The Heat
The Heat is a buddy comedy with a twist. The twist being that, in the past, these have always been two mismatched men partnering up to find a common enemy where here the two cops are Sandra Bullock’s uptight FBI… Continue Reading
Author: Benjamin
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
If you don’t know who Alan Partridge is then shame on you, but at least you have a brilliantly funny journey to set yourself on. Alan (the comic creation of Steve Coogan) is a sports reporter, turned chat show host,… Continue Reading
The Frozen Ground
The Frozen Ground seems to think that it is operating in the same league as Zodiac, the outstanding David Fincher film from 2007. Would that it were. As with that film, The Frozen Ground is based on a real life… Continue Reading
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon – Prince of Wales Theatre, London The Book of Mormon may be Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s first stage musical but it’s far from their first foray into songwriting as anyone familiar with their work on… Continue Reading
The World’s End
The World’s End comes with some rather large baggage, namely the two previous movies in the ‘Cornetto Trilogy’, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two of the best comic films of this century. Added to which, just a few… Continue Reading
Pacific Rim
In simple terms, Pacific Rim is Transformers vs Godzilla. Neither of those were good films so rather than dwell on the story, let’s get down to the nitty gritty of why this film is much more successful than anything of… Continue Reading
A Field In England
I don’t really know how to review A Field In England. It is clearly not a film for everyone – a black and white film set during the English Civil War with a cast of six that starts off as… Continue Reading
Monsters University
Monsters, Inc. is one of the most beloved Pixar animation films, but it is a long time since it came out. Twelve years, in fact. Pixar have shown they can do sequels to their standout films, with Toy Story 2… Continue Reading
Lovelace
The problem with many biopics is that the stories they are trying to tell don’t tend to fit in appropriately with traditional cinematic narrative conventions. This means that a lot of them end up essentially being a lot of recreations… Continue Reading
Despicable Me 2
My friends and I have a long standing joke (pilfered from elsewhere) about not seeing sequels if we’ve not seen the originals for fear of not understanding the film. It is always applied to ridiculous fare such as the Fast… Continue Reading