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.
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Edgar Ramírez, Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti Run time: 2h 07min Certificate: 12A ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yet another theatrical victim of the Corona Virus pandemic, Jungle Cruise wrapped production almost three years ago and has been waiting patiently in the Mouse House to set sail out into... Continue Reading →
Director: Steven Kostanski Starring: Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber, Steven Vlahos, Adam Brooks, Roxine Latoya Plummer, Anna Tierney, Alexis Kara Hancey and Kristen MacCulloch Run time: 1h 34min Certificate: 18 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sometimes a film comes along that is so wonderfully unique and hilariously bizarre, that it leaves you grinning like an idiot and reliving... Continue Reading →
Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Starring: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck and Jeff Wahlberg Run time: 2h 20min Certificate: 18 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After spending the last few years marvelling at Thor’s hammer and polishing Captain America’s shield, the Russo brothers swap super heroes for super soldiers in Cherry, coming soon to select cinemas and Apple... Continue Reading →
Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Mare Winningham, Ray McKinnon, Elizabeth Marvel and Michael Angelo Covino Run time: 1h 58min Certificate: 12A ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It’s been almost 10 years since director Paul Greengrass and actor Tom Hanks made a film together. That was 2013’s Oscar-winning Captain Phillips. Reunited again, Hanks expands his repertoire of military... Continue Reading →
Director: Edward Hall Starring: Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Judi Dench Run time: 1h 35min Certificate: PG ⭐⭐⭐⭐ First performed a remarkable 80 years ago, Blithe Spirit remains one of Noël Coward’s most popular plays. There have been numerous revivals for the West End and Broadway as well as several... Continue Reading →
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