Jamie Skinner

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Greetings From Krampus

When it comes to Christmas films many are packed with elements of fantasy. Reasonings for how Santa achieves his annual worldwide delivery, and keeps the North Pole hidden, introduce sci-fi leanings with increasingly futuristic ideas. Delving into imagination has long been a big part of many fictional festive films, no matter what genre. However, thisContinue reading “Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Greetings From Krampus”

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Jeff Fowler Sonic (Ben Schwartz) and co. must team up to stop another hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) with stronger powers from destroying the world alongside his nemesis Dr Robotnik’s (Jim Carrey) grandfather (Carrey). At the end of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 I was somewhat hopefulContinue reading “Sonic The Hedgehog 3 – Review”

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Becoming Santa

Mufasa: The Lion King – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 59 minutes, Director – Barry Jenkins Before becoming king of Pride Rock, lion Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) finds himself part of a group of fellow ‘strays’, being hunted down by a pride of lions vengeful lions. The photorealistic CG animation which makes up Disney’s prequel to their 2019 (non)live-actionContinue reading “Mufasa: The Lion King – Review”

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – What Would Jesus Buy?

Alternative Christmas Film Advent Calendar 2024 – Tree Man

Carry-On – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 59 minutes, Director – Jaume Collet-Serra TSA agent Ethan (Taron Egerton) is threatened to let a deadly package onto a Christmas Eve flight, or else the mysterious passenger (Jason Bateman) speaking to him via an earpiece will kill his partner (Sofia Carson). Carry-On is less Die Hard onContinue reading “Carry-On – Review”

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 14 minutes, Director – Kenji Kamiyama When the throne of Rohan is challenged by the vengeful leader (Luke Pasqualino) of a rival people, the king’s (Brian Cox) daughter, Héra (Gaia Wise), leads the defence while their people hide away in a surrounded mountain fortress. It’s been widely reportedContinue reading “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim – Review”