BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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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…
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
There is a certain level of preposterous happenstance that is required to make a romantic comedy work. This can be a case of mismatched personalities, supernatural intervention or as is…
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…
The Breaker Upperers (2018)
There’s a good chance you’ve now been introduced to the New Zealand formula of comedy. It goes like this: take guileless characters with average to little talent and no pretentions…
Skyscraper (2018)
It’s become a curious recent trend in movies to try and humanize Dwayne The Rock Johnson by trying to create some kind of shortcoming for him. In a video game…
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…
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado is not a happy film. Granted, neither was Sicario. But in the follow up to Denis Villenueve’s 2015 film, director Stefano Sollima and writer, Taylor Sheridan make it a…
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,…
Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade is the type of movie that I would have side eyed while perusing the shelves of my local video store and then snuck into my house when mum wasn’t…
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…