Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond is the latest instalment of the revamped sci fi series, presumably because this is the point where it’s gone beyond a joke. However, anyone wondering why the […]
Category Archives: New Releases
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
The latest Britcom to get the obligatory big-screen treatment is Ab Fab, observing the time-honoured sitcom movie tradition of taking the characters abroad, darling. Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are still a booze-swilling, chain-smoking, fashion-bothering […]
Elvis & Nixon
What do you get when you cross Elvis and Nixon? The psychobilly answer is Mojo Nixon. Otherwise, it’s a new movie based on the 1970 meeting between Elvis Presley and […]
Son of Saul
This is a harrowing drama about a Jewish man enslaved in a death camp – forced to help dispose of the massacred bodies. When he witnesses the murder of a […]
Money Monster
George Clooney, Jack O’Connell and Cenk Uygur star in Money Monster, not to be confused with the Honey Monster – though like Sugar Puffs, the film is enjoyable at the time but ultimately unsatisfying. During […]
X-Men: Apocalypse
Soon after the events of Days of Future Past (or before?) a super-mutant is resurrected in Egypt. Among his powers are the ability to manipulate matter, the ability to enhance […]
The Darkness
The latest laughable title from Bumhouse is The Darkness, not to be confused with the rock band of the same name – though like the band, this film is shrill and doomed to […]
Friend Request
Friend Request is directed by Simon Verhoeven, the grandson of German director Paul Verhoeven – as opposed to the famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (I’m confused). Friend Request is the latest entry into the surprisingly […]
Victoria
This German thriller takes place in the small hours in Berlin, and follows a young Spanish woman (Laia Costa) who hits it off with a local guy (Frederick Lau) – until things […]
Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle directs, co-writes and stars in this new film based on jazz legend Miles Davis. Miles Ahead is not a biopic – at least not in the traditional sense. […]
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