Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Matthew Vaughn delivers a follow up dose of comedic spy action that ups the stakes and expands the mythology in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The first film was a lot of fun but lacked an obvious jumping on point for a sequel since the character arc for Eggsy (Taron Egerton) appeared to be complete so…

Maggie’s Plan

Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan deals with some big ideas such as life choices and different ways that a family can be constructed. Greta Gerwig’s Maggie is a fiercely determined academic who is driven to have a child of her own without necessarily having a man in her life. She chooses to go down the route…

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Finally it’s over. The Hunger Games franchise comes to an end with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 where Katniss and the rest of her band of rebels take the fight to the Capitol to change the world once and for all. Some of you may remember my review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part…

On the Silver Screen – Seventh Son

Sergei Bodrov’s Young Adult fantasy movie Seventh Son finally hits cinemas after a year stuck in post production limbo. The basic premise is that the seventh son of seventh sons are all destined to become “Spooks”. A group dedicated to defend the world from demonic evil. They’ve fallen on hard times and there is only…