I've never been more exhausted by a film in my life. To say that Aquaman was a labour of love would be incredulous. Laborious as it may be, there is little love for Aquaman, although it is not a film that is without its charms. In fact, Aquaman, for...
Before Sam Witwicky's first car turned out to be a shape-shifting robot, it had its own story to be told. That story takes place in the 1980s, and is called Bumblebee. It details just how the Autobot soldier came to be a Camaro with faded paint -...
In 2018, The Incredibles, made a comeback, and Mary Poppins is set to make a return this Christmas. These long-awaited sequels have been a mixed bag of varying quality. On one hand, you have your Blade Runner 2049, and Halloween that feel purposeful...
It is the holiday season and, many people are finding themselves frustrated. As we surround ourselves with our loved ones, we also come into close contact with those in our families we don't necessarily love but, instead, tolerate. That's...
We've all seen our fair share of crime films. They're violent, full of flawed characters, and infinitely captivating. They can also be painfully repetitive. A crime film can be great, but it still falls under the same trappings as all the rest. It...
The wizarding world of Harry Potter is alive and well in 2018. Well, sort of. The newest film in the series, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, picks up where the previous film left off, showing us how wizards got on in the roaring '20s....
It starts out as a routine mission. In 1944, a year before WWII ends, United States military forces are sent to dismantle a German signal jammer located in a church. They are to get in, take out the device, and get out. However, when only a few...
A movie's job is to tell a story. Sometimes that story can be about the characters in it or the world it's set in, or it can be a metaphor for something greater. Of course, it doesn't matter what the story is. It only matters how well the story is...
At the beginning of A Star Is Born, you're swept up in the life of a rock star. The blinding lights, oppressive speakers, mob-like crowd. Bradley Cooper takes the stage as Jackson Maine, and it's clear that, despite the toll it takes, nothing...
When I first heard of Smallfoot the animated picture about a yeti named Migo that has his world turned upside down at the sighting of a human, or as he calls it, a 'smallfoot', I was admittedly intrigued. It seemed the type of premise the very best...
Eleven years ago, there was a frustratingly terribly movie called Spider-Man 3. Its tyranny showed the world one of the most beloved villains of all time, a hulking, vicious being fuelled purely by hatred, as portrayed by the guy from That '70s Show...
If you asked your typical moviegoer how many times they go to the cinema a year, the answer is likely to be counted on one hand.Of that number, you can bet that the usual suspects will be a superhero movie, the Oscar movie everyone else said they...
It seems the '80s may never die. Just last week, audiences were treated to a Predator film, and now, we're lucky enough to have a bona fide Die Hard clone. By that, I mean a film that attempts to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was the...
Movies bring in audiences in different ways. Some have an influential director with a distinct and striking style. Some have a leading role played by a name that inspires absolute credulity. Others have a premise so intriguing, so incredible, and so...
As the title suggests, Disney's Christopher Robin is not the familiar story of a boy and his adventures in the 100 acre wood. Instead, the film is all about what happened to that boy when he grew up. The film follows not Christopher Robin the...
For the last five years or so, we've been singing the same tired old song - "Superhero movies are dying." Pretty soon, audiences will be exhausted with men in capes and women in tights. While the biggest movies continue to feature those same...
After 10 years, the cast and characters of Mamma Mia are back with the lyrical title Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Sophie, played by Amanda Seyfried, has more than settled into her life as the daughter of three fathers, a wife and the child of Donna...
In the annals of cinema, there have been a few films that not only define the genre, but aggressively elevate it.Audiences accept a certain standard. A level that films just aren't able to pass. Perhaps it's because of the technology of the time, or...
It seems that whenever you go to the movies these days, you're never too far from the latest comic book epic. It's comforting to know that when the cinema gets saturated with superheroism, there are films made by great actors like Denzel Washington...
Throughout Ant-Man And The Wasp, I couldn't shake the overwhelming feeling of familiarity. Not just because this is the 20th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but because the film felt like something I had seen thousands of times before. It...
How many times have you watched a movie, all the way to the end, and it was an ending you could've easily predicted?This isn't all bad though. Just like the rhythm of a song plays on our recognition of patterns, so too does the script of a film....
When you think science fiction movies, one of the worst things you can hear is 'low budget'. Historically, that means cheesy costumes and seriously subpar special effects. So much of science fiction is world-building, and that's an expensive...
At the beginning of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, there's a sense that this time, things are truly different. The once great and favoured park, is headed towards absolute destruction. No humans are in danger, but dinosaurs are about to become...
At long last the Incredibles are back. Fans had to sit by aan outdated sitcom, it's best to note that while the first film had palpable family drama, its sequel is almost entirely a comedy. This is most notably, as it relates to Jack-Jack, the...
When you're young, it's hard to feel like you don't have all the answers. All your life you're told the world is your oyster - nothing can stop you from achieving your dreams; if you work hard, you can do anything! Yet the truth is, not everyone is...
