Director – Ben Wheatley – 2025 – UK – Cert. 15 – 90m ***** An abducted journalist finds himself involved in multi-dimensional travel – quasi-experimental and completely bonkers sci-fi drama embarks on a tour of UK cinemas, from the smallest to the largest, on Thursday, January 15th We are watching black and white footage. (The film […]
Director – Tim Burton – 2024 – US – Cert. 12a – 104m ***1/2 The hyperactive ghost from the afterlife returns, along with a number of characters from the original – sequel to the 1988 film is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, September 6th When the original Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988) came […]
Director – Jean Cocteau – 1950 – France – Cert. PG – 112m ***** Acquitted by mirrors! Rereleased two thirds of a century on, Cocteau’s reimagining of the Greek legend of Orpheus remains as magical as ever – out in the UK on Friday, October 19th, 2018 Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a self-styled ‘poet’, a versatile, avant-garde […]
Director – Jeff Fowler – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 122m **1/2 Sonic teams with Tails The Fox to battle the dastardly Dr. Robotnik and powerful, red nemesis Knuckles – out in cinemas on Friday, April 1st. With Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) trapped on a mushroom planet, Sonic The Hedgehog (voice: Ben Schwartz) […]
Director – Tsui Hark – 2022 – China – Cert. 15 – 153m ** Ill-considered sequel to box office barnstorming, Chinese war movie fails to match the emotional engagement and excitement of the original – out in cinemas on Friday, February 11th After the exciting and energetic original, this sequel is a disappointment. It has […]
Directors – Chen Kaige, Dante Lam, Tsui Hark – 2021 – China – Cert. 15 – 176m ***** Chinese war movie which has barnstormed the global box office does exactly what it says on the tin – out in cinemas on Friday, November 19th There is a history of war films with a cast of […]
Director – Shawn Levy – 2021 – US – Cert. 12a – 115m ***1/2 A non-player character in a mayhem-riddled video game decides to take matters into his own hands after meeting the girl of his dreams – out in cinemas on Friday, August 13th Guy (sic) (Ryan Reynolds) works in Free City. In a […]