Denis Villeneuve’s great gamble has paid off. Such is now, surely, irrefutable. Frank Herbert’s once seemingly insurmountable literary tome finally has a cinematic counterpart worthy of the name. Dune. If there seemed little appetite for a
There’s always been something pleasingly unfussy about the Kung-Fu Panda franchise. It’s a three-word premise. A panda…does Kung-Fu. Eight years on from the last film – and fifteen since the first – nothing has changed. It’s still
A life lived so vibrantly spotlighted as that of Amy Winehouse’s was ripe for the biographical pickings from the moment of her death, all too soon back in 2011. It’s an indictment of the day
A deliciously simple premise delivers gory satisfaction in Abigail, the first post-Scream horror from Radio Silence directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. In short, a pint-sized, tutu wearing, vampire torments ragtag criminals in a Scooby-Doo mansion. It’s
Sweaty, muscular and desperately horny, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers lusts in the fashion of an old courtly romance. The emphasis is on the court – it’s a tennis film – but the romance is as pervasive as it
Three hundred years have passed since our last visit to the Planet of the Apes. It’s felt like it. In real world terms, that’s seven years since Andy Serkis’ Caesar expired his mortal coil, mere
There’s nothing wrong with a children’s film striving for cross-generational appeal. A hit on target can be pure magic. Pixar nailed just that with every film in their heyday and it’s a sweet spot the
David Leitch packs literally every punch in his over-stuffed but hugely likeable new action comedy, The Fall Guy. Literally. Every. Punch. Notionally an adaptation of Glen A. Larson’s eponymous early eighties TV show – a fleeting
Released unto a post-slap world, the fourth Bad Boys carries the double jeopardy of also being Will Smith’s first shot at a box office still reeling from its darkest year. There’s a reason they’ve called this one Ride
If you thought Deadpool & Wolverine would exercise one iota of patience before wheeling out its show pony – the return of Hugh Jackman to his X-Men origins – then you thought wrong. Shaun Levy’s threequel is