Given how much coin 2013's Frozen banked during its theatrical run (a neat $1.2 billion, if you don't mind), the swag of awards it accumulated (an Oscar for Best Animated Feature for one), and the chart-topping ear-worm that was "Let It Go" that it produced, a sequel seemed inevitable. In fact, Disney would have to be close to insanity to not even consider a second go-around, … [Read more...] about Frozen II – Film Review
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Knives Out – Film Review
After the presumed pressure of helming a Star Wars feature, not to mention the toxic aftermath that surrounded the divisive Last Jedi, the fun evident within writer/director Rian Johnson's Knives Out can't help but be more pointedly noticeable given what he was previously subjected to. Returning to the genre that birthed his film career, Knives Out is very much Johnson … [Read more...] about Knives Out – Film Review
21 Bridges – Film Review
Everything presented in 21 Bridges is suitably fine for the undemanding audience that will likely lap this up (before forgetting about it entirely) but as passable as the ingredients are, there's never enough of them to deem Brian Kirk's cop thriller as a fully rounded product. The plot? Well, it's got some holes to fill. The staple car chases? They're here, just not that … [Read more...] about 21 Bridges – Film Review
Fisherman’s Friends – Film Review
Fisherman's Friends, one of those predictable feel-good true story tales that recounts the type of event better suited to a morning show segment rather than being extended for 112 minutes, ticks so many boxes in terms of what narrative beats to hit that it feels more design-by-committee rather than an organic telling. Given that it is based on a true story though it's … [Read more...] about Fisherman’s Friends – Film Review
The Report – Film Review
A damning account of the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation, i.e. torture techniques, on suspected terrorists following the attacks of September 11th, The Report is an uncompromising film that adopts a documentary-type mentality in order to relay its story as unsensationally as possible. The titular report, dubbed "the torture report", is constantly at the centre of Scott Z. … [Read more...] about The Report – Film Review