Angry Birds Movie Review

Director(s): Clay Kaytis & Fergal Reilly Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn. This review is spoiler free! The Overview When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red (Sudeikis), Chuck (Gad) and Bomb... Continue Reading →

Dawn of Justice vs Civil War: When Heroes Collide

I really didn’t want to be that person who wrote an article about Batman vs Superman and Civil War, in fact I’m pretty sure I tweeted my disdain about critics who did just this in their reviews for Civil War! I have reviewed both of these films independently of each other (BvS review is here,... Continue Reading →

Sing Street Review

Director: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton, Mark McKenna The Overview A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes. (Source: IMDB)  The Good For me, a good sign of a musical film, is... Continue Reading →

Florence Foster Jenkins Review

Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson The Overview Based on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. (Source: IMDB)  The Good I watched this movie immediately after Bad Neighbours 2 (you can read... Continue Reading →

Three Days in Auschwitz (2015) Review

Three Days in Auschwitz follows film-maker Philippe Mora’s personal journeys to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where eight of his family members were amongst the 1.1 million people killed in the Nazis cruel and systematic killing of the Jews, and other groups. Philippe describes this short documentary as “cinematic notes for a movie about Auschwitz” as... Continue Reading →

Captain America: Civil War Review

Director(s): Anthony & Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl Please note I have done my very best to keep this review SPOILER FREE, hope you enjoy! The Overview After the Avengers are called into question, a rift starts to appear between Tony Stark... Continue Reading →

Movie News Round-up (15-22nd April 2016)

Jurassic World 2 - Director confirmed The Story: It was confirmed this week that J.A Bayona would direct the next film in the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World 2. My Take: You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t heard of this director before, because I hadn’t! A quick glance at his IMDB page informed me he... Continue Reading →

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Review

Director: Kirk Jones Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Elena Kampouris The Overview After discovering their marriage certificate wasn't signed, Gus (Constantine) and Maria (Kazan) have a big fat Greek wedding of their own. Meanwhile Toula (Vardalos) and Ian (Corbett) are struggling to cope with the fact their angsty teenage... Continue Reading →

Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice Review 

Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Gal Gadot Please note, I have done my very best to keep this review spoiler free and will reveal no more than that which is seen in the trailers - enjoy! The Overview After causing widespread destruction to Metropolis, Superman (Cavill) is... Continue Reading →

Movie 50/50 – Django Unchained (2012)

Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson Number 59 on the IMDB Top 250 After watching the abomination that is Plump Fiction for last month’s Movie 50/50 feature, and having recently watched and reviewed The Hateful Eight, I was definitely in the mood for some more Tarantino; even better,... Continue Reading →

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