Movie Reviews

Bohemian Rhapsody

Director Bryan Singer Starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello Rated M Score 6/6 A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen’s legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert. Okay, it should be noted that director Bryan Singer was fired during the production of Bohemian Rhapsody and replaced by Dexter Fletcher. But the…

Skyscraper

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han Rated M Score 5/6 Skyscraper released in stores on Wednesday 31 October on DVD & Blu-Ray A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family are trapped inside by criminals. I’ve mentioned this fact about myself in the…

Future world

Director James Franco & Bruce Thierry Cheung Starring James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeffrey Wahlberg Rated MA Score 3/6 A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumoured cure for his dying mother. Future World is not as bad as some critics are making out to be, but then again it really is not…

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Director Stefano Sollima Starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner Rated MA Score 4/6 The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro. Apparently, Denis Villeneuve could not return to…

BuyBust

Director: Erik Matti Cast: Anne Curtis, Brandon Vera, Victor Neri Rated MA Score 5/6 When a drugbust goes wrong, anti-narcotics agent Nina Manigan (Anne Curtis) and her team find themselves trapped in Manila‘s most dangerous slum. Caught between a brutal drug gang and hordes of bloodthirsty citizens, the only way out is to fight. (Classified…

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation

Director Genndy Tartakovsky Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez Rated PG Score 4/6 The monster family embarks on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. It’s smooth sailing for Drac’s Pack as the monsters indulge in all of…

The Opposition

Director Hollie Fifer Rated PG Score 6/6 An indigenous community in Papua New Guinea is forced to fight back before they are cruelly evicted from their land in favour of a five-star tourist hotel. I know this is not the kind of subject matter to making jokes with connections to other, and maybe if you…

To Sir, with Love II

Director Peter Bogdanovich Starring Sidney Poitier, Christian Payton, Dana Eskelson Rated PG Score 5/6 After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of reaching kids in an inner-city school proves to be too much to resist. Considering To Sir, with Love II was the second in…

Varsity Blues – Revisited

Director Brian Robbins Starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight & Paul Walker Rated M Score 3/6 A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured. We have a post revisit on our hands, its been a while since I have last revisited a movie…

To Sir, with Love

Director James Clavell Starring Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts Rated PG Score 5/6 Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London’s East End. I think I may have watched To Sir, with Love a couple of times, but only really thought that…