THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR (2016)
[usr 3.5] Snow White and the Huntsman was the kind of film that was perfectly enjoyable in the moment, but you forgot about almost...
KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
[usr 4.0] Whether or not this is the farewell for this under-appreciated animated series is uncertain, but Kung Fu Panda 3 provides a conclusive...
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT (2016)
[usr 2.0] Identity and the search for self play an integral role in the structure of good YA fiction. It’s therefore as ironic as...
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
[usr 4.0] There’s a moment halfway through Star Wars: The Force Awakens when I realised I was completely on board with the movie. It’s...
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 (2015)
[usr 4] Mockingjay simply isn’t a very long book. It’s worth acknowledging that when pondering why it was a misguided decision to split the final...
SPY (2015)
[usr 3.0] When she was a kid, Susan Cooper’s (Melissa McCarthy) mother used to leave a note in her lunchbox each day that read:...
SPECTRE (2015)
[usr 3.5] To follow on from the billion-dollar box office success of 2012’s Skyfall must have been a bit of a daunting task for...
TOMORROWLAND (2015)
[usr 3.0] One of this summer’s biggest box-office disappointments was Disney’s Tomorrowland, from director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, Ratatouille). It made $208m worldwide,...
PAN (2015)
[usr 2.5] Early reviews suggested that Joe Wright’s Peter Pan prequel (which purports to tell how he became The Boy Who Never Grew Up)...
JURASSIC WORLD (2015)
[usr 4.0] The Jurassic Park franchise has always been looking back 65 million years (wondering how modern man would cope with the return of...
THE MARTIAN (2015)
[usr 5.0] If you’re going to entrust any director with the task of delivering a gripping film about loneliness in the vast emptiness of...
EVEREST (2015)
[usr 4.0] When a film’s based on a true story, it often means it’s telling such an incredible story that it’s hard to believe...