“DRIVE AWAY DOLLS” Drive Away Dolls is the first solo theatre film released by Ethan Cohen of the Cohen Brothers, and he co-wrote the screenplay with his wife. The story takes place in 1999 and is centred around two women,…
Calvin’s Film Reviews
“DRIVE AWAY DOLLS” Drive Away Dolls is the first solo theatre film released by Ethan Cohen of the Cohen Brothers, and he co-wrote the screenplay with his wife. The story takes place in 1999 and is centred around two women,…
“IMAGINARY” Imaginary is the latest horror film from Blumhouse Productions, and they’ve brought in the director of Truth or Dare for this one, so in theory you know not to go in with high expectations. Blumhouse are starting to dominate…
“WICKED LITTLE LETTERS” ‘Wicked Little Letters’ is directed by Thea Sharrock, who previously directed the film ‘Me Before You’, which I personally didn’t like for several reasons. But this film caught my attention for its excellent cast and the fact…
“MADAME WEB” Sony has been hoping to keep the license to Spider-Man films by creating films centred around the side characters of the franchise. We’ve previously had the two Venom movies and Morbius, showcasing varied success in their departments. I…
“THE IRON CLAW” The Iron Claw is a movie written and directed by Sean Durkin. It is a very timely movie- the film came out in America several weeks ago and failed to be a large part of the awards…
I haven’t done one of these since 2019, and that is mainly because of the COVID lockdowns resulting in cinema shutdowns, I hadn’t seen enough movies from 2019-2021 to really justify it, since it really impacted the frequency that I…
“GODZILLA MINUS ONE” Godzilla Minus One is not part of the ongoing Monster Universe that was crossed over with the Kong movies. This is a new movie from Toho Studios and could be considered a reboot for the series to…
“FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S” I would like to start by stating that I did have a moral quandary going to see this movie, but it was heavily requested by many individuals, and I felt that I should do this review…
“THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER” It’s hard to understate how important a movie The Exorcist is. It is one of the most effective and influential movies of all time. I would say the hype isn’t unjustified. It changed horror as we know…
“A HAUNTING IN VENICE” A Haunting in Venice is the now third Agatha Christie Poirot adaptation that Kenneth Branagh has made. After directing two of Christie’s more well-known novels, he has now turned his attention to the lesser-known story, ‘Hallowe’en…
“COBWEB” Cobweb is directed by Samuel Bodin and written by Chris Thomas Devlin. It’s a horror movie that has taken a bit longer to come out in the UK compared the US, for some reason in the US they decided…
“NIMONA” Nimona is an animated film created for Netflix that came out a few weeks ago. It’s directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, the latter of whom has only really directed the animated Will Smith film, Spies in Disguise.…
“ELEMENTAL” Elemental is the newest Pixar film directed by Peter Sohn. This film has been dogged by largely not-flattering press, following its US release. The film hasn’t necessarily received bad reviews, but it hasn’t received enough good to put the…
“ASTEROID CITY” Asteroid City is co-written and directed by Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson doesn’t really make films that I like, apart from a few exceptions: I did like Fantastic Mr Fox, but as a whole, he’s a very hit-and-miss director…
“THE FLASH” The Flash is the latest movie in the DC cinematic universe. It has been directed by horror director, Andy Muschietti, who has previously directed Stephen King’s IT and will be directing the upcoming Attack on Titan movie for…
“SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE” Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse was one of my favourite Spider-man movies, and while my earlier review wasn’t as complimentary to it as I should have been, a rewatch definitely made me appreciate the film a lot…
“THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)” The latest Disney live-action remake, this time we have Rob Marshall in to direct it, with his previous credits being Chicago and weirdly the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Rob Marshall is a decent director,…
“FAST X” Fast X is the tenth movie in the Fast and Furious franchise and is directed by Louis Leterrier, whose previous titles include Clash of the Titans. Fast X’s announcement gave me a real feeling of ‘Wait, they’re still…
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