Sprawling, ambitious, beautifully performed, edited and shot, The Irishman is a welcome return to the criminal underbelly of America for Martin Scorsese.
Category: Film
Dolph Lundgren’s ‘The Punisher’: Marvel’s First Cinematic Superhero
We need to talk about The Punisher. No, not Jon Bernthal’s Netflix version. Nor Ray Stevenson’s take on the character in War Zone (2008). Not even Thomas Jane’s 2004 offering – you should be so lucky. Instead, we’re heading back even further, all the way to the late ’80s we go. Thirty years on from…
IT Chapter Two Review
Beep beep! Roll up for a return trip to Pennywise’s twisted funhouse. Mosey on in, he only bites a bit.
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood Review
Quentin Tarantino’s ode to Hollywood’s past might just be his most eccentric offering to date.
The VelociPastor Review
VelociPastor: the monster movie you never knew you needed in your life.
The Lion King (2019) Review
Disney’s steely insistence on remaking every single one of its animated properties has reached peak levels of ambition with The Lion King. “Live-action” this may market itself as being, but as we all know, it most definitely is not….because talking lions.
Triple Frontier Bitesize Review
“You’ve been shot five times for your country and you can’t even afford to send your kids to college.”
Toy Story 4 Bitesize Review
“I was made to help a child, I don’t remember it being this hard.”
Spider-Man: Far From Home Bitesize Review
“People… need to believe. And nowadays, they’ll believe anything.”
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review
Lacking the elegant simplicity of its 2014 predecessor and the all-out fun factor of Kong: Skull Island, King of the Monsters is a major misstep for the expanding MonsterVerse. Whilst we do get moments of exhilaration – as you’d expect from a film featuring a giant lizard firing nuclear energy out of its mouth at…
Detective Pikachu Bitesize Review
“Should I talk about the fact that your childhood bed is a Pikachu bed?”
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Bitesize Review
“All of this for what, because of a puppy?”
Flicks and Pieces 