Aquaman (2018) Home is calling. Director James Wan’s big screen version of DC’s venerable and much-mocked seafaring superhero lives at the intersection of camp and pulp, and that’s as it should be. Starring… Continue reading
Bird Box (2018) Never Lose Sight of Survival Bird Box, Netflix’s latest smash hit original film, sees America’s Sweetheart (that title is for life) Sandra Bullock as prickly, emotionally isolated, and pregnant artist… Continue reading
And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online? (2016) Episodes 01 – 12 From Online Wife to Real Life There’s a widespread belief amongst gamers that there aren’t any women in the… Continue reading
Instant Family (2018) Just add chaos, laughter, awkwardness, mistakes, love. Every so often a film comes along that warms your heart and makes you feel all mushy inside — Instant Family is one… Continue reading
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) Outcast. Survivor. Legend. On paper it seems like a no-brainer: get Andy ‘Gollum’ Serkis, the most famous and accomplished motion capture actor in history, to direct a… Continue reading
Holmes & Watson (2018) They don’t have a clue. All my ‘holmies’ know that I generally like Will Ferrell comedies — just look at my positive write-ups for his critically panned The House… Continue reading
The Favorite (2018) In retrospect, the byzantine social milieu of the early 18th-century court of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is a good fit for the stylistic peccadilloes of Greek provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos. Much… Continue reading
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Back in 2012, Wreck-It Ralph charmed its way into the hearts of Disney, videogame and pop culture fans alike. With an embarrassment of riches in its character cameos,… Continue reading
Vice (2018) The Untold True Story That Changed the Course of History Following on from his suddenly serious crossover critical darling, The Big Short (2015), director and writer Adam McKay continues his explorations… Continue reading
Mortal Engines (2018) Some scars never heal. If you got Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) and threw it in a blender with the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), then added in… Continue reading
