Cruella

Disney’s famous dognapper gets the live action origin story treatment in Craig Gillespie’s Cruella. For a while now Disney have been going through their back catalogue in an attempt to create different spins on classic stories. In some cases they simply do a worse remake of something that was already great just the way it…

La La Land

Off the back of the rip-roaring success garnered for Whiplash, Damien Chazelle has cashed in pretty much all of it so he can take a crack at that increasingly rare beast; a successful Hollywood musical and his attempt comes in the form of La La Land. Being very recently converted from my original opinion that…

Look Out! Here Comes the Spider-Man

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a tiny little film coming out soon by the name of Captain America: Civil War. Among what are sure to be some really shocking twists, turns and plot points this film will also introduce the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Spider-Man. I’m excited about this as I really want…

On the Silver Screen – Birdman

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman marks my first cinema viewing of 2015 and we’re off to a good start. Michael Keaton plays washed up former superhero actor Riggan Thomson who is trying to relaunch his career as a serious actor. Michael Keaton is the ideal choice to play this character as it’s something that arguably mirrors…

On the Silver Screen – The Amazing Spider-Man 2

I’m fresh from the screening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 I went to -at the time of starting writing at least- and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised with how this all turned out. Not saying I didn’t have any issues with it but we’ll get there. I’ll do my best not to spoil anything that…