Bad Neighbours 2/Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

First thing to say about Nicholas Stoller’s (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) Bad Neighbours 2 (or Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in the U.S.) is that it’s not really a film. It’s basically a set of implausible excuses for a series of gross-out set-pieces that barely constitute a plot. The thing is, it’s…

The 5th Wave

So, if you’ve ever had a burning desire to know what would happen if you took Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ender’s Game, and Twilight, locked them in a room, and waited to see what sort of uninspiring offspring ventured forth, you now have your answer, J Blakeson’s The 5th Wave. The film starts with…

On the Silver Screen – Say When

Say When (or Laggies as it’s known in the US) is the story of a woman in her 20s who faces a quarter life crisis and escapes her life to reassess her priorities. The most irritating thing about this film is that it had a lot of potential to be something. Being a directionless 20…