Category Archives: Film Reviews

Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 21 minutes, Director – Edgar Wright Documentary looking at the career of Ron and Russell Mael, the minds behind the songs of Sparks. In many interviews for the documentary of their careers Ron and Russell Mael, the titular Sparks Brothers, have claimed that the only person who couldContinue reading “The Sparks Brothers – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 48 minutes, Director – M. Night Shyamalan A group of holidaymakers find themselves trapped on a beach which causes them to age rapidly. The trailers for M. Night Shyamalan’s latest gave the impression that it could be very hit or miss. Something highly creepy and unsettling, or whereContinue reading “Old – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The nearly forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival is brought back to life through restored footage, relived through interviews with attendees, performers and organisers. Still grieving the death of Martin Luther King, a year on, being undisturbed by America’s fascination with pouring moneyContinue reading “Summer Of Soul – Review”

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 53 minutes, Director – Leigh Janiak Deena (Kiana Madeira) finds herself transported back to 1666, witnessing the birth of the witch’s curse that haunts her town, in order to bring it to an end in 1994. The finale to Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy ticks many of the boxesContinue reading “Fear Street Part 3: 1666 – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 28 minutes, Director – Adam Robitel After venturing into New York to gather evidence on the Minos corporation, Zoey (Taylor Russell) and Ben (Logan Miller) find themselves trapped in another series of deadly escape rooms with other past survivors. As you think early on in Escape Room: TournamentContinue reading “Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions – Review”

Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 43 minutes, Director – Everardo Gout Racial tensions rise in America as the relaunched annual purge goes beyond its 12 hour limit. Leaving many people to flee to the Mexican border before it closes in just a matter of hours. Since first appearing in 2013 the government warningContinue reading “The Forever Purge – Review”

Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 36 minutes, Director – Joel Crawford When it seems that the family may be on the verge of splitting up Stone Age family The Croods encounter the more advanced Bettermans. The Croods does for prehistoric animal hybrids what Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs did for food monsters.Continue reading “The Croods 2: A New Age – Review”

Cert – U, Run-time – 1 hour 55 minutes, Director – Malcolm D Lee LeBron James must team up with the Looney Tunes to take on a group of superpowered basketball players in order to free himself and his son (Cedric Joe) from the Warner Brothers server. Since its release in 1996, Space Jam hasContinue reading “Space Jam: A New Legacy – Review”

Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Leigh Janiak A group of teenage camp leaders are terrorised by a possessed killer (McCabe Slye), further linking to a long-lasting witch’s curse on their towns. By opening with the words “previously on Fear Street” Leigh Janiak’s second instalment in the trilogy based onContinue reading “Fear Street Part 2: 1978 – Review”

Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 14 minutes, Director – Cate Shortland With government agents trying to track her down Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) confronts her past by seeking to take down dark forces who continue to manipulate and torture young girls into soldiers. It’s been a long road to a solo big screenContinue reading “Black Widow – Review”