Michael Pena

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Review – ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is Marvel at its most blandly disposable

05/08/2018 Patrick Wilson 0 Comment 2018, Action, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, August 2018, Bobby Cannavale, Certificate: 12, Evangeline Lilly, Hannah John-Kamen, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Randall Park, Rating: Poop, Superhero, Walton Goggins

Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly take centre stage for Ant-Man and the Wasp, which follows up Infinity War with something lighter.

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Review – Uneven blockbuster ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is a charming, ambitious ride

04/04/201806/04/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay, Certificate: PG, Chris Pine, Deric McCabe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Levi Miller, March 2018, Michael Pena, Mindy Kaling, Oprah Winfrey, Rating: Pop, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis

Disney’s big blockbuster hands Ava DuVernay a huge canvas, which she used to paint a flawed, but life-affirming portrait.

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Review – 12 Strong

01/02/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 12 Strong, 2018, Action, Certificate: 15, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, January 2018, Michael Pena, Michael Shannon, Navid Negahban, Nicolai Fuglsig, Rating: Poop, Rob Riggle, Trevante Rhodes, War, William Fichtner

Chris Hemsworth gets combat ready to tell the tale of the Horse Soldiers in post-9/11 war movie 12 Strong.

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Review – My Little Pony: The Movie

30/10/201702/11/2017 Tom Beasley 1 Comment 2017, Adventure, Andrea Libman, Animation, Ashleigh Ball, Cathy Weseluck, Certificate: U, Emily Blunt, Jayson Thiessen, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Pena, My Little Pony, My Little Pony: The Movie, October 2017, Rating: Pop, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong, Zoe Saldana

There’s friendship, colour, songs and other hyperactive nonsense in animated adventure My Little Pony: The Movie.

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Review – The Lego Ninjago Movie

22/10/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Abbi Jacobson, Animation, Bob Logan, Certificate: U, Charlie Bean, Comedy, Dave Franco, Fred Armisen, Jackie Chan, Justin Theroux, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, October 2017, Olivia Munn, Paul Fisher, Rating: Poop, The Lego Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Zach Woods

The Lego universe takes its first misstep with the cynical and unimaginative Lego Ninjago Movie.

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Review – CHiPs

04/04/201704/04/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Certificate: 12, Certificate: 15, CHiPs, Comedy, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, March 2017, Michael Pena, Rating: Poop, Rosa Salazar, Vincent D'Onofrio

It’s 21 Jump Street, but without the jokes, in this hideously misguided parody.

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Review – War on Everyone

09/11/2016 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Action, Alexander Skarsgård, Caleb Landry Jones, Certificate: 15, Comedy, Crime, John Michael McDonagh, Michael Pena, October 2016, Paul Reiser, Rating: Poop, Tessa Thompson, Theo James, War on Everyone

John Michael McDonagh is back with a tale of two cops who are very bad indeed.

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Review – The Martian

30/11/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Drama, Drew Goddard, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon, Michael Pena, Ridley Scott, Sci-Fi, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, September 2015, The Martian

Review of 2015 sci-fi The Martian, starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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Review – Ant-Man

28/08/2015 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2015, Action, Ant-Man, Bobby Cannavale, Certificate: 12, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Judy Greer, July 2015, Marvel, Marvel Phase Two, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Rating: Pop, Superhero

Review of 2015 Marvel superhero movie Ant-Man, which is directed by Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly.

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Review – Fury

24/11/2014 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2014, Action, Alicia von Rittberg, Brad Pitt, Certificate: 15, David Ayer, Drama, Fury, Jason Isaacs, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, October 2014, Rating: Pop, Shia LaBeouf, War

Review of 2014 war movie Fury, directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf.

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