Author Archives: Jamie Skinner

Dear Evan Hansen – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 17 minutes, Director – Stephen Chbosky When another student takes his life, Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) finds himself forging a friendship to console the grieving family (Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Danny Pino) when Connor is found with one of Evan’s therapy letters to himself. The feature adaptation forContinue reading “Dear Evan Hansen – Review”

Dune – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 36 minutes, Director – Denis Villeneuve Ducal heir Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) finds his visions of the future becoming true with increasing frequency as his family arrives on the much fought over desert planet of Arrakis, holding the universe’s most expensive and sought after substance, Spice. There’s aContinue reading “Dune – Review”

The Boss Baby 2: Family Business – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Tom McGrath Distant brothers Tim (James Marsden) and Ted (Alec Baldwin) are transformed into their younger selves to investigate the actions of the mysterious principal (Jeff Goldblum) of a new advanced, high-tech school. 2017’s The Boss Baby was a film with plenty of obviousness.Continue reading “The Boss Baby 2: Family Business – Review”

Halloween Kills – Review

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – David Gordon Green The residents of Haddonfield unite to finally take down Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney/ Nick Castle) after he survives a fire in Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) home, while she recovers in hospital believing him to be dead. Back in 2001Continue reading “Halloween Kills – Review”

Ron’s Gone Wrong – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Directors – Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez After spending too long at school as the only person without a B*Bot, Barney (Jack Dylan Grazer) finally gets his own (Zach Galifianakis), only to discover it damaged and not properly programmed to be his best friend.Continue reading “Ron’s Gone Wrong – Review”

LFF 2021: The Harder They Fall – Review

Release Date – 22nd October 2021, Cert -15, Run-time – 2 hours 17 minutes, Director – Jeymes Samuel Outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) recruits a crew to kill Rufus Buck (Idirs Elba), the man who murdered his parents and, after being freed from imprisonment, is taking over a small town. To start with co-writer (withContinue reading “LFF 2021: The Harder They Fall – Review”

Venom: Let There Be Carnage – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Andy Serkis While trying to live with each other’s differences Venom and reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) must take on the murderous force of serial-killer Cletus Kasady, and new symbiote Carnage (Woody Harrelson). Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a film of many unexpectedContinue reading “Venom: Let There Be Carnage – Review”

LFF 2021: The French Dispatch – Review

Release Date – 22nd October 2021, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 48 minutes, Director – Wes Anderson A group of journalists assemble the final edition of The French Dispatch magazine, after the passing of its editor. ‘Wes Anderson’s made his film again’. It’s a joke many people, including myself, have made numerous timesContinue reading “LFF 2021: The French Dispatch – Review”