What’s it like to be human? It’s a question Kogonada’s After Yang attempts to unearth an answer to. The spellbinding sci-fi morality drama that asks us to dive deep into our hearts. With humanity’s relationship with artificial life is put to the test. There is no hiding from it, we are all going to die… Read More Film Review – After Yang (2021)
It’s the long overdue conclusion to the Jurassic World/Jurassic Park franchise. Is it the ending it deserved ? sadly no. Should have Jurassic Park have ended with film 3… Yes. Jurassic World where like The Transformers films. They started fine popcorn fodder only to become a cash cow which became quantity rather than quality. Jurassic… Read More Film Review – Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
When it comes to crime thrillers, some of the best ever made have come from Hong Kong. Thought provoking, action packed, noir tinged, captivating sometimes even slow burning and comedic. The sub genre has given us some film auteurs actors who have ventured into Hollywood, most of all great films. To coincide with Running Out… Read More Best Hong Kong Crime Thrillers
Whodunnit? The old fashioned murder mystery the past few years has been making a big comeback. The latest comes from Tom George, his debut directorial feature after working on Television and radio. Sadly that comedic debut is a predictable mess with wafer thin character backgrounds with very little room to shine. Sam Rockwell and Saoirse… Read More Film Review – See How They Run (2022)
Would you dangle from a rusty 2000 foot tower to pose for a selfie? Like majority of us the answer will be know unless you’re an adrenalin junkie. Like the two girls in Scott Mann’s survival thriller Fall and one ‘edge’ you don’t want to go over! Fear reaches new heights, for this one that… Read More Film Review – Fall (2022)
6 years after the original flawed first Doctor Strange film we have the Sequel. He did warn us in Spider-Man: No Way Home ‘Don’t Mess With the Universe’ the sequel is that madness unleashed. This takes place after the events of No Way home, we see a ponytailed Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) defending a young… Read More Film Review: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
To coincide with the recent release of The Invitation in UK and Irish cinemas. I’ve decided to look at films that have families with secrets. Below is a list of films that involve family secrets, as ever they are in particular order and it’s only a selection of films. What Josiah Saw (2022) Robert Patrick… Read More Films with Family Secrets
Jessica M.Thompson’s lavish gothic horror The Invitation wants to be different, but lacks the extra ‘bite’ to stand out. The vampire sub-genre has been tried and tested many times over the decades. Sadly the tag is getting worn out and it’s 3 decades since The Lost Boys and Near Dark. Game Of Thrones star Nathalie… Read More Film Review – The Invitation (2022)
Esther is back! 13 years after Juame Collet-Sera’s Orphan (2009), we have a prequel Orphan: First Kill. On paper this shouldn’t work, prequel sequels rarely do, many are only about keeping franchises alive a bit longer. William Brent Bell’s film is a highly entertaining thriller that exceeds all (low) expectations. Isabelle Fuhrman returns as the… Read More Film Review – Orphan: First Kill (2022)
Bill Withers’ song Just The Two of Us could easily all about Day Shift. Starring Jamie Foxx and Vampire action comedy are like the perfect couple. That maybe on paper, on the small screen are they ‘fang-tastic’ together in Netflix’s latest Original? Foxx brings his Hollywood A game as Bud Jablonski a hard working blue… Read More Film Review – Day Shift (2022)
Chronicles In Film 