Nebraska Directed by Alexander Payne, whose back catalogue includes some pretty highly rated pieces of work (Sideways, About Schmidt and The Descendants), this is a heartfelt road movie. Nebraska centres around Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) a Missouri father who’s losing his mind to old age, a tough life and booze. Convinced he’s won a million … Continue reading Nebraska 2013 →

Kodachrome 2018 Another film that finds itself on Netflix rather then getting a cinema release. Directed by Mark Raso who's only had one feature film before this (Copenhagen), which I've not seen but after watching this, and with it scoring a Rotten Tomatoes of 93%, I'll be checking it out. Struggling music executive Matt (Jason … Continue reading Kodachrome 2018 →

A Quiet Place. John Krasinski is the director here. I don't know much about him as a director or an actor really. Best known for being in the American version of The Office, this is his 2nd film behind the camera. He also co wrote and was an executive producer too. I was hooked and … Continue reading A Quiet Place 2018 →

War For The Planet of the Apes If you liked the first 2 of this rebooted series you'll enjoy this outing too. Matt Reeves back as writer/director for his 2nd Ape film after he directed the last one Dawn of the Planet of the Apes It's not action heavy as the title suggests but there … Continue reading War for the Planet of the Apes 2017 →

Avengers Infinity Wars Joe and Anthony Russo (Directors of The Winter Solider, Civil War along with a plethora of TV shows including Arrested Development and Community direct the 19th film to be released in the MCU and trying to bring all the superheros together for one film must have been a mind blowing task. Unlike … Continue reading Avengers, Infinity Wars 2018 →

Mother! Not a new film but I just watched it yesterday and decided almost immediately that I wanted to share a review of it Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, this is his 7th feature film behind the camera. Some very good and financially successful (The Wrestler and Black Swan), one quite good but flopped … Continue reading Mother! 2017 →

Logan. So the 8th and final time we see Hugh Jackman step into the boots of The Wolverine. Directed and co-written by James Mangold. Behind the camera for Kate and Leopold, Walk the Line and The Wolverine to mention a few. Immediately you see why this film is a 15 cert, there is more blood … Continue reading Logan 2017 →

Stephen King's IT Directed by Andy Muschietti, who's feature film debut Mama (2013) impressed me quite a bit is finally here. 1988 When his younger brother Georgie Denbrough is murdered by Pennywise, a shape-shifting monster that often takes the form of a clown, Bill Denbrough convinces 6 of his friends to band together to fight … Continue reading IT 2017 →

Justice League Zac Snyder directed this but stepped aside in post production after a family tragedy and the studio got Joss Whedon in to complete Zac's vision. (In Whedon we trust) There were reportedly $25 million worth of reshoots for this movie, it shows and they permeate through the whole film - not in a … Continue reading Justice League 2017 →

Star Wars-The Last Jedi. Rian Johnson directs this much anticipated outing of the Star Wars franchise. His previous work includes Looper (2012) and Brick (2005) which is easily one of my favourite film of the noughties. We re-join Rey, Fin, Poe, Luke and Leia along with a few new additions to the story as they … Continue reading Star Wars, The Last Jedi 2017 →