Looking for the wonder, rarely finding it.
Gallantly jumping into the fray of canine cinema, A Dog's Way Home is the latest iteration of a similar story designed to tug at your emotions while showing you fluffy animals that are too cute to hate. Luckily this isn't bad enough to feel guilty when the credits roll but it doesn't do enough …
Continue reading Review:A Dog’s Way Home (2019) – Wide Yet Narrow
There are certain films you see a trailer for and you make a snap judgement based on two minutes of footage. You can't help it, its in our nature. Instant Family was one such film for me. Honestly, I didn't expect much. Coming smack dab in the middle of awards season, this isn't trying to …
Continue reading Review: Instant Family (2019) – A Cosmic Connection
Life can be full of little coincidences. Running into someone you know at the supermarket, finding a job through a chance encounter or getting something you really need as a gift. These kind of small coincidences happen all the time but when they happen as often as they do in And Breathe Normally something starts …
Continue reading Review: And Breathe Normally (2019) – Warmth In The Cold
Before I get started I'd like to explain that due to some unforeseen family situations I have been unable to watch any films in the last 2 weeks or write about the ones I saw before things went awry. Unfortunately the only film I saw prior to everything being flipped on its head was Mr …
Continue reading Review: Mr Church (2017) -Wrong Pieces, Right Jigsaw
Loneliness is a powerful feeling. Take a person away from people, away from human contact you invite a kind of desperation that can feel so intense it can cripple you or send you to seek out any kind of connection. However what causes a person to seek out loneliness, the kind of solitude that is …
Continue reading Review: One Last Thing (2018) – We Don’t Want Much
There has been a recurring theme in Marvel's latest offerings in that entertainment comes from conflict so having the films central characters at each others throats makes for good drama, therefore good entertainment. I also believe this is where Marvel has been making its significant blunders as of late. Conflict needs to be earned, there …
Continue reading Review: Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) – Pick Your Team Wisely
It's pretty clear from the outset that despite the interesting title, the playful trailer and the occasional step into the fantastical, this isn't a film about giants at all. In fact while other films clamour to this idea that kids are indestructible beacons of hope, I Kill Giants brings them down to earth by diving …
Continue reading Review: I Kill Giants (2018) – Fear Makes Children Do The Darndest Things
