Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Review Carmen Paddock June 26, 2020 Reviews In a year that saw Eurovision cancelled due to Covid, Netflix has swooped in with an imperfect yet heartfelt tribute to the iconic song contest. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (retitled so as...
Oh Brother: Reappraising Step Brothers 10 Years On James Andrews July 25, 2018 Analysis, Features, Nostalgia 2008's Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly team-up Step Brothers is almost irredeemably stupid and low-brow when viewed again with a decade's more maturity, and through the more enlightened filter of 2018. Almost...
Daddy’s Home 2 – Review Naomi Soanes November 26, 2017 Reviews There's a recurring theme in the stream of sequels we’re seeing this Christmas season; obnoxious parents, whiney kids, and a penchant to portray pseudo-sentimental family matters. Daddy’s Home 2 is no...
The House – Review James Andrews July 1, 2017 Reviews They say the House always wins. Unfortunately, that's not the case in this hit-and-miss comedy from first-time director (and co-writer) Andrew Jay Cohen, but there are still some guilty-pleasure laughs to be...
Where Are They Now?: Austin Powers James Andrews May 2, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? It’s exactly 20 years since the hugely quotable spoof superspy Austin Danger Powers first burst onto the big screen with the US release of his debut film International Man Of Mystery (it was released in the...
Your Week In Film: Batman, BAFTA, Biopics! Stephen O'Nion February 17, 2017 News 1. The BAFTAs happened February 12 saw the 70th British Academy Film Awards take place at the Royal Albert Hall. As is the custom, seats were sat in, drinks were drunk and awards were awarded. Annoyingly...
Your Week In Film: Dracula, Dragons, Damian Lewis and more! Stephen O'Nion December 9, 2016 News, Reviews 1. Jimmy Kimmel is komming to host The Oscars Mr. Jimmy Kimmel is our host for the 2017 Academy Awards. Honestly though, this is not an announcement to overwhelm us with feelings of any kind; Kimmel is a...
Best Films Never Made #34: A Confederacy Of Dunces Stephen O'Nion September 13, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features “Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.” - Ignatius J. Reilly If Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist of A Confederacy Of Dunces, is even halfway correct in his...
Your Week In Film: Sausage Scandals, Sherlock, Suicide Squad Shame, and more! Stephen O'Nion August 19, 2016 News 1. Sausage Party animators denied screen credits and forced to work unpaid overtime Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg's Sausage Party might have seemed a risk, but for all intents and purposes it's a risk...
Scene Stealers: Will Ferrell in Zoolander Tom Bond February 11, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers You know, there's more to life than being really, really ridiculously good-looking. Sometimes you need a great fashion sense as well. Ben Stiller may dominate Zoolander as writer, director and idiotic lead,...
Zoolander 2 – Review Tom Bond February 10, 2016 Reviews Zoolander 2 boasts a plot far sillier than its predecessor – no mean feat, but very much a good thing – and is far more interested in drama and action. These latter elements are less successful, as...
Scene Stealers: Will Ferrell in Wedding Crashers Sam Kerridge July 16, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Wedding Crashers is not a ground-breaking film. Most of the characters are unapologetically one-dimensional, the romantic dilemmas are predictable and most of the jokes were done better in American Pie, six...
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...
A Love Letter To… Zoolander Conor Morgan February 20, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia In Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2001 send-up of the fashion industry, the shadowy controlling figures of the trade task leading designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell) with finding a suitable candidate to assassinate the...
The LEGO Movie – Review Christopher Preston February 18, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment The LEGO Movie is a chocolate box of joy. Some jokes may not taste as good as others, but you are never too far away from something you’re going to adore. Lord and Miller have done it again, this time...