The Fantastic Four: First Steps Movie Review
The story arc revolves around the foursome’s reverent acceptance into the current society at large that is almost complete. This general consensus is, however, challenged when the Earth comes under attack from an alien presence and they make a personal decision that defies the common good. In a nod to the geniality of this fantasy land, they are not openly attacked; however, the press still has a field day.
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Having the story so character-driven only works because ...
Frankie Freako Movie Review
Conor (Conor Sweeney) is an extremely straitlaced and square individual. He works in a mundane cubicle in a nondescript office and has a crooked boss Mr. Buechler (Adam Brooks) to keep him company. When his hot artist wife Kristina (Kristy Wordsworth) leaves him alone in the house for the weekend, things completely run off the rails.
Out of sheer boredom, Conor call the Frankie Freako hotline and unknowingly lets in three puppet freaks into his life. What happens after that could only ...
M3GAN 2.0 Movie Review
We can however rely on a kung fu fighting robot to save the day and have Director/writer Gerard Johnstone and his cohorts throw absolutely everything in the pot in an attempt to entertain us. Sensory overload or the proper proportion of mayhem for the ADD generation? Only you can decide.
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The storyline as convoluted as it is revolves around the original M3GAN robot not really being completely destroyed and her CPU or central processing unit still existing in one ...
F1: The Movie – Movie Review
The amount of concessions made to play to Brad Pitt’s character of the alpha male race car driver Sonny Hayes leads to a few unnecessary storyline decisions. The most egregious one being the completely frivolous and underdeveloped romance between Hayes and race car designer Kate played by Kerry Condon. But then this work was never intended for the motor racing purist, it’s squarely aimed for mass consumption.
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The overall presentation is very bright and shiny. ...
28 Years Later Movie Review
We start this time on a small Scottish island that has largely endured the Rage virus due to its isolation from the mainland. Times have become much simpler with that remoteness. There is however a waterway that links to the mainland during low tide and it becomes a rite of passage to cross it and kill a zombie with a bow and arrow. That of course makes no sense.
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This foolishness leads Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) to take his young son Jimmy (Rocco Haynes) on just ...
Spanish Film Festival 2025 – El 47 Movie Review
These transplanted communities were improvised and garnered few in the government that really cared about their plight. In the heart of this world, we meet Manolo Vital (Eduard Fernández) a man with a pronounced sense of empathy who rallies the people around him to improve their plight in life.
From extremely humble beginnings we then catch up with Manolo twenty years later. His lot in life has improved but his local community is still ignored by the local government and lacks almost ...
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina Movie Review
Starting with part 2 they expanded the Wick Universe by creating a concept called the High Table with its arcane rules and extreme sense of justice. This has gone some way to supplying a backbone to the story arc and they have leaned into this in every film since. With Ballerina it barely generates a mention and it’s a sad absence because this work is very light on dynamics and story.
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Ana de Armas is fine as the main character Eve and her ability in the fight ...
Karate Kid: Legends Movie Review
Ben Wang is outstanding as the new young lead and his innate reserve and charm make him a hero very easy to get behind. Having Jackie Chan as his mentor this time goes a long way to overcome the sadness of Pat Morita’s passing and the return of the original kid Ralph Macchio offers a pleasant bit of sentimentality.
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The story this time is set in New York and as always, the great city and its people play an important role and provide both colourful characters and ...
Lilo & Stitch Movie Review
Newcomer Maia Kealoha plays Lilo, an outsider mourning the loss of both her parents while living with her sister Nani (Sydney Agudong). She is a precocious little girl whose behaviour and manner borders on the annoying but you can see the inherent goodness underneath. When the outcast blue alien Stitch comes into her life, it’s a perfect match.
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The fact that both are troublemakers and free spirits plays into the film’s central theme of not judging people ...
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Movie Review
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning brings the current series to a close and provides a rousing finish. Everything is ramped up to eleven and It pushes improbable to preposterous and remains overdriven throughout its entire 169 minute running time. It barely pauses for a breath. The main characters are firmly defined by now and show minimal growth. There is also a curious lack of humour shown as that break in intensity would have helped with the peak energy moments.
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