Flicks and Pieces

The New Mutants Review

A whopping two years on from its original release date, The New Mutants has finally been belatedly let loose into the wild. With a stop-start production hit by Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox (the release coming under the latter’s new banner, 20th Century Studios), you might have been forgiven for thinking that the film…

Tenet Review

Tenet is every bit as expansive, bombastic, polished and bewildering as you might expect of a new Christopher Nolan film. A blockbuster filmmaker who’s never shy of putting faith in his audience, here he’s made a film that whilst is as ambitious as anything he’s done before, might just be the most perplexing entry in…

Love Sarah Review

A seemingly never-ending 142 days on from last being able to catch* a new release at the cinema** (my last being Pixar’s delightful Onward), the theatre-going experience is finally back!***

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…a Superman Musical?

It was 1966, smack bang in the midst of the Silver Age of Comic Books, that the idea struck. With the popularity of superheroes old and new once more skyrocketing, the opportunity to capitalise on the public’s renewed interest in comics had grown too great to turn down. And what better way to do so…

Lady and the Tramp (2019) Review

Of the smattering of “Originals” to launch with Disney Plus, the Mouse House’s shiny new streaming service, it’s Lady and the Tramp which stands as its headliner in the movie department. Because as we know, if there’s one thing that guarantees bums on seats for Disney, it’s lifeless live-action remakes of their classic animations.

Bloodshot Review

We’ve seen how tricky it can be to successfully follow the Marvel model of cinematic world-building. Universal’s Dark Universe stumbled at attempt number one with The Mummy. Guy Ritchie tried in vain to launch a King Arthur-verse. Even DC have had their tribulations with the DCEU. Now comes the turn of Valiant Comics, who arrive…

The Lighthouse Review

Hark! All herald the return of writer/director Robert Eggers, back with his long-overdue follow up to 2015’s The Witch, a film which The Lighthouse shares much of its DNA with.

The Personal History of David Copperfield Review

A delightfully Armando Iannucci-fied take on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, The Personal History of David Copperfield tackles 19th century England’s class system and societal struggles through the eyes and words of one man who walks the line between the lower, upper and middle classes.