First there was Doctor Who, then Ghostbusters and now we have Ocean’s 8; the latest entertainment franchise to undergo the gender swap. Hollywood has established an awful trend when Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Ocean’s 8”
A true romantic story with a touch of survival epic. I should probably have paid more attention to the trailer and the poster because Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Adrift”
How a film that’s set in the 1900s can be so relevant today is surprising; however, Winchester tries its hardest to make a point on gun violence. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Winchester”
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, and with booze, bratty kids and bad decisions, the sequel to Bad Moms is just as “bad” as the first. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // A Bad Mom’s Christmas”
After seven instalments and seven years since the “final” film, Jigsaw is an attempt at rebooting the Saw franchise. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Jigsaw”
Based on Agatha Christie’s best-selling novel of the same name, Murder on the Orient Express explores one of her more thrilling cases about the spectacular Belgian detective Hercule Poirot’s. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Murder on the Orient Express”
In atypical Marvel movie style, Thor: Ragnarok is as bizarre as it is bold. Definitely not as serious as its prequels, this Thor adventure is a colourful and ridiculous ride through the cosmos. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Thor: Ragnarok”
Imagine reliving your own murder over and over again! This is the reality for college student Tree (Jessica Rothe), who wakes up on the morning of her birthday, Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Happy Death Day”
When an impending snowstorm grounds all flights, strangers Ben (Idris Elba) and Alex (Kate Winslet) foolishly decide to charter a light plane to get them to where they need to be. I say foolishly, but while Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // The Mountain Between Us”
Code blue.
There is no rational reason why anyone anywhere decided that Julia Roberts’ 1990 thriller Flatliners should be remade. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Flatliners”
I love a good shark movie. The best ones are those which allude to the threat of the shark; a fin slicing through the water, a shadow underneath a swimmer, rather than the – often disappointing – full shot of the man-hungry beast. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // 47 Meters Down”
I was eager to see The Dinner after being intrigued by the novel of the same name by Dutch author Herman Koch. I can save you the scroll down: this story is Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // The Dinner”
Pennywise the clown has been terrifying audiences for decades. His iconic image haunts many a nightmare and the trailer for 2017’s remake of IT is nothing but spooky; Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // IT”
Late 1980s Berlin was a frightening place to be and not just because of all the David Hasselhoff music. However, it is here in the beating heart of the Cold War and just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, that Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) an MI6 undercover Continue reading “SPOTLIGHT // Atomic Blonde”
A (quite literally) chilling thriller set on a snowy, remote Native American Reservation; I would suggest bringing a nice warm jumper into the cinema with you for this one. Continue reading “THE WEEKLY // Wind River”
