Director: Jeff Fowler Starring: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz When I first heard they were making a Sonic The Hedgehog movie, my reaction was the let out a long sign. “Really? Do they need to make this film? Do they need to make a Sonic movie?” Then the film’s first trailer came out and…
Director: Cathy Yan Starring: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, and Ewan McGregor I’m going to be honest here, Birds of Prey – or to use its full and wonderful title, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – wasn’t really…
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch Sam Mendes is back after having given us the rather disappointing James Bond movie, Spectre, with a much more personal and, I believe, important movie, 1917. 1917 is a war movie, but don’t let…
Director: Taika Waititi Starring: Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell Taika Waititi is definitely flavour of the month in Hollywood right now and it’s pretty easy to see why – his films are all brilliant and it’s tough to think of a director working today…
Director: Michael Bay Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Dave Franco OK, let’s get one thing straight. Anybody who tries to tell you that Netflix’s new Michael Bay movie, 6 Underground, is the director’s return to form, they’re either lying, or they’re being sarcastic (insinuating that Bay…
Director: Edward Norton Starring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin and Willem Dafoe What’s it like being involved in a movie which you wrote, directed, produced and starred in. One of the very few people who can answer that question is Edward Norton, who did exactly all those things…
In 2005 Noah Baumbach released The Squid and the Whale, a film telling a story of divorce witnessed from the perspective of two children. It was a film full of anger and confusion, as events far beyond the control of its two young leads spiralled out of control in front of them. Fourteen years later…
Director: Jennifer Kent Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell and Michael Sheasby It’s not very often that a film comes around and rocks you to your very core, but that’s what happens with Jennifer Kent’s incredible follow-up to The Babadook, The Nightingale. I think I might…
Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci It is remarkable how time and experience shape the way storytellers view certain genres. Martin Scorsese has made far more movies outside of the crime genre over his 50-year career, and yet he consistently returns to the worlds of criminals and gangsters. No two…
Director: Frank Capra Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen and Gloria Grahame When you think of Christmas, what’s the first film that jumps into your head. For me, it’s always been one: It’s A Wonderful Life (closely followed by Die Hard, but let’s not…
Director: James Mangold Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas and Noah Jupe Le Mans 66 (or Ford v Ferrari in the US) feels at home on the big screen. It’s where this story always belonged. On the biggest possible screen. Why, you ask? Because this is an incredible…
Director: Mike Flanagan Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis When I first heard that Mike Flanagan was going to be making Doctor Sleep, the sequel to Stephen King’s book The Shining and Stanley Kubrick’s film of the same name, I couldn’t wait to see it. I firmly believe that Flanagan is one…
Director: Craig Brewer Starring: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Wesley Snipes Dolemite Is My Name comes from Hustle And Flow’s director, Craig Brewer and tells the story of filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, who’s best known for having portrayed the character of Dolemite in both his stand-up comedy…
Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe In the late 19th century, a man by the name of Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) is sent to serve a contract as a lighthouse keeper along with his supervisor Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) for four weeks on a remote island. Robert Eggers’ 2016 directorial debut The Witch…
Director: Todd Philipps Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz When it was revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics had greenlit a standalone Joker movie, I was slightly suspicious. I didn’t feel that the character needed to be revisited after Heath Ledger’s turn as the infamous DC Comics villain. And after having…
Director: David Leitch Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Cliff Curtis and Helen Mirren Ok, so answer me this question: how can you make a huge summer blockbuster hit and it not be tied to a superhero property? Answer: get Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in a movie together and tie it…
