Monthly Archives: December 2024

Do you remember when the Smile trailer gave away the best scare of the movie? The driver side window moment! I watched Smile with a bunch of mates who hadn’t seen it, and they jumped through their skivvies, while I … Continued

If I take my fan boy cap off for a while, I am able to see how Jon Favreau was able to make The Lion King (2019) his own, on a second viewing. I have argued that these Disney live-action … Continued

Following an elaborate introduction, a young Sergei Kravinoff (played by Levi Miller, and later Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and his brother Dmitri (Billy Barratt/Fred Hechinger), are taken out of school by their father, Nikolai (Russell Crowe), after their mother dies. Nikolai takes … Continued

Here’s Venom, the Alvin and the Chipmunks of the superhero genre, in the sense that “I can’t believe this franchise is already a trilogy” 😄 Actually that’s harsh, mainly because I haven’t seen the Chipmunk movies to value their worth. … Continued

Every film in moviedom owes a debt of gratitude to The Wizard of Oz. And they know it, with about 1 in 5 movies referring directly to The Wizard of Oz in one form or another. Whilst I’ve seen an … Continued

Here I am, the sequel defender! I didn’t set out to claim this title, but it’s simply occurred this way. Disney went for over 60 years only producing one animated feature sequel (The Rescuers Down Under in 1990), and now … Continued

Meeeaan Girls! When I first saw they were remaking Mean Girls, I thought it was absolutely shameless! Not only had Hollywood completely run out of ideas, but Tina Fey was merely backing up that grubby little dump truck for another … Continued