Film Review: Godzilla: King of the Monsters

I was massively disappointed with 2014's Godzilla reboot. I didn't engage with the characters and, even worse, was bored by it all. I slated it and haven't felt compelled to give it a second look. Recently I watched 2016's Shin Godzilla, and if anything that was even worse and I didn't even make it to …

Film Review: Dumbo (2019)

Last year I wrote about why I wasn't looking forward to this movie, so I need to be honest here and admit that I was wrong, and this movie worked rather well. It's probably the Tim Burton movie I've enjoyed most in years, landing with me in a way that many of his other films …

Film Review: Moana

Disney have been in fine form the last few years and their latest continues that trend being a delightful, charming adventure which even raised MWF's spirits during a weekend she was suffering with "man flu". The story follows Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) the daughter of the chief of a small Polynesian island. Despite her father trying …

Film Review: Alice Through The Looking Glass

When I saw the trailer for this film I took away two major positives; it used the awesome "White Rabbit" as backing and it presented what might be the last chance to hear the late Alan Rickman's marvellous voice. "White Rabbit" isn't used in the film and Rickman's Absolem is barely in it. The film …

Film Review: Deadpool

The marketing for this movie has been so good that I feared that when I finally settled in to watch it yesterday witg MWF and my youngest sister we'd all be in for a disappointment. Thankfully however it delivers. The movie whips along at a great pace and both the humour and action deliver throughout. …

Film Review: Lava

Last week I saw Inside Out and loved it, and before the film there was a short film. Being a short movie, this will be a short review. The cute, adorable short follows a lonely volcano who, witnessing other couples being happy sings a song, hoping for a love of his own. As the years …

Film Review: Inside Out

This might have been the year I turned 30, but so far my top movies of the year list is topped by cartoons. This movie joins Big Hero 6 as one of the best cinematic experiences I've had this year. As with most Pixar movies this is based on a simple, but clever premise, taking …

Film Review: Ted 2

I really dug the first Ted movie (review here), liking the combination of the Disney premise, cute title character and the foul mouthed, crude and edgy humour that's Seth MacFarlane's trademark. I also liked that under the swearing and close-to-the-bone gags, it was quite a sweet flick about friendship and growing up, with John (Mark …

Film Review: Ex Machina

This is a movie I really wanted to see in the cinema but missed out on, so I was stoked that I got to catch it recently. Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at Bluebook, a tech company wins a staff lottery. The prize is to travel to the secluded research facility of the CEO Nathan …

Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2

The first Pitch Perfect was a massively entertaining comedy which included a career making turn from Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy. The story of the all female a capella group was well written, funny and featured a great ensemble cast, I'd loved it (it made #4 of my films of 2013 list) and so had …