Sometimes I wonder if film makers have ever heard the expression ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. Remakes are the bread and butter to modern Hollywood, with original ideas seemingly thin on the ground of late, and one of the movies that no one seems to be able to leave along is The Secret…
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‘There’s magic in the woods, if you know where to look’ – Pete’s Dragon (2016) review
When you hear the film title ‘Pete’s Dragon’, I wouldn’t be surprised if the image of a real boy with a very green, very cartoonish dragon comes to mind. But this 2016 live action is in fact a far cry from the 1977 film it shares a title with. It may be billed as a…
‘I Will Bring Honour To Us All’ – Mulan (2020) Review
As time goes on, it would appear that live action remakes are becoming Disney’s bread and butter with Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and Lady and the Tramp all released in the last five years. The global coronavirus pandemic threw a spanner in the works for the hotly anticipated release of…
‘It’s a weird case from the start’ – Knives Out (2019) Review
The Whodunnit isn’t exactly a new idea when it comes to story telling and film making, and it’s one that we are all rather familiar with really, but that doesn’t stop it from being enjoyable after all these years. That being said, it has been used so much in so many films and television dramas,…
‘I think he went back in. We have to go get him’ – Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Review
It was back in 2017 when we were transported back into the strange world of Jumanji, 22 years on from the original. Where that famous first film brought the game into the real world, Welcome to the Jungle took real world people and threw them into the game, and now we are back with The…
‘If I wasn’t such an idiot’ – The Clapper (2017) Review
Eddie Krumble (Ed Helms) travelled to Los Angeles in search of fame and fortune, basing everything on the promise of the ‘American Dream’, but instead he lives his days pay packet to pay packet, paid very little to sit in television audiences and clap along when told. He bumbles his ways through his days, only…
‘I’m putting on my best show!’ – Annie (2014) review
The trend of remaking classic movies has been around for a number of years now, and it was only going to be so long before the trend reached the movie musical genre. We should have expected it really. Annie has already had the remake treatment once, when the original 1982 movie was given the Disney…
‘It could be tomorrow, or it could be today’ – Sunshine On Leith (2013)(review)
If there is a genre of movies that people either love or hate, it’s movie musicals. Now, personally I love them but I can completely understand that some people don’t. You have to have a certain mindset to love and appreciate musicals, otherwise you might just end up thinking ‘why are they singing when they…
‘Back in action! Thank God!’ – The Intern (2015) Review
It was all the way back in 2006 when we saw Anne Hathaway play the nervous newbie intimidated by a powerful female boss in The Devil Wears Prada, and back in 2015, the tables were turned as in The Intern, she plays the female boss that everyone is a little bit weary around. We are…
‘You are Fearless’ – London Town (2016) Review
The idea that music can have a huge influence on someones life isn’t a new one, but is perhaps one that isn’t really touched upon in the movie world. Music is magical, it can completely change your mood and perhaps even take you down a completely different path then the one that you imagined taking….
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