★★★★ The ingredients for a dynamite entry into the Jurassic Park canon are no great secret. They’ve been in the public domain since 1993, after all. Quite why it’s taken thirty years and six attempts
★★★ There’s a nostalgia premium to the Pixar original experience these days. It’s in the combination of formula familiarity, winsome messaging and – for the grown ups at least – the reminiscence of a bygone
★★★ Imagine. You wait 23 years for Hollywood to carbon copy a Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders animation in live action form and two come along at the same time. And they say creativity is
Wes Anderson, perhaps America’s most chic director, has returned to once again give us a little bit more of what we love so much or despise depending on who you’re talking to. You know the
“Yeah, let me get a…A24 horror movie.” “How original.” “And with a plot that’s a metaphor for grief.” “Daring today, aren’t we?” I kid, but you gotta admit, it feels like we’ve gotten a boat
★★★ There’s a blink and you’ll miss it cameo early in the new Paddington film, third in the series and first to return the beloved bear to his native Peru. The fleeting shot sees a
★★★ There’s little in Wicked, Jon M. Chu’s unjustifiably long adaptation of the eponymous musical’s first act, likely to convert the unconverted. It’s a fitfully spellbinding affair but not quite transformationally bewitching. Those who love
★★ To decry Red One for its commercialist cynicism feels somewhat disingenuous. Were you expecting different? It’s Dwayne Johnson…at Christmas…with a sci-fi blaster. Captain America’s his side kick. If anything, given the cynicism fuelling most
★★★★ Warmly received by kids and critics alike, Moana proved the perfect antidote to Frozen fever back in 2016. The long, icy shadow was strong but Musker and Clements’ sun kissed, Oceanic adventure provided both
Look, we all get embarrassed sometimes. It’s a natural part of life. Just the other day, a group of teenagers at my local cineplex clowned me for not having seen Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du