Review: Game Night

Given that the setting is a suburban game night, it should be expected that this film plays plot-charades, mimicking themes of David Fincher’s The Game and the Steve Carell and Tina Fey rom-com Date Night while the audience tries to work out just what is going on. The twists and turns (and fundamental premise) of […]

Big hitting visuals and more than just superheroes: Marvel’s Dr Strange

Stunning visuals accompany you as you follow Dr. Steven Strange as he, along with the audience, is told to “forget everything they know”. For Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) this means a new way of looking at the world; for us it means a new way of looking at Marvel films. After the cast-heavy Captain America: Civil […]

Not quite so hot right now: Zoolander No.2 Review

Fifteen years after we first encountered “model idiot” Derek Zoolander, we are subjected to a sequel that really doesn’t live up to the original film’s playful simplicity. Zoolander, played by a really, really, ridiculously boring Ben Stiller, along with fellow male model Hansel (Owen Wilson) travels to Italy in search of his estranged son. When […]

Chris Evans’ Top Gear: Doomed to a PC existence?

I don’t think anyone is expecting the new series of Top Gear, airing later this year, to be business as usual. Chris Evans is no Jeremy Clarkson. His days of TFI Fridays, FHM covers and being an all round ‘lad’ are far behind him – after all, it’s not the 90s anymore. I did think, […]