2019

Featured Reviews 

Review – Taron Egerton shines as the glitter fades in ‘Rocketman’

23/05/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Biopic, Bryce Dallas Howard, Certificate: 15, Dexter Fletcher, Elton John, Jamie Bell, May 2019, Musical, Rating: Pop, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Stephen Graham, Steven Mackintosh, Taron Egerton

With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.

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Review – Guy Ritchie’s magical ‘Aladdin’ challenges for the Disney remake crown

22/05/201923/05/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Adventure, Aladdin, Billy Magnussen, Certificate: PG, Fantasy, Guy Ritchie, Marwan Kenzari, May 2019, Mena Massoud, Musical, Naomi Scott, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Rating: Pop, Will Smith

Guy Ritchie’s new take on Disney’s Aladdin, with Will Smith as the Genie, is a colourful remake of a classic 1990s animation.

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Review Round-up – Captain Marvel, Fighting With My Family, Us and more

28/03/201928/03/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Ben is Back, Benjamin, Border, Captain Marvel, Everybody Knows, February 2019, Fighting with my Family, Fisherman's Friends, Five Feet Apart, Girl, Hannah, March 2019, Ray & Liz, Review Round-up, Rosie, Sauvage, Serenity, The Aftermath, The Fight, The Hole in the Ground, The Kindergarten Teacher, The Prodigy, The White Crow, Under the Silver Lake, Us, What Men Want

Catching up with reviews of the last few weeks of cinema, including Captain Marvel and wrestling biopic Fighting With My Family.

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Review Round-up – The Lego Movie 2, Happy Death Day 2U, Cold Pursuit and more

24/02/201924/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, A Private War, Alita: Battle Angel, All is True, Capernaum, Cold Pursuit, February 2019, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, If Beale Street Could Talk, Instant Family, Jellyfish, Old Boys, On the Basis of Sex, Piercing, Review Round-up, The Kid Who Would Be King, The Lego Movie, The Lego Movie 2

Reviews of some big films this time around, including the Lego Movie sequel and Liam Neeson actioner Cold Pursuit.

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Featured Reviews VOD 

VOD Review – ‘Videoman’ is a tired giallo homage with scarce thrills

24/02/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Carolin Stoltz, Certificate: 18, February 2019, Horror, Kristian A Söderström, Lena Nilsson, Morgan Alling, Stefan Sauk, Thriller, Victor von Schirach, Videoman, VOD

Swedish thriller Videoman plays as an homage to giallo horror and the world of obscure VHS collectors, but it misses the mark.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – ‘Dave Made a Maze’ collapses like its made of cardboard

27/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Adam Busch, Adventure, Bill Watterson, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Dave Made a Maze, Fantasy, Frank Caeti, Horror, James Urbaniak, January 2019, John Hennigan, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Rating: Poop, Stephanie Allynne

Fantasy-comedy Dave Made a Maze is a strange genre hybrid that never quite lives up to its visual invention and clever central concept.

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Review Round-up – Glass, Mary Queen of Scots, Fyre, Beautiful Boy

22/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Beautiful Boy, Bruce Willis, Chris Smith, David Tennant, Felix van Groeningen, Fyre, Glass, James McAvoy, January 2019, Josie Rourke, M Night Shyamalan, Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots, Review Round-up, Samuel L Jackson, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Paulson, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet

Reviews of M Night Shyamalan’s unhinged Glass, the royal biopic Mary Queen of Scots and the Fyre Festival documentary on Netflix.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Bizarre drama ‘Welcome to Marwen’ piles on the whimsy

15/01/201915/01/2019 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2019, Certificate: 12, Diane Kruger, Drama, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Janelle Monáe, January 2019, Leslie Mann, Merritt Wever, Neil Jackson, Rating: Pop, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

Steve Carell plays an assault victim who retreats into a fantasy world in Robert Zemeckis’s strange drama Welcome to Marwen.

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Blu-ray Review – ‘Laura’ is a snappy, satisfying 1940s film noir

14/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 1944, 2019, Blu-ray, Certificate: PG, Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Dorothy Adams, Gene Tierney, January 2019, Judith Anderson, Laura, Noir, Otto Preminger, Thriller, Vincent Price

Otto Preminger’s 90-minute noir Laura is an enthralling and entertaining film noir that never outstays its welcome.

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Christmas and New Year Review Round-up: Holmes & Watson, Bumblebee, The Favourite, Welcome to Marwen

11/01/201915/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, 2019, Bumblebee, December 2018, Emma Stone, Etan Cohen, Hailee Steinfeld, Holmes & Watson, January 2019, John C Reilly, John Cena, Leslie Mann, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Review Round-up, Rob Brydon, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, The Favourite, Travis Knight, Welcome to Marwen, Will Ferrell, Yorgos Lanthimos

Reviews of some of the films that hit the UK over Christmas, including Oscar-tipped The Favourite and comedy Holmes & Watson.

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Review – ‘Life Itself’ is maudlin nonsense that will exhaust even the most patient of viewers

04/01/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Certificate: 15, Dan Fogelman, Drama, January 2019, Laia Costa, Life Itself, Olivia Cooke, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Isaac, Rating: Poop, Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and other famous faces slum it in Life Itself, which is an awful drama from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman.

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