The Upside – Review Rhys Handley January 11, 2019 Reviews Red flags marked the road to release for The Upside, a remake of 2011 French odd-couple runaway hit Intouchables, with its March 2018 release date scrapped amid the seismic scandal of one-time producer Harvey...
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle – Review Tom Bond December 9, 2017 Reviews Beyond the usual blarney about desecrating the corpse of a beloved film, there’s one golden rule for reboots: you need to bring something new to the table. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – where there are...
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – Review David Brake July 30, 2017 Reviews Captain Underpants has failed to find an audience in the US, and will likely fail in that regard on these shores – and that is a crying shame. This animated gem is a thoroughly entertaining, engaging and...
Your Week In Film’s Halloween Special: Santa, Shawn Levy, Split and more! Stephen O'Nion October 28, 2016 News 1. Let’s start with something Incredible The one Pixar sequel that people have actually asked for is coming, and sooner than you thought. Yes, everyone’s favourite superpowered family will return in the...
Central Intelligence – Review Joni Blyth June 29, 2016 Reviews Central Intelligence isn’t concerned with changing the status quo. There’s no grand message, no attempt to subvert the genre, or even poke fun at it Jump Street style. With its bland title and boilerplate...
The Secret Life Of Pets – Review Tori Brazier June 25, 2016 Reviews The Secret Life of Pets’ first fifteen minutes are perky and imaginative as the animal inhabitants of a block of New York flats wave their owners off to work before commencing their own daily routines. This...
Get Hard – Review Thom Denson March 31, 2015 Reviews Get Hard awkwardly stumbles through attempts at finding humour in racial and sexual differences. Allegations of xeno/homophobia could be partially diffused by comedic context, but this comedy clearly needs to...
The Wedding Ringer – Review Stephen O'Nion February 22, 2015 Reviews 14 years after it was actually written, The Wedding Ringer finally makes it to screen. Was it worth it? Well, no, but… Had it been released all those years ago the story might be different; wouldn’t it...
Think Like a Man Too – Review Stephen O'Nion September 24, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Ah, the Vegas Bachelor Party! It’s been too long. A whole year in fact. Fortunately little has changed. Except now the women have as much fun as the men - not those darn mother-in-laws though, eh? - and...
Ride Along – Review Stephen O'Nion March 1, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment He may look gruff and wave a gun around but fear not - this is still Ice Cube at his Are We There Yet-iest. That is largely down to Ride Along being the Chris Tucker Kevin Hart show through and through. The...
Grudge Match – Review Stephen O'Nion January 24, 2014 Reviews Being a fan of boxing and craptastic puns, a film with the tagline “Grudgement Day” doesn’t have to do much to win me over. And Grudge Match doesn’t do much either; De Niro and Stallone fight a bit...