Men in Black: International (2019) The Universe is Expanding Back when movie stars actually mattered and comic book films weren’t all the rage, the mischievous sci-fi Men in Black (1997) made Will Smith… Continue reading
Cold Pursuit (2019) Meet Nels Coxman, Citizen of the Year. Seeing Irishman Liam Neeson take vengeance on a bunch of unsuspecting adversaries (employing his particular set of skills) seems to have become an… Continue reading
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) How the West Was Won (more or less) Originally conceived as a single season television series, Joel and Ethan Coen’s playful Western, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,… Continue reading
Widows (2018) Left with nothing. Capable of anything. It’s always interesting when a ‘prestige’ director tackles ‘pulp’ material. It can go either way. Too often you can tell that the A-lister in question… Continue reading
The Commuter (2018) Every Passenger Is A Piece Of The Puzzle. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Liam Neeson became a surprise action star with the lean, mean, white-knuckle thriller… Continue reading
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) More Daddies. More Problems. I’m not ashamed to admit it, but I actually liked Daddy’s Home, the 2015 comedy that saw Will Ferrell’s kind-hearted man-child, Brad Whitaker, duke it… Continue reading
A Monster Calls (2016) Stories are wild creatures. Back in 2007, a thoughtfully spooky tale, The Orphanage, put Spaniard J.A. Bayona on the cinematic map. A film about creepy ghost kids, The Orphanage… Continue reading
Silence (2016) Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound Despite his prominent career behind the lens, Oscar winning director Martin Scorsese has been known to produce duds from time to time — remember Shutter… Continue reading
The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) The Story Before Snow White Working as a sequel/prequel to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman, The Huntsman: Winter’s War sees the charismatic Chris Hemsworth, Thor (2011), reprise… Continue reading
Run All Night (2015) No Sin Goes Unpunished Back in 2008, veteran actor Liam Neeson uttered the famous phrase, ‘I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.’… Continue reading
