Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review

When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist

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Now You See Me (2013) – Review

Magic is a tenuous thing. See it from the right angle and for a miraculous moment you’d believe that the impossible is possible as you’re

Zulu (1964) – Review

As time steadily ticks on, it often mean that certain opinions or takes on history tend to fall out of favour when more modern and

Dressed To Kill (1980) – Review

Before his move into the crime genre with Scarface and The Untouchables, there were two things you could depend on when settling down to watch

The Prestige (2006) – Review

According to Christopher Nolan’s underrated magician-at-war film, The Prestige, there are three aspects to every magic trick: The Pledge, The Turn and The Prestige. Fittingly,

Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979) – Review

You’d think that having a disparate group of survivors fight to escape the upside-down hellscape of an upturned ocean liner would be drama enough, but

The Eagle Has Landed (1976) – Review

World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from

Too Late The Hero (1970) – Review

If you were feeling in a highly generalizing kind of mood you could argue that there’s usually only two types of Second World War movie

Cars 2 (2011) – Review

When I decided to tackle the filmography of Pixar studios I knew this day would come. After all the Toy Storys, Incredibles and Inside Outs

Inception (2010) – Review

After impressing the cinema going public with such standout movies such as Momento and The Prestige (two films as notoriously twisty as a piece of

Interstellar (2014) – Review

Christopher Nolan over the course of his career has taken great measures to bring complex to the multiplex. Gleefully screwing with way cinema handles such

The Last Witch Hunter (2015) – Review

Over the last couple of decades, through a sheer force of will that belays his mortal existence, Vin Diesel seems to be collecting franchises the

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – Review

Back in 2008, Batman (with a healthy assist by Heath Ledger’s definitive, punk, anarchist Joker) swung in and changed the face of an entire genre.

The Dark Knight (2008) – Review

Coming out of nowhere to redeem the bat-franchise with Batman Begins (not the Batman film we deserved, but the Batman film we needed), who could’ve

Batman Begins (2005) – Review

It’s always been said that Bruce Wayne’s pointy-eared alter ego can best any opponent given enough prep time and after Warners had unleashed the most

Jaws: The Revenge (1987) – Review

Even the first Jaws couldn’t be accused of documentary levels of realism; sharks rarely grow to that size, aren’t that smart and don’t go up

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) – Review

Director Matthew Vaughn has always had a wonderful sense of joy about his projects. Kick-Ass was delirious giddy un-PC genius and his addition to the