Film Review: Jungle Cruise

This is the third theme park attraction that Disney have turned into a movie, and so far the results have been mixed. The first Pirates of the Caribbean is a fun action thriller that took a simple ride and layered in a story of curses, zombies and benefited from Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, who stole …

Film Review: Black Widow

This was my first visit to the cinema in over a year, and it was good to be back in the dark watching a movie on the big screen. This movie, the latest instalment in the MCU was delayed a couple of times because of the whole COVID situation, which is a shame as it …

Film Review: Army of the Dead

Zack Snyder's directorial debut was a zombie movie, 2004's remake of Dawn of the Dead, a movie that I really liked so his return to the undead genre, especially one featuring Dave Bautista leading a team on a heist in a zombie ravaged Las Vegas sounded right up my street. Unfortunately the movie suffers from …

Film Review: Raya and the Last Dragon

The latest Disney animated movie is a gorgeous, gripping and entertaining fantasy adventure which continues the studio's current hot streak. While it lacks some of the traditional Disney aspects (songs and a major villain) it continues their ability to tell fantastic, moving stories with likeable, memorable characters. The film is set in Kumandra, a once …

365 Film Challenge Part 32: The Twilight Saga

WoM is a few years younger than me, so the Twilight series came towards the end of her emo teens and as such occupy a special, nostalgic place in her heart. Where as I have no connection to them beyond having seen the first movie years ago. Near the start of our relationship we watched …

365 Film Challenge Part 31: Werewolves Special

Film #86: An American Werewolf in Paris John Landis' 1981 film An American Werewolf in London is widely regarded as a classic, a darkly comic horror film about an American tourist having a mixed time on his trip to the UK (sleeping with Jenny Agutter probably doesn't quite make up for getting savaged by a …

365 Film Challenge Part 29: Action Movies

Film #106: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra I've seen the sequel to this but somehow the original totally passed me by, which is weird because I loved GI Joes as a kid, and I love a big dumb action movie, so this would seem to be right up my street. Channing Tatum stars as …

365 Film Challenge Part 28: Mystery Special

Film #97: Murder Most Foul I've never been a massive fan of Miss Marple, I've always preferred Poirot as a character. This 1964 big screen outing is possibly my favourite Marple adaptation I've seen mainly because Margaret Rutherford's performance is totally different. She's a more bullish, louder take on the character, while still keeping the …

365 Film Challenge Part 26: 1940s Special

Back to the forties for this collection. Film #50: The Spider Woman Basil Rathbone returns as Sherlock Holmes for this mystery which sees him deal with a female crime mastermind. Holmes fakes his death to better investigate a spate of murders disguised as suicides. To do this he goes undercover as an Indian officer, complete …

365 Film Challenge Part 24: Jack Reacher Series

Film #95: Jack Reacher Tom Cruise stars as an ex-military copper who investigates after a sniper guns down five random individuals. The sniper asks for Reacher by name, but he's a ghost, having gone off the grid. But when he hears about the shooting on the news he comes anyway. Working with Rosamund Pike's defense …