The Hustle – Review Joni Blyth May 12, 2019 Reviews A remake of a remake, The Hustle uses its opening credits to set its sights in a different area: the Saturday morning cartoon. Our two leads cartwheel through Hanna Barbera-inspired capers reminiscent of all...
Pitch Perfect 3 – Review Joni Blyth December 19, 2017 Reviews Ah, the third album. A Hard Day’s Night. Colouring Book. OK Computer. Artists are lucky to make it this far in the cutthroat music industry, and film is no different. There are think-pieces to the end of...
Are Gender-Swapped Remakes Bad for Cinema? Sian Brett August 19, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion 2 Comments In the wake of the Ghostbusters reboot there have been a spate of announcements of gender-swapped remakes. Rebel Wilson is set to star in a new version of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and a new...
How To Be Single – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan February 20, 2016 Reviews Blending the clichéd with the new, How To Be Single is a surprise but not a revelation. Mann and Wilson each do what they do best, both providing great physical comedy as well as more heartfelt...
Pitch Perfect 2 – Review Bertie Archer May 18, 2015 Reviews Anna Kendrick and her singing sisters are back. This time competing against a superior German group in a series of increasingly impressive arrangements and routines. Routine is the operative word and "second...