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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
We were told five years ago now, in a thinly veiled bit of irony, that ‘Everything Is Awesome’, that we should stick together and be open...
Vice
With all the imagination of storytellers, script writers and authors the greatest villains are often facsimiles of real life figures. And...
The Favourite
Ducks (racing ducks, no less), copious rabbits and, yes, lobsters (nice reference) all feature heavily in Yorgos Lanthimos’ period drama...
Glass
Two years ago to the day I was pondering M. Night Shyamalan’s Split; an exciting and original thriller with a tour-de-force, multiple...
Welcome To Marwen
Well Happy New Year to you all and welcome to 2019 which, as I’m sure you’ve seen as you can’t move for think-pieces on the subject, is...
Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2
It might be six years after the fact but Wreck-It Ralph has finally been granted its thoroughly deserved sequel by Disney. The first film...
Creed 2
Despite Sylvester Stallone's protestations the Rocky saga keeps on running with Creed 2 not necessarily bringing the curtain down on the...
The 2018 Films Of The Year
After squabbles, in-fighting and more shuffling than a Vegas casino I present the best films of 2018: 20. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs...
Aquaman
You may remember Aquaman as the hulkingly charismatic, slightly drunk wildcard of the Justice League pack given nothing to do other than...
The 2018 Albums Of The Year
Another tumultuous year has seen musicians trying ever more disparate ways to comment on our times or simply distract us from them....
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
You want another superhero review from this bloated year? Oh, go on then. At least I can refreshingly describe a superhero film as...
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
I wrote two years ago that the first Fantastic Beasts would come to be admired at the summation of the franchise for having the...
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