Money Monster has all the promisings of a high-standard thriller, or good-quality popcorn fair: two of the world’s biggest movie stars as leads, a movie star behind the camera, and a premise based upon the feelings in the global zeitgeist. Unfortunately, however, the film doesn’t quite deliver across its bases. Money Monster centres around a…
The first Bad Neighbours was a smash hit in 2014, so it’s easy to see why this film has stuck, primarily, to the same plot premise. The switch of genders, as well as the change of sides of Zac Efron’s Teddy makes this use of the Hangover strategy forgiveable as there is enough to prevent…
This month offers up a juggernaut of a film and relatively little else, due to most films running from the aforementioned giant’s cinematic release in order to not get completely lost in its shadow. Star Wars The Force awakens There was a lot riding on this film: rebooting one of the most successful franchises of…
This incredibly tense drone drama is a film so current and relevant it demands to be seen. Gavin Hood’s film, set almost entirely in real-time, details essentially every event on every level leading up to a potential drone strike, putting forth a depiction of the vast amount of decision-making and back-and-forth between officials that occurs…
Autumn’s awards-baiting films, and the customary Young-Adult adaptation, have now arrived on DVD. This month offers a wide range of genres and stories now available for you to delve into at home. Steve Jobs Sorkin and Boyle, a combination that would seem to fit perfectly, and does so here in this biopic of the Apple…
I grew up with Pixar, that is to say it was in its infancy when I was born and its first slew of non-stop hits were released whilst I was still their key demographic. However, now, as I verge on adulthood, the company has begun to bring out sequels, prequels and spin offs to the…
Zootopia/Zootropolis (depending on where you are) is a great example of what Disney can do when it is on form. It is a fun, clever story with a deeper, and arguably more currently relevant, message than may be expected from the company. The film follows Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), the first rabbit police officer in…
A film that should have been a huge event, looked forward to by the masses and guaranteed box office success, has instead arrived with a bit of a disappointing thud. Instead of exciting and thrilling, the film is very slow and often dull. This gives it an air of self-importance that alienates the audience. The…
Olympus Has Fallen was a film both enjoyed and criticised when it was released in 2013. When appreciated for what it truly was – a take-your-brain-out action film with obvious debts owed to Die Hard – it was an entertaining couple of hours full of tense action and fist-pumping moments. Its successor, however, doesn’t even…
The presence of Tom Hiddleston in Ben Wheatley’s latest film is bound to draw in some cinemagoers who would otherwise never have set foot in a screening room showing a film of this nature. It is likely to divide viewers depending on their taste in cinema, but those familiar with what to expect from Wheatley…
