Film Review: Champions

The other day, I got to see an early screening of Bobby Farrelly's new film, Champions, starring Woody Harrelson. What did I think? When aspiring NBA coach Marcus (Harrelson) ends up on the wrong end of the law, he agrees to do 90 days community service in order to avoid jail, coaching a group of …

Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Mild spoilers ahead. If you had told me when I left the cinema after seeing Avengers: Endgame that in a few years time my enthusiasm for the MCU would hit an all-time low, I would have laughed at you. But alas, after what could have been the perfect ending to an incredible saga, Marvel Studios …

Film Review: Cocaine Bear

This review is spoiler free. Elizabeth Banks makes her directorial debut with Cocaine Bear, after a cocaine drop goes wrong and a large shipment of the drug ends up in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, a black bear stumbles upon a brick and ends up becoming hooked on the stuff before going on a violent drug-fuelled …

Film Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield

It is undeniable that Charles Dickens will forever be one of the finest writers there has ever been, his stories are timeless and have been consistently showcased in a variety of formats over the years. Today, I'm looking at one of the latest iterations of his classic David Copperfield. 2019's The Personal History of David …

Film Review: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

This review is spoiler-free. It's crazy to think that it's been over a decade since we last ventured into the Shrek universe, apologies to anyone who now feels extremely old after reading that. I am of the opinion that Shrek and Shrek 2 are up there with the greatest animated films of all time, the …

Film Review: Reminiscence

Mild spoilers ahead. Today, I'm taking you back a couple of years, as we take a look at Lisa Joy's directorial debut, Reminiscence. It's a film that I never got the chance to catch at the cinema but I remember being intrigued by the trailer at the time and it looked like a concept that …

Film Review: What’s Love Got to Do with It?

This review has mild spoilers. From Shekhar Kapur comes What's Love Got to Do with It?. A romantic-comedy that focuses on a documentary maker called Zoe (Lily James) who decides to make a film following her friend Kaz (Shazad Latif) who is getting an arranged marriage. Whilst making the film she is forced to question …

Film Review: Knock at the Cabin

Mild spoilers ahead. Knock at the Cabin is the latest entry from M. Night Shyamalan, a filmmaker I find to be very hit and miss. I love some of his work, but then some of his attempts I think have been pretty poor. Nevertheless, I found the trailers for Knock at the Cabin intriguing and …

Film Review: The Fabelmans

This review is spoiler-free. There is no doubt that Steven Spielberg is one of the finest filmmakers of all-time, and by his own admission, The Fabelmans is the most personal film he has ever made, taking inspiration from his own life and being semi-autobiographic. Thankfully, Spielberg has delivered again, bringing us a moving, entertaining film …

Film Review: Missing

This review is spoiler free. From the minds that brought us the fantastic Searching in 2018 comes Missing, a standalone sequel that is more than a worthy successor. If you've seen Searching, then you'll know what to expect in terms on concept. If you haven't, then allow me to explain, Missing is a "screenlife" film, …