The Jungle Book Review

Over the past few years, there has been a trend of Disney remaking their classic animated films in live action and they’ve generally been a mixed bag. Sometimes we’ve got pretty terrible films like Maleficent, other times we’ve got some pretty decent films like Cinderella. This time though, we’ve got a genuinely brilliant film from…

Eddie The Eagle Review

There have been a lot of sports movies released over the past few years, many of them taking a more serious bent which has made a lot of them incredibly engaging. Sometimes though, you want a film that is unabashedly goofy and sentimental, one that embraces the underdog and we’ve got that film now with…

Hardcore Henry Review

One of the things that I’m surprised hasn’t happened more frequently has been the use of first person sequences in major films. Considering how it is one of the dominant forms of presentation in numerous narrative mediums (books and video games for example), I’d have thought that film would jump at the chance but there…

2016 Blind Spot: Sunset Boulevard

So for my next blind spot film, I wanted to go back to one of the classics. One of the quintessential films about the movie industry. Considering it’s reputation, I can’t think of a better film to pick than Sunset Boulevard. This is considered one of the classic film noirs and one of the great…

Zootropolis Review

I’ve said before that I believe we’re in the midst of the second Disney renaissance. Since The Princess and the Frog, we have been seeing an incredibly strong stream of Disney animated films, all of which combined good humour with strong stories. However, I have been nervous about a few of these films before I…

Midnight Special Review

So a few days ago, the cinema chain Odeon held one of their regular Screen Unseen events. These are when you get the chance to see a film before it’s general release for a reduced cost, but you don’t know what film you’re watching until you’re in the screening. For these events there is always…