The Dog Stars – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 58 minutes, Director – Ridley Scott After a virus has wiped out most of humanity, survivor Hig (Jacob Elordi) hears a signal that indicates more, fending off deadly factions whilst searching for the source. If you were to leave The Dog Stars and come back in a coupleContinue reading “The Dog Stars – Review”

Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 52 minutes, Director – Jane Schoenbrun Looking to relaunch a classic slasher franchise, director Kris (Hannah Einbinder) visits the original film’s reclusive final girl (Gillian Anderson) leading to awakenings and confrontations for both. Long before it became more upfront in recent years, horror has long been a lensContinue reading “Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma – Review”

The End Of Oak Street – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 39 minutes, Director – David Robert Mitchell The Platt family (Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian Convery) fight for their lives, trying to find a way to escape their neighbourhood when overnight it’s transported to an unknown location surrounded by dinosaurs. What makes something a summer blockbusterContinue reading “The End Of Oak Street – Review”

The Summer Book – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Director – Charlie McDowell Young Sophia (Emily Matthews) spends the summer on a small Finnish island with her father (Anders Danielsen Lie) and grandmother (Glenn Close), each quietly dealing with the loss of Sophia’s mother. The last time we saw Glenn Close in grandmother-mode was inContinue reading “The Summer Book – Review”

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender – Review

Cert – PG, Run-time – 1 hour 35 minutes, Directors – Lauren Montgomery, Steve Ahn, William Mata A now grown up Aang (Eric Nam) reteams with old friends in order to locate a powerful magical staff that, if fallen into the wrong hands, could lead to disaster and his kind being wiped out. One ofContinue reading “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender – Review”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Review

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 25 minutes, Director – Destin Daniel Cretton Having been forgotten by the world, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) lives his days alone, wishing to reconnect with old friends, until an anonymous body-hopper and strengthening spider-sense cause chaos in New York. Alongside great power and great responsibility, Spider-Man is oftenContinue reading “Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Review”

The Odyssey – Review

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 53 minutes, Director – Christopher Nolan With the Trojan War complete, Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his troops head home to Ithaca, an unexpectedly ten-year journey beset by the gods with monsters and disasters. Borrowing from his Oppenheimer flashback-style of time meddling, Christopher Nolan follows a weary Odysseus (MattContinue reading “The Odyssey – Review”