Licorice Pizza Review

Since this was announced I was looking forward to seeing this. I’m a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson and this looked like a more personal film of his and usually I find his more comedic films to be well done. However, I ended up being pretty disappointed by this and left the cinema being…

Scream (2022) Review

The Scream series feels like one that can easily adapt to the changing nature of horror. After helping to revitalise the slasher genre when it was first released, the meta commentary of the first Scream was highly influential in creating a string of meta horror films, but the horror landscape has changed in recent years,…

Belfast Review

This has been the first time since the cinemas reopened that there has been an Unlimited Secret Screening at Cineworld. Of the options that it could have been, it ended up being Belfast. Now I’ve heard a lot of good things about this, but I’ve been keeping myself a bit in the dark on this.…

2021 End of Year Round Up

So it’s now time for my round up of films from 2021 and this ended up being a pretty stacked year for film. Due to the delays in the film schedules caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many films that were meant to come out in 2020 were delayed until 2021 and then there were still…

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Review

This film wasn’t really on my radar before the trailers started being shown before pretty much any drama film in UK cinemas. That said, the trailers made the film look pretty interesting, especially in the visuals, which made me excited for this film. Watching the film though, there are good things in the film but…

The Matrix Resurrections Review

The Matrix series is one I wasn’t really familiar with before this year. Sure I’m familiar with the general ideas and iconography of the series but I hadn’t actually seen any of the films until this year. That said, I was still interested in seeing how a 20 years later sequel would play out and…

The Tragedy of Macbeth Review

In terms of film adaptations of Shakespeare plays, there is an interesting history of adaptations of Macbeth. There have been a few notable ones, such as the 2015 version with Michael Fassbender which I saw as part of the 2015 LAMB meet-up and I think that the gold standard of Macbeth adaptations is still, and…

Titane Review

This modern wave of extreme horror is something that I’m not fully familiar with. I’ve seen a few of the films and some videos on it on YouTube, but the horror I tend to be more interested in is the A24 style, rather than the extreme stuff. One of the extreme films that I have…

The King’s Man Review

The Kingsman series is one that I’ve been a bit mixed on from the start. I really enjoyed The Secret Service, but found that the last joke in the film ended the film on a sour note, whilst I found that The Golden Circle, whilst well directed, followed up on the worst tendencies of The…

Spider-Man: No Way Home Review

I have to admit that I was a bit sceptical of this film before I watched it. The Spider-Man films in the MCU I’ve found to be pretty disappointing, feeling like they were more focused on Iron Man than Spider-Man. With all the marketing for this film, I was worried it would be a repeat…