Mulan (2020)

The latest in the Disney live action (or not so much, with some of them) remakes continues with no little controversy. I can't really comment much on the cultural issues, or the lead actress's political comments. But yeah, asking £20 over and above the subscription fee for the platform it's showing on - meh. But, …

Dolittle (2020)

Following the death of his beloved wife, Dr John Dolittle has no heart left in him to continue treating the animals to which he can speak. Locked away in his home-come-nature reserve, surrounded by animal friends, what will it take to bring Dolittle back into the world? I had very little interest in seeing this …

Aladdin (2019)

I'm far from convinced about this plan to turn all the Disney cartoons into live-action movies. Beauty and the Beast (2017) sort of summed things up for me: not as good as the original, why did you bother? I ran screaming at the thought of sitting through Dumbo (2019), and the trailer for Lion King (2019) looks like …

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

Famous detective Hercule Poirot has just solved yet another baffling case - the resolution of which we see at the start of this movie - but he feels weary and out of sorts. He's a little love lorn, as it turns out, but generally just tired of being a famous detective. However, his planned vacation …

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Following a terrible crash, Major (Scarlett Johansson) is rebuilt with the best cyber-enhancement tech available. Built and trained to be the perfect soldier, she is uniquely placed to help in the fight against a new level of cyber-terrorism: hacking into people's minds. But, who is the mysterious figure behind it all, and what do they …

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

A bookish young woman is captured by an enchanted prince. Only love can break the spell that transformed him into a beast - and his servants into various household objects. A tale as old as time, the song says - and sure enough, here we've got a pretty straight retelling of the 1991 Disney animation, …

Ben-Hur (2016)

Judah Ben-Hur is a pacifist prince in a Jerusalem being overtaken by Rome, until his adopted Roman brother, Messala, returns from the wars and falsely accuses Judah of treason. After 5 years as a galley slave, a shipwreck and chance meeting with a chariot racing team in town for the opening of the new 'circus' …

Ghostbusters (2016)

Ah, you already know how this goes: when ghosts start appearing in New York, a group of scientists - fresh from losing their academic posts - set out to capture evidence of the paranormal. Unbeknownst to them, the increase in spooky sightings isn't random - someone is doing their best to break the barrier between worlds. Joined by …

Point Break (2015)

Back in the early nineties, I was a young teenager slightly obsessed with a movie called Point Break. Surfers robbing banks to fuel their 'endless summer', the 'young, dumb, and full of...' urm... FBI agent who infiltrates the gang - something in that grabbed my attention, and I watched it a LOT. Fast forward more years than …

Fantastic Four (2015)

Well, it's finally happened: the Marvel logo at the start of the film is no longer a guarantee of fun. This movie was pretty darn dreadful - I think they should have let Fox keep all the 'credit' and distanced themselves as much as possible from this po-faced, misjudged, badly edited, sorry excuse for a super …