Matilda: The Musical Review

Roald Dahl’s Matilda is one of those stories I will always have nostalgia for. I remember listening to the audio book and watching the Danny DeVito film a lot when I was younger and, when I first saw it on stage, I loved the musical version of Matilda. So I was intrigued when a film…

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Review

Since it was first announced, this version of Pinocchio was immediately one of my most anticipated films. The idea of Guillermo Del Toro doing a stop motion version of Pinocchio set in Mussolini’s Italy was fascinating to me and, after the pretty terrible remake of the Disney version, I wanted to see a really good…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Review

The first Knives Out was a great example of how original, mid budget movies can still work in the modern cinema landscape. Rian Johnson, following the brilliance of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, was able to make a brilliant revival of the whodunnit genre, and I was really excited to see how he would continue…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Review

The first Black Panther is a clear high point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was the first superhero film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and it was a cultural touchstone when it was released. Naturally, this made a sequel inevitable, but tragedy struck in 2020 with the death of Chadwick…