Smallfoot (2018)
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Though it has a certain charm and attempts depth beyond its surface, Smallfoot is a mostly standard animated romp that hones the best of intentions, working more so as a…
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Despite being incredibly vain, incompetent, and inexplicably conceited, Johnny English – the not-so-suave secret agent at the centre of Johnny English Strikes Again – manages to somehow be disarmingly likable. And it…
Christopher Robin (2018)
After last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin sought to tell the darker side of A.A. Milne’s classic Winnie the Pooh stories, Marc Forester’s Christopher Robin embraces the far more majestic aspects. …
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Had You Were Never Really Here had its release shifted around to be more in the forefront of voters’ minds come award season, you’d have to imagine Joaquin Phoenix’s performance…
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Even though BlacKkKlansman is shrouded in a 1970’s aesthetic – the fashion, soundtrack, and Shaft references make it obvious – you wouldn’t go so far as to name Spike Lee’s…
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Up to this point each Mission: Impossible film has operated on their own mechanisms. The 1996 Brian De Palma-directed original felt like an organic extension of the 1960’s television series it drew…
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Given the core-shaking reaction evoked from THAT finale sequence in Avengers: Infinity War, you’d be forgiven for letting it slip your mind that there are other Marvel stories to tell…
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Having an exciting director choice like J.A. Bayona (the Spanish filmmaker behind such imaginative titles as The Orphanage and A Monster Calls) behind the camera for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,…
The Leisure Seeker (2017)
Placing reliable talent like Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren together seems practically like a fail-safe for any type of film production. Here you have two old professionals doing what they…
Chappaquiddick (2017)
Arguably still a well-loved figure amongst Democrats, Ted Kennedy, and the mystery surrounding the infamous “Chappaquiddick incident”, takes centre stage in John Curran’s Chappaquiddick. Taking a few shots at Kennedy…