80 FOR BRADY | REVIEW

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There’s absurdity in the capacity of a film like 80 for Brady to boast three Oscar winners and a near-miss nominee as its leading quartet. A vague sense that something has gone rather awry in tinsel town.

SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS | REVIEW

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Much has changed across DC’s Extended Universe since Shazam! first bolted into cinemas. A pass the parcel of creative control has seen Marvel’s murkier cousin shuffle between soft reboots and directional alt rights. As things stand,

HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022) REVIEW

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THE WITCHES ARE BACK!   Back during the summer of 1993, Walt Disney Pictures brought the spirit of Halloween to theaters everywhere with the release of Hocus Pocus. Directed by Kenny Ortega, the film, which

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE | REVIEW

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If Nintendo seem slow to the uptake in finally mining their prized Mario empire for big screen franchising, there’s no doubting the memory of 1993’s Bob Hoskins led Super Mario Bros. flop spurred hesitation. It figures. Time,

PREY FOR THE DEVIL (2022) REVIEW

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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES   A battle for a person’s soul in the endless war between God and the Devil. Tales of exorcisms and demonic possessions have always been a fascinated points of scary

PINOCCHIO (2022) REVIEW

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A SOULESS REMAKE THAT’S AS WOODEN AS PINOCCHIO   On February 23rd, 1940, Walt Disney Studios released Pinocchio, their second animated feature film that was based off of 1883 Italian children’s novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio”

LOVE AGAIN | REVIEW

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Priyanka Chopra and Sam Heughan have chemistry. It’s bubbly, believable and worth rooting for. That’s half of the battle in any rom com and a casting coup for James C. Strouse’s Love Again – which, ironically, features

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE | REVIEW

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According to common parlance, even in the face of continually enviable box office takings, Hollywood’s superhero boom is super over. The fatigue is real. DC lack coherency, Marvel have lost their creative spirit. While the

TICKET TO PARADISE (2022) REVIEW

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A CUTE (YET MEDIOCRELY SERVICEABLE) ROMANTIC COMEDY   With Hollywood studios investing money in big-budgeted tentpole features or in smaller scale artistic films (ones that are worthy of Oscar / award nominations), the subgenre of

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (2022) REVIEW

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INTO THE SEA OF CHANGE….   In 2018, Marvel Studios released Black Panther, their 18th superhero film in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film, which starred Chadwick Boseman, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o,