Author Archives: Jamie Skinner

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 39 minutes, Director – Peter Segal A CIA spy (Dave Bautista) trains a nine year old (Chloe Coleman) after she discovers his secret mission The tough-guy trains/ looks after kids story has been done many times before. A big action star is put into a fish-out-of-water style taleContinue reading “My Spy – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Jessica Hausner A plant designed to make people happy begins to affect the brains of those creating and breeding it. The best way to describe the gist of Little Joe is Little Shop Of Horrors meets Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. The titular LittleContinue reading “Little Joe – Review”

Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 42 minutes, Director – Dan Scanlon Two brothers (Tom Holland, Chris Pratt) go on a quest to bring back their dad for just one day. It’s clear from the second the audience enters the board-game inspired fantasy realm of Pixar’s latest feature that establishes it as something veryContinue reading “Onward – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Peter Cattaneo When their husbands and wives go off to fight in the war in Afghanistan a group of women form a choir to take their minds away from worry. Director Peter Cattaneo may be best associated with his 1997 feature debut The FullContinue reading “Military Wives – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Richard Stanley When a mysterious object crashes into the garden of a family’s newly moved into countryside home the land and wildlife in the area begins to mutate Back in 2018 the world said that Nicolas Cage couldn’t possibly get more Nicolas Cage (althoughContinue reading “Color Out Of Space – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Todd Haynes A corporate environmental lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) takes on one of the biggest chemical companies in America when it’s revealed that they’re poisoning the water of a town in Virginia Dark Waters is a shocking film, there’s no denying that. There’s something aboutContinue reading “Dark Waters – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Leigh Whannell After escaping an abusive relationship Cecelia (Elisabeth Moss), believes that her ex-boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who has recently committed suicide, is somehow stalking and terrorising her in an invisible form. The Invisible Man is a title commonly associated with the ghouls and grimContinue reading “The Invisible Man – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 1 minute, Director – Céline Sciamma A painter (Noémie Merlant) closely observes a bride-to-be (Adèle Haenel) in order to make a portrait for her wedding without her knowing. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is a work of art that communicates its points through a story about communicationContinue reading “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire – Review”

Cert – U, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Autumn de Wilde Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) delights in her life of matchmaking friends and family, while dealing with her complex relationships with the men around her. Director Autumn de Wilde’s previous experience mostly relates to music videos for rock artists. The likes ofContinue reading “Emma. – Review”