The Punisher
After watching The Punisher, I was astonished to read that it was made in 2004. This is, in part, due to the fact most of the action is done in camera: […]
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Jason Bourne
Matt Damon is Bourne again in this fourth or fifth instalment, depending on whether you remember The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner. Some legacy. Jason Bourne’s story was resolved at the […]
The BFG
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl book follows orphan Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) as she befriends a Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) – even though his name is tautological, the stupid […]
Shrek Forever After
The final instalment in the increasingly meandering and confusing fairytale parody saga sees Shrek experience a mid-life crisis. Yes seriously. But instead of buying a leather jacket and having an […]
Shrek the Third
Soon after the events of Shrek 2, the frog king of Far Far Away (John Cleese) is dying. On his deathbed (or lily pad) he names Shrek (Mike Myers) as […]
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 […]
I’ve never seen…Breakfast at Tiffany’s
To give you an idea of how far my prior ignorance of this film went, before watching I thought it was about Audrey Hepburn playing a character called Tiffany who […]
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 […]
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