Let’s be honest here, we are all stuck at home with little else to do but sit in front of the television and scroll endlessly through streaming services and Netflix certainly knows what they are doing by pumping out new content on a seemingly weekly basis. One of their newest film releases is romantic comedy…
‘So you see, the story is not quite as you were told’ – Maleficent (2014) review
You can always rely on Disney to twist something around and change the tale just when you think that you know the whole story. Before they started concentrating on live action remakes of their animated classics, Disney took one of those classics and turned it on it’s head, creating Maleficent, a completely new take on…
‘The perception of reality is more real than reality’ – Billionaire Boys Club (2018) review
Released in 2018, part biography, part crime thriller Billionaire Boys club stars Ansel Elgort and Taran Egerton as spoilt rich boys Joe Hunt and Dean Karny. Wanting to make their own fortunes instead of sponging off of other people’s, they establish a get rich quick scheme. Just when they think that they’ve hit the jackpot,…
‘Jamie is over and Jamie is gone’ – The Last Five Years (2014) review
With the tagline ‘there are two sides to every love story’, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years is a deconstruction of a marriage set almost entirely to music. We meet Cathy and Jamie, a struggling actress and a successful writer, and are taken through the story of their troublesome relationship on two alternating timelines….
‘No one listens to Springsteen anymore. He’s history!’ – Blinded by the Light (2019) review
The power of music is sadly often underestimated in today’s society, where in reality it can have a huge impact on someone’s life. Music can be a comfort in difficult times, a way of bringing people together and an inspiration to many. Power can be found in the lyrics, and freedom can be found in…
‘You’re a writer, so write’ – Late Night (2019) Review
Late night talk shows may not be much of a thing here in the UK, but over in the US they are big business, and to pioneering talk show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) they are everything. Used to be top dog in her field, when she discovers that her ratings are falling and a…
‘Put it in O, for onward!’ – Onward (2020) Review
Released into cinemas just at the exact moment when people were really beginning to need an escape from the real world, Disney Pixar’s Onward provides the escapism we are all looking for. Set in a fantasy land where magic has been long forgotten in favour of modern advances and suburban living, Onward tells the tale…
‘We’re not beautiful, we’re not ugly, we’re angry’ – Misbehaviour (2020) Review
50 years ago, the Miss World competition was one of the biggest annual television events in the world, watched by millions and adored by the majority. But something was stirring. Not everyone liked the way in which the women competing to become Miss World were judged solely on their looks, with their measurements being more…
‘She hates happy endings’ – Isn’t It Romantic (2019) Review
I think that it is safe to assume that most people have a film genre that they completely hate. For me, it’s action movies, the sort with endless car chases, predictable plot twists and story lines that seem to actually go anywhere. For Natalie in 2019 comedy ‘Isn’t It Romantic’, it’s rom-coms, she can’t stand…
‘Life is short, the world is wide’ – Mamma Mia: Here we go again (2018) review
Remakes and sequels seem to be a growing trend in the film industry these days, and in 2018 that trend even reached the world of movie musicals with Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again. Released nearly ten years to the date since the first movie, Here We Go Again takes us back to the island…
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