The Search Begins.  Lion is the feature length directorial debut from Garth Davis. The film stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Chappie), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!, The Others), Rooney Mara (Carol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and introduces Sunny Pawar. "A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted...

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Choose Life.  T2 Trainspotting is the sequel to the 1996 cult classic and sees director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later..., Slumdog Millionaire) return. The film stars Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Fargo), Ewen Bremner (Snatch, Black Hawk Down), Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Hackers) and Robert Carlyle (Once Upon a Time, 28 Weeks Later). "First there was an opportunity......then there was a betrayal. Twenty years...

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I'm a Mother F*****g iBoy  iBoy is directed by Adam Randall (Level Up) and stars Bill Milner (X-Men: First Class, Locke), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, Cyberbully) and Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game, Skyfall). "After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to normal teenage...

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Continuing with the aim of 2017 and broadening the content of this blog to more than just film reviews. Here we have a haul and it's one I just couldn't wait to arrive, even though it did cost a fair bit of money. If you have read my post on my most anticipated films of this year, you will know the live action...

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Yes! It's the return of 'Spotlight On...' - we tried out this segment for 2 months but dropped it simply because those posts were being out-read by others. However, I had to bring it back because I needed to cover this show - I have been waiting to talk about it for a while, I was just waiting for a reason - the...

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There are no more patriots, just rebels and tyrants. This review contains spoilers  xXx: Return of Xander Cage is directed by D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four, Disturbia) and stars Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious, Guardians of the Galaxy), Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Deepika Padukone (Chennai Express, Happy New Year), Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black), Nina...

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Kevin has 23 distinct personalities. The 24th is about to be unleashed.  ***MAJOR SPOILERS***  Split is directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Visit) and stars James McAvoy (X-Men, Filth), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Morgan) and Betty Buckley (Eight is Enough, The Happening). "Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities, and must try and...

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Auditions Begin...  Sing is directed by Christophe Lourdelet (directorial debut) and Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Son of Rambow) and features the voices of Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar, Mud), Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Legally Blonde), Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy), Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers, Lucy), Taron Egerton (Eddie the Eagle, Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Tori Kelly (musician). "In a city of...

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Anyone who is anyone will be seen at Café Society. This review contains Spoilers  Café Society is directed and written by Woody Allen (Annie Hall, Midnight in Paris) and stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me), Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Snow White & The Huntsman), Steve Carell (The Office, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Blake Lively (The Shallows, The Age of Adaline)....

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January 19th 2017. The day a new movie fight began - and it is one we were certainly not expecting. 2 huge trailers dropped but which was better? which had the biggest impact? This post is going to go into the details including reviews of both trailers as well as an overview of how they have so far performed.... ...

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Secrets will be revealed, one unfortunate event at a time.  A Series of Unfortunate Events is the latest serving of binge-watching from Netflix. The show is based off of the series of books of the same name by Lemony Snicket. The TV series has numerous directors throughout (like usual) but stars Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Gone Girl), Patrick Warburton...

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Don't Think it, Don't Say it.  The Bye Bye Man is directed by Stacy Title (The Last Supper, Let the Devil Wear Back) and stars Douglas Smith (Vinyl, Big Love), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens, Waterloo Road) and Cressida Bonas (Doctor Thorne, Tulip Fever). "Three friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, a mysterious figure they discover is the root...

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Here's to the Fools Who Dream This review contains Spoilers  La La Land is directed and written by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) and stars Emma Stone (The Help, Easy A), Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys, The Big Short) and a cameo sized performance from the musician, John Legend. "A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles". People have been talking about La...

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Escape is the Only Option.  The Colony is directed by Florian Gallenberger (City of War: The Story of John Rabe, Shadows of Time) and stars Emma Watson (Harry Potter, Beauty and the Beast), Daniel Bruhl (Inglorious Basterds, Captain America: Civil War) and Michael Nyqvist (John Wick, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).  "A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws...

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A resolution for me this year when it came to blogging was to write more than just film reviews - towards the end of Spring last year, I decided to remove the box office reports as they were becoming quite repetitive I wasn't enjoying writing them anymore. That meant that it was rare for me to write a post that was not a...

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2016 may not have been the year where Suicide Squad was the best film released (it was not even close) but I still stand by the fact that there was one true piece of greatness hidden within the rubble and that was Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn who was my favourite character of 2016 and one of my favourite film characters of all time. My...

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Your Destiny is in Your Blood. Assassin's Creed is directed by Justin Kurzel (Macbeth, The Turning) and stars Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Prometheus) and Marion Cotillard (Allied, Inception). "When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society". Video game movies still...

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We have covered the best and now it is time to take a wall down the hall of shame - 2016 was an incredibly underwhelming year when it came to the big blockbusters and I will always remember it for being the year of disappointments. It was actually pretty easy to fill this list of 10 terrible films and for once, I don't...

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Stories are Wild Creatures.  A Monster Calls is directed by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage) and stars Lewis MacDougall (Pan), Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar), Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Theory of Everything) and Liam Neeson (Taken, Batman Begins). "A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mom's terminal illness". Based on a...

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