There’s a lot going on in Jungle Cruise. Find out what happens, how it ends, and how old Frank really is… (my 3/5 review is here). Frank, despite looking like a hot 50 year old, is actually a hot 400 year old, a cartographer (or mapmaker) called Francisco. As a Spanish conquistador in the 16th… I’ll be frank, spoilers ahoy: that Jungle Cruise ending Read More
Louder for the people at the back: new trailer for A Quiet Place Part 2
I literally forgot all about A Quiet Place 2 after we went into Lockdown in March 2020 — maybe my subconscious at work once we were sheltering from a new foe outside, or maybe Bond 25 and TENET were filling up all the “release date leapfrogging” space — though this trailer has brought it all… Louder for the people at the back: new trailer for A Quiet Place Part 2 Read More
The twist in the tale: Wild Mountain Thyme
Warning: very spoilery about the birds and the bees. (If you’re looking for my review, it’s here.) So have you worked it out yet? Maybe you asked the Film Twitter hive mind? These are farming folk so there are plenty of animals in Wild Mountain Thyme (Rosemary’s crazy horse, the donkey Anthony is claimed to… The twist in the tale: Wild Mountain Thyme Read More
Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date
*** My review is now live *** I think so, anyway — you may prefer to drown your sorrels, judging by its US reception. Yes, the film that had the US abuzz with astonishment is finally coming here: Wild Mountain Thyme will be available for digital rental on 30 April (there’s a Republic of Ireland… Reasons to be chervil: Wild Mountain Thyme gets a UK release date Read More
Wild Mountain Thyme trailer – mint or a load of old borage?
*** My review is now live *** Sorrel not sorrel. You’d have to be a tarragon of virtue to hold off on those puns. Okay, I’ll stop the chive talking and let you know what I think of the new trailer for Wild Mountain Thyme, which has garnered horror and astonishment in equal measure since… Wild Mountain Thyme trailer – mint or a load of old borage? Read More
NEW Jungle Cruise trailer is bouncy, B-movie fun
A film based on a Disneyland ride, this looks like a cross between Indiana Jones and Anaconda with a dash of Tomb Raider reboot thrown in for good measure. Jungle Cruise stars Emily Blunt as explorer Lily Houghton, searching for a mythical tree that can cure every disease, and Dwayne Johnson as “charismatic riverboat captain”… NEW Jungle Cruise trailer is bouncy, B-movie fun Read More
NEW featurette and pre-game TV spot for “A Quiet Place: Part 2”
Wait, there’s a big game this weekend? Big game are in the film clip too, though they have the upper hand / tentacle / leg, whatever they are. We go back to Day 1, and I felt quite nostalgic for poor old Lee (John Krasinski), who makes an appearance. There’s also a behind the scenes… NEW featurette and pre-game TV spot for “A Quiet Place: Part 2” Read More
A Quiet Place Part 2: the first trailer!
This time the Abbott family (what’s left of them, anyway) go looking for more survivors, and they aren’t that friendly: “The people that are left [ominous pause] are not the kind of people worth saving”. It won’t just be your nerves jangling as you watch the first proper trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II… A Quiet Place Part 2: the first trailer! Read More
Tiptoeing through the trees, a teeny tiny teaser trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II
*** UPDATE 1 Jan 2020: watch the first full trailer now *** After yesterday’s first-look image, today we get an announcement piece about A Quiet Place: Part II and a teaser poster. There’s also a proper trailer coming on New Year’s Day, which is the perfect launch date. With half the world waking up with… Tiptoeing through the trees, a teeny tiny teaser trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II Read More
Whisper it, first look image for A Quiet Place: Part II released
The sequel to the smash hit sci-fi horror A Quiet Place – that tiptoed onto our screens in 2018 – is due out in the UK and US on 20 March 2020, and Paramount Pictures have released an image from the upcoming movie. The picture shows Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott, Noah Jupe as her brother Marcus… Whisper it, first look image for A Quiet Place: Part II released Read More
Mary Poppins Returns In The Second Trailer
UPDATE: Read my Mary Poppins Returns review …and it’s gorgeous. I was never a big Mary Poppins fan. As a child I was very cynical and literal, and when the actors appeared inside drawings I just thought to myself “but could that REALLY happen?” Luckily I’m less of a misery-guts now, and this return of… Mary Poppins Returns In The Second Trailer Read More
Third Time Unlucky – Another Trailer For “A Quiet Place”…
*** Check out my 4.5/5 star review for A Quiet Place *** …and life isn’t getting any better for poor old John and Emily. The trailers are just getting noisier and noisier which can’t be helping, and they seem to have even more children than last time with another one the way. Which means that yes,… Third Time Unlucky – Another Trailer For “A Quiet Place”… Read More