The King’s Man (2021)

Following Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), which I thought was hugely fun, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), which I wasn't quite as keen on, we're back with a prequel to the series detailing how the Kingsman agency was first set up. It's the early years of the twentieth century, and unrest is brewing across …

Day Zero – C Robert Cargill

"The first day of the end of the world started entirely without incident." Day Zero is told from the point of view of Pounce, a high-end 'nanny bot', shaped like a tiger and designed to be his charge's toy, caregiver, and best friend rolled into one. Said charge is eight-year-old Ezra, and so far things …

Alien: Covenant (2017)

The Covenant: a colony ship, heading to a remote planet to allow its cargo of 2000 sleeping colonists to start a new life. When it hits a damaging neutron field, synthetic life form, Walter (Michael Fassbender, once again the only interesting character in the whole piece), wakes the crew to help deal with the disaster. Shaken by …

Rogue One (2016)

While I thoroughly enjoyed The Force Awakens, in a popcorn-tastic kind of a way, it was easy to see why the die-hard fans were rather disappointed: there was nothing really 'new' for those who'd followed the story and wanted to see a different part of the sprawling universe of Star Wars. Rogue One, I suspect, is the film …