“PADDINGTON IN PERU” Paddington in Peru is the latest film in the series, and has most of the cast returning to reprise roles, with some exceptions; the most notable being that Sally Hawkings has been recast as Emily Mortimer for…
Calvin’s Film Reviews
“PADDINGTON IN PERU” Paddington in Peru is the latest film in the series, and has most of the cast returning to reprise roles, with some exceptions; the most notable being that Sally Hawkings has been recast as Emily Mortimer for…
“HERETIC” Heretic is the latest horror film from A24 pictures and was written and directed by two of the guys who wrote the Quiet Place movie, Scott Beck and Ryan Woods. It follows the story of two Mormon missionaries, Sister…
“THE WILD ROBOT (2024)” The Wild Robot is another DreamWorks animation film that was written and directed by Chris Sanders and is based on the book of the same name by Peter Brown. I haven’t read the book, so I…
“SPEAK NO EVIL” Speak No Evil is directed by Woman In Black and Mafia director James Watkins and is a remake of a Danish film from 2022 that was released to the horror-themed streaming service Shudder. This one changes the…
“BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE” A very long in development sequel, Tim Burton now returns to direct a follow up to his 1988 film, Beetlejuice, which surprisingly manages to get most of the cast back, bar a few exceptions; one which we will…
“THE CROW” I don’t even know why I’m bothering. This movie was awful, and I hated it. Sorry, that’s not very useful criticism, so I’ll get down to the nitty gritty. This is a remake of The Crow from 1994,…
“ALIEN ROMULUS” Alien Romulus is the latest in the Alien franchise, though unlike recent entries, this one does not have Ridley Scott in the director’s chair- he’s now in the role of producer, with Fede Alvarez taking over as director.…
Trap Trap is the latest film from director M. Night Shyamalan, which built up a decent following before release due to its trailer, which gives away one of the major hooks of the film. Since that hook was in the…
“A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE” A Quiet Place: Day One is, as implied, a prequel movie set on the first day of the invasion from the movie A Quiet Place. It centres around a terminal cancer patient, Samira (played by…
“THE BIKERIDERS” The Bikeriders is a film that is very much a passion project from creator Jack Nichols, and is based on a book by Danny Lyon, where he interviewed and took photos of several biker gangs in Illinois. The…
“INSIDE OUT 2” Inside Out 2 is the sequel to Pixar’s 2015 movie, Inside Out- which I’m assuming most people reading this review have read since it made a ton of money in the box office at the time. In…
“UNDER PARIS” Under Paris is a French production that has gone straight to Netflix in the UK and other countries, and I believe it got a short cinema run in France. I’d heard about this film but I hadn’t paid…
“FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA” Furiosa has been kicking around in development since Mad Max: Fury Road came out in 2015. The project has been on the constant move, considering it was unclear whether Charlize Theron was going to reprise…
“KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is now the fourth movie in the rebooted Planet of the Apes series, which started with the previous films of Rise, Dawn, and War of the…
“THE FALL GUY” This movie is based off a TV series that ran from 1981 to 1986 that was about a movie stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter when work dried up. This new adaptation comes to us from…
“SPY X FAMILY: CODE WHITE” I’m under the assumption that most people reading this are familiar with the Spy X Family anime, and if you’re not, it comes highly recommended. It was one of my favourite anime’s of the year,…
“KUNG-FU PANDA 4” Kung-Fu Panda 4 is the fourth entry in the series and this time has a new direction from Mike Mitchell, who previously directed Shrek: Forever After, alongside Stephanie Stein in her feature-length debut, having previously directed for…
“GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE” Frozen Empire is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and if you’ve seen that movie, you’ll want to check this one out. I personally liked Afterlife, and even though it wasn’t an amazing movie, I thought that it…
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