On June 14th – in just 17 days – Russia will kick off the 2018 World Cup against Saudi Arabia. Will it be a glorious, unmissable festival of football? Or will we remember the tournament for hooliganism and racism? By Mark Richards Yes, just 17 days. On Thursday, June 14th the World Cup will get [...]
By Steven Sheehan The ride for Hans Solo and his crew hasn’t exactly been the smoothest. The original directors were fired after at least ¾ of the film had been shot, the script was reportedly “unworkable” and Alden Ehrenreich was struggling to get a grip on Harrison Ford’s legendary character. Not exactly the Disney-happy image [...]
By Steven Sheehan Wade Wilson burst onto our screens in 2016 quite literally sticking his middle finger up at anyone and anything who dared look in his direction. In a world of mundane Disney controlled superhero movies Deadpool gave the genre a spark of life, willing to take down itself, Marvel, D.C. and anyone else [...]
By Steven Sheehan Released in the US just in time for Mother’s Day, Breaking In is a no-frills home invasion thriller that will put every mum’s maternal instinct on red alert. It stars Gabrielle Union as a mother determined to save her two kids from the clutches of four bad guys who are threatening to [...]
By Steven Sheehan As the Avengers swarm into every screen known to mankind this weekend, elsewhere a British director makes a strong debut with a suspenseful thriller called Beast that showcases everything great about UK cinema. Director Michael Pearce had previously picked up a BAFTA nomination for his 2013 short Keeping Up With The Joneses [...]
By Steven Sheehan Amy Schumer has used her Comedy Central sketch series, Inside Amy Schumer, as a sort of therapy tool not only for herself but for the huge following she has cultivated since it began back in 2013. So the idea behind her latest comedy vehicle, I Feel Pretty, makes a lot of sense [...]
By Steven Sheehan If ever there was a hero big enough to save a city from a rampaging giant white albino gorilla (accompanied by a super-sized alligator and an enormous flying wolf) Dwayne Johnson is that man. Keeping in line with the current endless rehashing of 80s pop culture, Rampage dug deeper than most to [...]
By Steven Sheehan “It is time to show the whole world that America is back!” We hear the words of Trump bellowing at the start of The Leisure Seeker, recalling how he spoke to millions of misty-eyed voters reminiscing about a time that never was. Italian director Paolo Virzi marks his first English language film, [...]
By Steven Sheehan Filmgoers of a certain age will remember an ageing Charles Bronson in Death Wish, a low budget b-movie made in 1974 that went on to turn him into a star on American soil. Loosely based on Brian Garfield’s novel of the same name, its vigilante storyline was set in Harlem, New York, [...]
By Steven Sheehan Mom and Dad offers the sort of cathartic release parents search for wherever they can find it. Rather than loosen the apron strings to step back and let the little darlings live and learn, it tightens the fabric around their necks until all signs of life have disappeared from their bodies. [...]