdc "It's a tough one. Whilst would I concur with his choices generally, I also agree that the Prequel's crowd…

QUICK REVIEWS – WEEK ENDING 7/7/18

...and the films which I have seen this week are... This week was a very light week for me, the sun shining, the World Cup and Wimbledon taking me away from the big screen, but here are the 2 film which I can honestly say that I sat down to watch properly... BLACK PANTHER (2017)…

BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) – REVIEW

2001 DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott A TOP TEN FILM! Black Hawk Down is to me, the best war film that I have ever seen. Intense and relentless, it conveys the horror and tactics of modern warfare and more to point, like all great and classic war movies, demonstrates the dedication, skill and spirit that warfare can…

THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) – REVIEW

1926 DIRECTOR: Albert Parker Two Tone Technicolor in all its glory! This is it. The first widely distributed Technicolor movie back before we even had sound. This was hardly the first foray into colour, in fact colour almost goes as far back as film itself, as does sound, but it was not until the mid-1920's…