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Director: Fede Álvarez The Alien Romulus follows from previous installations of Aliens films, but it does not aim to copy them or try to re-invent them. Instead, the story of Alien Romulus stands between the first two films, Alien and Aliens and is a stand-alone film despite following the story of the first film. The…
Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan The Watchers have a story centred in Ireland, and we meet people who have found themselves locked up in woods with mythical and dangerous creatures, the watchers who hunt humans during the night but sleep and hide during the day. I did not watch the previous iterations of this film, so…
Director: Fred C. Rabbath The Final Pact is a new film by an independent director, Fred C. Rabbath, who also happens to be my favourite director (generally, not just the independent one). The Final Pact is a sci-fi/horror film that tackles biblical sin, temptation and exorcism. But this film is more than that. It is…
Director: Tim Burton I watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice last weekend in the cinema, in the D-BOX experience, which was the first time I watched a film like that. It goes without saying I loved having my chair shake every time something happened in the movie. As for the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice story, after a family tragedy, members…
Director: Lee Isaac Chung Twisters is an American disaster film portraying a team of researchers, and tornado chasers, trying to chase tornadoes. The 2024 Twisters is a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 Twisters film. In 2024 Twisters, the research team is trying to find a way to dissipate tornadoes and make them smaller before they…
Director: Shawn Levy I watched Deadpool and Wolverine as soon as it came out, but the review is delayed so there are plenty of reviews already. Anyway, my take? It was fun and exactly what you expect of this film and Ryan Reynolds was as brilliant as you expect him to be. In this instalment…
Director: Michael Sarnoski A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel to the 2018 film A Quiet Place by John Krasinski where parents struggle to raise their children in a world occupied by extraterrestrial blind creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing. A Quiet Place: Day One returns to the first day of the invasion and how it…
Director: Wes Ball Rating: 4/5 Kingdom of the Planet of Apes is a standalone sequel to 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes directed by Wes Ball, the creator of the Maze Runner film series (which I loved!). The film takes place 300 years after the war. Humans have lost intelligence and the ability…
Rating: 5/5 (film 1), 4/5 (film 2) Director, film 1 (2016): Scott Derrickson Director, film 2 (2022): Sam Raimi Can you imagine a world dressed in femininity where the feminine leadership style of compassion, empathy and selflessness dominates and opposes any individualism and having personal power other than for bringing people together to defend the…
Director: Nora Fingscheidt I watched The Unforgivable when it was first released (2021) but did not blog during the pandemic, courtesy of excessive and abnormal isolation in the UK that lasted too many years and caused me immense stress plus an increased workload. The Unforgivable is not just another Sandra Bullock film (and we know…
Director: Steven Brill Rating: 3/5 Adam Sandler keeps returning with fake voices that irritate viewers who have to ask why was that necessary. This is the case in his new release, Sandy Wexler. Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a talent manager who hunts potential talents, but unlikely for others he genuinely cares and promises he…
Availability: Vue Cinema Leeds Director: Damien Chazelle Rating: 5/5 I finally watched La La Land. At first, I was saying to myself that the reason why this film received so many Oscars and Golden Globes is beyond me. But, as the film progressed I realised I was thinking this only because I am not really…
Netflix has recently implemented a new system of programme matches, i.e. when you look at the programme in an attempt to decide what you want to watch it gives you a percentage that indicates whether that programme matches what you normally watch and like. I was sceptical about it at first, but it actually works…
Director: Charlie McDowell Rating: 2.5/5 Imagine if there was a scientific evidence that afterlife exists. What would you do? You would possibly face an ethical choice of considering to end your life and head towards a better one, or you would enjoy your time on Earth more knowing there is something out there for you.…
Release Date: 31 March 2017 Venue: Vue Cinema Leeds Director: Rupert Sanders Rating 4/5 This film is certainly not a waste of time for it has something for everyone, i.e. some good action, as well as some thoughtful comments on humanity. In the near future, humans are able to upgrade themselves with robotic features to…
Rating: 5/5 This film was recently added on Prime, and it is certainly worth watching. I have to say I haven’t seen a film addressing love in such an imaginative way for a long time. In other words, the film addresses love from philosophical, ethical and an emotional point of view. Therefore, we follow a…
Rating:4/5 This new comedy released a few days ago addresses poverty in the US in a way I have not seen yet. In that, the film combines a sad reality of two girls left to fend for themselves with humour and a happy end. The reason Deidra (Ashleigh Murray) and Laney (Rachel Crow) are left…
Released: March 2017 Venue: Vue Cinema Leeds Director: James Mangold Rating: 2.5/5 In season one (episode 21) of the mega popular US show Friends, fake Monica tells real Monica that when she watched the “Dead Poet Society” she said to herself that those two hours of her life were the ones she lost forever. While…
This film presents an exaggerated version of an event that has happened to many people, i.e. being robbed and the feeling of violation that burglary has caused. In this film, a depressed nursing assistant Ruth (Melanie Lynskey) debates how she felt when she discovered there was a burglary in her house, and that her grandmother’s…
iBoy is a Netflix’s film released in January 2017, and the film carries a typical Netflix’s signature of science fiction, i.e. one of the reasons I love Netflix so much. No other programme provides gives so much on science fiction and especially not in such a diverse way as Netflix. This film presents a story…
This film gives a beautiful insight into psychological issues people face after trauma, and as such could easily serve as an educational material. However, the film is more than that. It is also an unpredictable and surprising story, which will satisfy many film lovers. The story portrays a psychiatrist Dr Jane Mathis (Vinessa Shaw) who…