Tag: movie review
CREED III: A good movie following great movies
The third and possibly final entry in the Creed movie series, Creed III is here to show Adonis Creed (Micheal B. Jordan) in one more fight against an old childhood friend and rival. A continuation [more…]
Scream (2022) – How meta is too meta?
Ghostface Killer is back from the dead, reviving the tradition of murder sprees in the town of Woodsboro. Despite being the fifth entry in the saga, the latest film, simply titled Scream, feels distinctly different [more…]
House of Gucci review
The latest film from Oscar winning director Ridley Scott, House of Gucci, explores the real-life drama of the Gucci family and their feuding over the fashion house. An all-star cast led by Adam Driver and [more…]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife review
The fourth film in the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, reminds the audience why they fell in love with the films in the first place. Written and directed by Grammy award winner Jason Reitman, son of Ivan [more…]
Jaws: KU lecturer offers new perspectives on blockbuster
Nearly five decades on, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws still captures the imagination and opens up new opportunities for research on the movie that was released back in 1975. KU Lecturer in Film, Media and Literature, [more…]
Tenet: Christopher Nolan’s time twisting action thriller
After months away from the silver screen, does the movie successfully resurrect the cinema-going experience live up to the hype?
Last Christmas Review: A rom-com with the Wham! factor
4/5 stars It is only early November and the Christmas movie wave is already kickstarting with Last Christmas, and as someone who doesn’t typically get excited about Christmas films, I actually really enjoyed it. Our [more…]
xXx Return of Xander Cage: Not a Vin for Diesel
If you’re looking for a less impressive Suicide Squad and a less funny Deadpool, then xXx: Return of Xander Cage is the movie for you. If xXx was a contender on Britain’s Got Talent, it would do as well as its [more…]
New sci-fi drama Arrival is stunning and intelligent – review
The new science-fiction film Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners), is a capturing genre drama with more potential than first realised.
I, Daniel Blake Review: Painfully moving and unapologetic
“I, Daniel Blake”, Ken Loach’s stunning and distressing new drama, is a wake-up call and shows brutally honestly and poignantly the errors of the benefits system. Loach is known as a leftist, socially critical director [more…]
