Tag: Review

Cinderella (2015) Review

Whilst the necessity for a Cinderella remake can certainly be brought into question, the filmmaking talent behind this new version of the Disney classic certainly can’t be. This is classic Kenneth Branagh filmmaking – filled with such pomp, style and scale that it’s hard not to be drawn in.

Game of Thrones: The Wars To Come – The Big Takeaway and Mini Review

Game of Thrones is back, and it’s back with a style and panache only Game of Thrones can bring. As always, there were lots of moving parts, and characters to catch up on, but who was the biggest mover and shaker of Game of Thrones on its opening week? All shall be revealed – Valar Morghulis.

Divergent (2014) Mini Review

“You’re different. You don’t fit into a category. They can’t control you. They call it Divergent. You can’t let them find out about you.”

Green Lantern (2011) Mini Review

“In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light.”

Snowpiercer (2014) Mini Review

“Order is the barrier that holds back the flood of death. We must all of us on this train of life remain in our allotted station. We must each of us occupy our preordained particular position. Would you wear a shoe on your head? Of course you wouldn’t wear a shoe on your head. A…

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Focus Review

Meant in the nicest possible way, Focus is an archetypal example of a modern Hollywood movie. It’s very shiny, cleanly shot, and charismatic, but lacking any real depth to set it apart from the competition. It’s well meaning and entertaining, but it certainly won’t be pulling up trees any time soon.

Farewell, Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation – gone, but not forgotten… “Don’t get emotional…you’re embarrassing yourself.” – Ron Swanson.

Kingsman: The Secret Service Review

Kingsman: The Secret Service is, to be entirely honest, completely ridiculous. But it is also, incredibly, incredibly fun. Though that’s perhaps not surprising, as if there’s one thing director Matthew Vaughn knows, it’s how to make a fun movie. Though it is undeniably ridiculous, it is knowingly and unflinchingly so, and therein lies the charm. It is…

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Paddington (2014) Mini Review

“Long ago, people in England sent their children by train with labels around their necks, so they could be taken care of by complete strangers in the country side where it was safe. They will not have forgotten how to treat strangers.”

Boyhood Review

“You don’t want the bumpers, life doesn’t give you bumpers.”