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 →
Onward – Review
Director: Dan Scanlon Starring: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tracey Ullman, Mel Rodriguez and Octavia Spencer Run time: 1h 42min Certificate: U ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pixar, the masters of animated film, continuously raise the bar for thought-provoking, kaleidoscopically coloured cinema. Handling challenging subjects such as grief and loss, their ability to convey complex emotions in a... Continue Reading →
StarDog and TurboCat (U)
Director: Ben Smith Starring: Luke Evans, Nick Frost, Gemma Arterton, Ben Bailey Smith and Bill Nighy Run time: 1h 30m ⭐⭐⭐ It’s 1969 and Buddy (Frost), a loveable pooch (looking uncannily like Dug from Up), takes one giant leap for dogkind as he’s blasted into space by his Technician owner, Mike, as part of a... Continue Reading →
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (U)
Directors: Will Becher and Richard Phelan Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour, David Holt, Chris Morrell, Richard Webber, Simon Greenall, Emma Tate and Andy Nyman Run time: 1h 26m ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Kings of stop-motion technique, Aardman, return to the big screen with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and their superior use of clay-mation. Featuring... Continue Reading →
The Lion King 2019 (PG)
Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Billy Eichner, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph and James Earl Jones Run time: 1h 58m ⭐⭐⭐ 2019 marks the silver anniversary of The Lion King animation, and so Disney present us with the gift of another remake of one of their most beloved... Continue Reading →
Toy Story 4 (U)
Director: Josh Cooley Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Joan Cusack and Keanu Reeves. Run time: 1h 40min ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Almost 25 years since we first met Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, Jessie and the rest of the gang in the original Toy Story and nearly a decade on... Continue Reading →
Aladdin (PG)
Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban and Nasim Pedra Run time: 2h 8min ⭐⭐⭐ Next up on the conveyer belt of Disney’s live-action remakes is 1992’s Aladdin, fondly remembered for Robin Williams’s iconic voice performance as the Genie of the lamp and Alan Menken’s double Oscar winning... Continue Reading →
My top 10 films of 2018
Hello everyone! Let's get straight to business. Of the films I've managed to watch this year here's my top 10 of 2018. 10. Black Panther A welcome addition to the Marvel canon. Big, bright and bold it’s a wild ride through Wakanda and extremely important for its predominantly black cast taking the lead in a... Continue Reading →
Coco
Directors: Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal and Benjamin Bratt ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Set to the backdrop of the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico (hello, SPECTRE), our hero, Miguel (Gonzalez), is born into a family of shoemakers who believe music is a curse after his great-great grandfather walked out on his... Continue Reading →
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