Watch, then read, unless you don't care about SPOILERS! I love to discuss character and story, which is often difficult to do without touching on specific scenes or a movie's ending.
Watching John Wick-ity-wack in the outback! Yo, I have a strange relationship with this franchise in that I admire its simplicity, but since I’m not really an action guy, it’s like I watch these movies over a fence from afar. … Continued
Jumping from one beloved horror franchise to one in bloom. I have been anticipated this movie for months! ‘When will it get here?!’, I’d whinge. ‘Mia Goff is a marvel’, is all I could ever find in response. If only … Continued
A sequel to a requel! Let’s do better than Star Wars: The Last Jedi, ey? Of course, I rewatched Scream (2022) again the other night, and I can’t believe how great a job the directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett … Continued
Chapter 2 of ‘Olivia Colman Goes Nuts in a Cinema’. I loved Olivia Colman’s performance with all my heart in The Lost Daughter early last year, and she’s backing it up on the silver screen with another distant characterisation in … Continued
Paul Mescal. Paul Mescal. Who is Paul Mescal? Well, he’s an Academy Award nominated actor, I know that much. Beyond that… we’ll see. Aftersun, everybody. Calum (Paul Mescal) takes his daughter Sophie (Frankie Corio) on a fairly uneventful Turkish holiday. … Continued
I have found it! I found the feminist pretension! Yes, after discovering some of this year’s award contenders have pulled back to a modest social medium, combined with how Velma is getting roasted for mistaking a social stance with being … Continued
Although I’ve kept up to date with the MCU movies, it’s been a real struggled to recall the throughline for Ant-Man without rewatching Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp. How did Scott Lang first become Ant-Man again? And Walter Goggins … Continued
This movie has come out of nowhere. If not for Hugh Jackman’s Golden Globe nomination, I wouldn’t have known this movie existed. What’s strange is that when I do a little research, I find out that The Son is written … Continued
I’m gonna cry! I just know it. This morbidly obese man is built for a tear-jerking tale at the hands of the disarming auteur, Darren Aronofsky. But I’m also here for Brendan Fraser’s personal redemption, as The Whale is the … Continued
What does an elephant, cocaine, trumpet players, tits, and Margot Robbie in a scrumptious red dress all have in common? They’re present at the wildest party you’ve probably ever seen on screen. Unbeknownst to some characters, there are six rising … Continued