The Review at the End of the Universe
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was such a massive film that one podcast wasn’t enough so Angus took over hosting duties while recruiting Aaron and Natalie to talk through their thoughts on the film. They cover everything from the prequels, the original trilogy, upcoming side films, Easter Eggs, CGI characters Star Wars Rebels and…
The second annual Star Wars movie has been released in the form of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The first in a series of stand-alone side films set in the Star Wars universe A review wasn’t enough so Kat, Chris and myself (Craig) got together to discuss it. We cover everything from the prequels, the original…
Gareth Edwards brings us the first stand-alone Star Wars movie with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story -hereafter referred to as Rogue One-; the story of how the Rebellion came upon the Death Star plans. There was a lot riding on this film. It’s the first in the planned Star Wars anthology stories that shine…
Disney bring us another Hero’s Journey with Ron Clements and Don Hall’s Moana; the story of a young girl who heads out to sea to solve the problem of dying food on her island. The titular Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the daughter of the chief and the early scenes are focused on her understanding what…
Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush’ Zootopia -or Zootropolis if you’re in the UK- follows plucky idealistic young Rabbit Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) as she tries to be taken seriously in a world that constantly underestimates her. Zootopia/Zootropolis is a more complicated film than it seems on the surface. From the beginning it looks like…
Jay Roach’s Trumbo casts Bryan Cranston in the real life story of Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter who was instrumental in the end of the Hollywood Blacklist that prevented people from working due to their political beliefs. It’s a story worth telling as it was a very dark period in Hollywood and America’s history. There have…
Wes Ball’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials continues the Post Apocalyptic Young Adult adaptation picking up from the escape from the maze in the first film. Now the characters face the outside world and the challenges that brings. I reviewed the first film back in 2014 and actually quite liked it, that is to say…
Recently I had the pleasure of attending a special screening of Joss Whedon’s Serenity put together by fans for charity purposes. The event was an awesome success so well done Edinburgh Browncoats for making this happen and giving us all something that we could enjoy. Since I haven’t seen Serenity in a couple of years…
Welcome to Me is a very strange film that in many ways defies description. When Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) wins $86 million on the lottery she decides to fund a TV show where she gets to explore whatever comes to her mind. It’s a pretty solid idea and provides an interesting twist on the question…
Disney and Marvel spawn their first animated feature in the form of Big Hero 6. It’s a Marvel Comics property that I knew absolutely nothing about going in so that’s a new one on me. Upon further research it’s clear that the comic is a really obscure one and the adaptation appears to be so…
