Bohemian Rhapsody Review

This has been a film with one of the most troubled productions in recent years. When a Queen biopic was originally announced, it was done so with Sacha Baron Cohen playing Freddie Mercury. He ended up leaving due to disputes with the surviving members of Queen, mainly, from what I can gather, over the depiction…

Halloween (2018) Review

The Halloween series is one of those horror series where I’m more familiar with it by reputation rather than by the actual films. I know the beats of most of the films, but I’ve only seen the John Carpenter original, and even then I only saw that for the first time 2 weeks ago. Having…

First Man Review

The idea of a film about the moon landing in 1969 with Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and directed by Damien Chazelle should have been excellent. After Whiplash and La La Land, it’s great to see Chazelle go a bit outside his comfort zone and make a film that doesn’t involve jazz, and Ryan Gosling…

2018 London Film Festival

So as I’m writing this I’m on the train heading back from the London Film Festival. It’s been one of those festivals that I’ve wanted to go to but never had the chance until now. Having been, I have to say it is a great experience, got introductions for most of the films from the…

The Hate U Give Review

Every now and then Cineworld does secret preview screenings for Unlimited members. I’ve been to a few secret screenings in the past held by Odeon (namely Midnight Special, Baby Driver, The Big Sick and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but I’ve never got the chance to go to one for Cineworld and, unlike Odeon, they…

Venom Review

So this was a terrible idea from the get go. The only thing that makes Venom interesting as a character is the connection to Spider-Man, with Venom starting out as a black suit for Spider-Man. Venom is so intrinsically tied into Spider-Man that it makes no sense to make a Venom movie without Spider-Man. But…