Movie Review – Invisible Ghost

Invisible Ghost US (1941) Dir. Joseph H. Lewis People affected by grief can undergo extreme personality changes that take a while to subside - or worse, they may never recover from it and are stuck in a horrific limbo of self-pity and emotional malaise. The worst-case scenario of how this manifests itself is the one …

Movie Review – Rain Man

Rain Man US (1988) Dir. Barry Levinson Just a heads up that this will be a different review from the norm as it deals with a very personal theme for me. Regular readers (both of you) will know I am on the Autism Spectrum, diagnosed late in life in 2013. When I first saw Rain …

Movie Review – Black Adam

Black Adam US (2022) Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra Typical - you wait 70 years for a black superhero to get the big screen treatment and two show up at once! Sort of… Marvel’s Black Panther arrived in 2018 whilst this adjunct of Shazam! from DC arrived just before its sequel (reviewed HERE) hit the cinemas. 5,000 …

Movie Review – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever US (2022) Dir. Ryan Coogler It’s been well documented everyone handles grief differently, but some have it harder if in a position of great responsibility like being a member of a ruling monarchy. They can’t just lock themselves away and come out again when they feel like, they have to carry …

Movie Review – Rocky III

Rocky III US (1982) Dir. Sylvester Stallone I guess you can’t keep a good franchise down, just like you can’t keep a good boxer down, explaining this third outing for Sylvester Stallone’s pugnacious pugilist from Philadelphia, Rocky Balboa. Is it a round too far? Let’s see… Like Rocky II, this third chapter of the Rocky …

Movie Review – Rocky II

Rocky II US (1979) Dir. Sylvester Stallone In 1976, a relative nobody wrote a script about an underdog boxer shocking the world that nobody wanted to make. The film itself was an underdog, originally felt to be a flop that another film would absorb with its success. Instead, nobody remembers New York, New York but …

Movie Review – Smile

Smile US (2022) Dir. Parker Finn I’m not one for smiling which is why I avoid having my photo taken. I also hate it when people say “cheer up, it might never happen“ - do they not wonder I might be miserable because it hasn’t happened? Anyway, smiling isn’t it all it is cracked up …

Movie Review – Nope

Nope US (2022) Dir. Jordan Peele Entertainment is a two-way street. There are those who want to entertain and enjoy the trappings of fame that go with it, and those who want to be entertained. The connecting factor is neither side knows where the line is - the audience want more spectacles which push the …

Movie Review – Airplane/Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane/Airplane II: The Sequel US (1980/1982) Dirs. David & Jerry Zucker & Jim Abrahams/Ken Finkleman “Surely you can’t be serious? “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley!” One of the most iconic lines from one of the most quotable films of all time. The one that started the spoof genre in earnest and set …

Movies Review – Back To The Future Trilogy

Back To The Future Trilogy US (1985-1990) Dir. Robert Zemeckis Disclosure - ITV ran all three BTTF films this week as part of its Christmas line-up which I hadn’t intended to watch, but you know how it goes. It’s been a while since I’d seen these films so I did revisit them, which I will …