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Enola Holmes (2020)

Millie Bobby Brown’s latest collaboration with Netflix is a light-hearted, sweet story of Sherlock Holmes’ little sister who gets to solve some mysteries of her own. There are some great moments in it with the fourth wall breaks meaning that we see a comedic side to Brown that haven’t seen in any of her otherContinue reading “Enola Holmes (2020)”

The Gentlemen (2019)

Guy Ritchie’s latest film demonstrates that in this time of diversity and unique perspectives, stereotypes and male dominated films can still be churned out like clockwork. The narrative technique is fairly entertaining and enjoyable with Hugh Grant as the orchestrator of the whole affair and the self-referencing is quite a modern take. It is refreshingContinue reading “The Gentlemen (2019)”

Honey Boy (2019)

Honey Boy is a sweet, simple indie film based on Shia LaBeouf’s life which gives some insight into the father-son relationship, particularly in relation to alcoholism, violence and the film industry. It demonstrates the chain of the violence and alcoholism through the parenting and family relations. It also examines the masculinity of the father-son relationship.Continue reading “Honey Boy (2019)”

The Devil All the Time (2020)

Trigger warnings for abuse, violence, pedophilia, suicide in this film. In this edition of Netflix Originals going for the period piece-nostalgia for the post-2000 world, non-American actors seem to be just as good at, if not better than, the southern American accent that is a staple in this film. It follows the likes of StrangerContinue reading “The Devil All the Time (2020)”

Tenet (2020)

Tenet is relentless, action packed and an intense experience to say the least. It is not for the faint minded. If it’s not trying to learn about ten new terms or understand a new law of physics, then it’s trying to appreciate the beautiful cinematography and the pure scale of the production before it movesContinue reading “Tenet (2020)”

The Social Dilemma (2020)

Cleverly titled to reference the 2010 film The Social Network, this new Netfilx documentary delivers some hard truths 10 years on from the award-winning film. It is an essential watch in this age of disinformation and fake news, and is fantastically timed to all relevant issues of today. It argues that social media is notContinue reading “The Social Dilemma (2020)”

Life (2017)

The possibility of hostile alien life being tackled in space is an interesting subject to explore, but this film executes it poorly. If you know anything about space then you can see some glaringly obvious errors in the way that it is portrayed by the actors and visual effects. Perhaps it was too expensive toContinue reading “Life (2017)”

Radioactive (2020)

Radioactive is Amazon Studio’s biographical drama film about Marie Curie. It focuses on the relationship with her husband Pierre Curie, her discoveries and the future for those discoveries. Rosamund Pike portrays Curie as a headstrong, awkward and stubborn woman, who is clearly a feminist before her time. The film focuses not just on her lifeContinue reading “Radioactive (2020)”

After We Collided (2020)

This sequel seems to have learnt lessons from the mistakes of the first film. Instead of many minutes of screen time being taken up by the two main characters Hardin and Tessa staring at each other for what seems like a socially unacceptably long time, there is a little more action in After We Collided. It is muchContinue reading “After We Collided (2020)”

Venom (2018)

Tom Hardy has all the edginess and brawn to pull off the role of anti-hero Eddie Brock in Sony Marvel’s Venom. This film is far from the glorious, polished and glamourous superhero films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It treats the attainment of superpowers as more of a bad hangover or a case of worms thanContinue reading “Venom (2018)”