The Mandalorian and Grogu (Film Review) — Steadying the Ship Is this the way? Star Wars arrives back at cinemas for the first time in seven years without a fanfare, quite literally, The Mandalorian and Grogu has no opening crawl, but it does have a title...
Apex — A Rapid Throwback Stick that kayak in reverse... Where did the water-bourne sociopath go? It feels like that villainous archetype never really escaped its 80s and 90s heyday, and the likes of Dead Calm and The River Wild (not that the female in...
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – A Derivative Freefall Matt Goddard Mushroom Kingdom, we have a problem.. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie power jumped onto the screen in 2023, defying all expectations. Illumination’s stunning animation and light-touch...
Project Hail Mary — An Intergalactic Rom-Com Matt Goddard Rock-solid cinematic fun. It is down to Ryan Gosling’s amnesiac fish out of water (AKA human out of earth) to kick off this year’s post-Awards blockbuster season. The masterminds behind it are...
The Secret Agent — A Brilliant Genre-Juggler Matt Goddard But the leg came back... The euphemism of a ‘mischievous time’ appears at the beginning and near the end of The Secret Agent. As the eye-catching symbol of a yellow VW Beetle recurs...
