2021 Reviews – Encanto
We’re back in the cinema for a Disney animated classic! Apart from the poster in the cinema lobby, I’ve seen nothing in the way of promotion or discussion involving this movie. Nothing. Nada. Nichte. Niente. Nichto. Raya and the Last … Continued
2021 Reviews – Dune
Well here’s a movie where I’ve avoided trailers like the dickens. Denis Villeneuve is directing? I’m already there. I don’t need marketing, or myself, building up any false expectations in my head ahead of seeing the grand scheme of this … Continued
2021 Reviews – Last Night in Soho
I think I caught Last Night in Soho on its last night in cinemas – that’s a story. Everybody tells me that Edgar Wright is amazing, but I suck, because apart from Baby Driver, the only other E. Wright movie … Continued
2021 Reviews – Venom: Let There Be Carnage
‘Knock-knock, and let the devil in…’ I may have found the first Venom a little underwhelming but that accompanying Eminem track hits hard. I’ve started to become optimistic with sequels recently, because I’ve realised that movies can learn from their … Continued
2021 Reviews – The Harder They Fall
As a boy, Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) watched his parents gunned down in cold blood by the ruthless villain Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), and a second man, with a scorpion tattoo. Now the man with the scorpion tattoo is dead, … Continued
2021 Reviews – The Night House
When I went and saw Old in the cinema, the trailer for this movie blew me away. The Night House; a movie that would not have been on my radar if not for that evening. When Melbourne’s latest pandemic came … Continued
2021 Reviews – Home Sweet Home Alone
A few fast facts: Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York are hall-of-fame classics in my house. Macaulay Culkin may be the greatest child actor that ever lived. And even though Home Alone 3 is like new … Continued
2021 Reviews – Red Notice
Special Agent John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) tracks the second-best art thief in the world, Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds), to Rome, where he plans to steal a priceless Egyptian egg, once held by Cleopatra. Saving the day, thanks to an anonymous … Continued
2021 Reviews – No Time to Die
No Time to Die? No longer do we have to wait! Ah, here comes the last Bond movie I may ever want to care about. The woke have been trying to get their claws into James Bond for ages, and … Continued
2021 Reviews – Eternals
Eternals! Or, from what I’ve gathered from promotion, could it be Community’s Human Being: The Motion Picture. Yeah; ‘we’ve had the peace and power to save the universe from Thanos but we chose not to get involved and now Iron … Continued