After the somewhat lacklustre performance by Solo: A Star Wars Story at the box office and lukewarm reception by critics there has been some doubt on whether Star Wars has lost its shine. The allure of nostalgia and fan service has worn off and Disney cannot rely on these alone to make huge profits. After Dr... Continue Reading →
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Film Review
The Star Wars/Disney experiment continues with the origin story of the fan favourite Han Solo. After some production troubles with a change of directors quite a way into the making of the film Solo: A Star Wars Story has finally been released and fans now get a chance to look into the life of Han... Continue Reading →
Deadpool 2 (2018) Film Review
The R-Rated superhero returns after the original made a buckload of money at the box office. Deadpool 2 promises to have more action, more gratuitous violence and more 4th wall breaking humour. The first film was met with critical acclaim and broke a lot of records when it came to box office, after a shaky production with... Continue Reading →
Top 7 Episodes of Rick and Morty (Season 1 – Season 3)
The popular Adult Swim show, Rick and Morty, has just signed a new deal with the network for 70 new episodes to be commissioned. A unprecedented amount to be given if you take in the fact that at this current time of writing there are only 31 episodes of the actual show. This is great news as Rick... Continue Reading →
Top 100 Films. 75. The Cowboys (1972)
For every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday my Dad would have control of the TV. My Dad would watch the stereotypical 'Dad fare'. He would watch war films and westerns. John Wayne was a constant in the western genre. I had to watch a lot of John Wayne films, some were bad, some were good.... Continue Reading →
Wild Wild Country (2018) TV Review
Netflix's vast array of original documentaries are usually very good. Making a Murderer, Jim and Andy and 13th are a few examples of this. Wild Wild Country is another original documentary that unveils a hidden history of America and looks into the fantastical and outlandish, with a story of a commune that resided in a small town in... Continue Reading →
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Film Review
This review contains no spoilers. You are safe here. After 10 years, billions of pounds spent and tens of billions of pounds made. 18 films have been made and it all culminates to this film. Thanos finally gets off his throne and follows the old adage of if you want something done. do it yourself.... Continue Reading →
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Film Review
Sean Connery returns as Bond and Shirley Bassey returns to perform one of the most iconic Bond songs. Diamonds Are Forever starts off with Bond looking to kill Blofeld for killing his wife in the previous film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Bond kills Blofeld and then is assigned to a mission to investigate someone trying to steal... Continue Reading →
Annihilation (2018) Film Review
Alex Garland's new film that was theatrically released in North America but released through Netflix in the UK. If there is one negative about Netflix's distribution model is that this film would of been fantastic in the cinema. Annihilation stars Natalie Portman playing Lena, a former US soldier whose husband, Kane, goes missing after going on... Continue Reading →
Blockers (2018) Film Review
What if American Pie was with girls and that the parents wanted to stop the girls have sex? Mix in pro-wrestler John Cena and a funny butt chugging scene, you have Blockers, but so much more. Three high school girls go the prom with the intention to lose their virginity. Their protective parents find out about their sex pact and... Continue Reading →