Home Sweet Home Alone – New film review

Ho ho Home Sweet Home Alone is the sixth, yes sixth, addition to the beloved Christmas movie franchise. Whilst the first two made a star of Macaulay Culkin and are a staple of Yuletide viewing, the others disappeared from memory faster than snow on a January day in England. After a break of almost a decade, Home Sweet Home Alone arrives on Disney+ with JoJo Rabbit’s Archie Yates taking centre stage. 

Red Notice – New film review

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ritu Arya  Run time: 1h 58min Certificate: 12A ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If Raiders of the Lost Ark, National Treasure, True Lies and Ocean’s Eleven somehow got together and made a film baby, it would be Red Notice.  Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) is a wisecracking (obviously) sophisticated art thief. As he hunts for... Continue Reading →

Finch – New film review

Director: Miguel Sapochnik Starring: Tom Hanks and Caleb Landry Jones Run time: 1h 55min Certificate: 12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tom Hanks is no stranger to playing characters forced to endure their own company and fight for survival for several days or even years. Castaway and the more recent News of the World employed his ability to command the... Continue Reading →

Best Sellers – new film review

Director: Lina Roessler Starring: Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong and Cary Elwes Run time: 1h 42min Certificate: 15 ⭐⭐⭐ Part drama, part comedy, or dramedy if you will, Best Sellers is a thoroughly charming yet completely predictable take on the odd-couple-road-trip movie with Michael Caine once again proving why he’s acting royalty and a... Continue Reading →

No Time To Die – Spoiler free film review

Director: Cary Fukunaga Starring: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Billy Magnussen, David Dencik and Jeffrey Wright Run time: 2h 43min Certificate 12A ⭐⭐⭐⭐ October 2005. Craig. Daniel Craig is announced as Pierce Brosnan’s successor and the next actor to play James Bond. Cue... Continue Reading →

The Starling – New Film Review

THE STARLING (L-R): MELISSA MCCARTHY as LILLY, CHRIS O'DOWD as JACK. CR: KAREN BALLARD/NETFLIX © 2021 Director: Theodore Melfi Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Timothy Olyphant, Skyler Gisondo, Elisabeth Röhm and Kevin Kline Run time: 1h 42min Certificate: 12A ⭐⭐⭐ Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) and Jack (Chris O’Dowd) have everything going for them. Good jobs, a... Continue Reading →

The Last Bus – New film review

Director: Gillies MacKinnon Starring: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Natalie Mitson and Ben Ewing Run time: 1h 26min Certificate: 12A ⭐⭐⭐ As someone that’s travelled from London to Penzance several times by planes, trains and automobiles, one journey stands out; the 10-hour nightmare that was on the Megabus. Traffic jams, broken air conditioning and a blocked... Continue Reading →

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Director: Will Gluck Starring: James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, David Oyelowo and Lennie James Run time: 1h 33min Certificate: U ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After making over $350,000,000 in 2018, Peter Rabbit was always going to get another bite of the carrot. In Peter Rabbit 2, most of the main players from the first... Continue Reading →

Vivo – New film review

Director: Kirk DeMicco  Co-director: Brandon Jeffords Starring: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldaña, Juan de Marcos, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Rooker, Nicole Buyer, introducing Ynairaly Simo and Gloria Estefan Run time: 1h 35min Certificate: U ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sony Animation’s third Netflix exclusive film, after the superb The Mitchell’s vs The Machines and the delightful Wish Dragon, is also their first musical... Continue Reading →

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