A jaded hitman. The world’s fastest train. A stolen suitcase. A series of assassins out to get him. This looks a bit John Wick, a bit Snowpiercer, a bit Johnny English, a bit Thomas The Tank Engine. Okay not that last one. I’m not that sympathetic. Come back when you’ve attempted to “mind the gap”… High stakes on a train: new Bullet Train trailer and images Read More
GATLOPP trailer: is it game over?
*** My review is here, or read my recap of the ending *** GATLOPP? Is that an initialism? An anagram (um, tag plop?)? A wordsearch? The answer to how to escape this literally hellish drinking game? Horror and board games are an appropriate partnership, considering the ouija board began — ahem — life as a… GATLOPP trailer: is it game over? Read More
Town Full Of Ghosts trailer: hell is other people, except in the empty Blackwood Falls
Some towns should stay forgotten. Like a found footage Grand Designs, Mark and Jenna buy a dilapidated and abandoned settlement with a view to making their fortune. Here’s the synopsis: Mark (Andrew C Fisher) and his wife Jenna (Mandy Lee Rubio) sell everything they have to purchase a western ghost town called Blackwood Falls in… Town Full Of Ghosts trailer: hell is other people, except in the empty Blackwood Falls Read More
Time to rewind in the Press Play trailer
“If music be the food of love play on”, said Shakespeare’s Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night, trying to listen to so much he’d go off his crush Olivia. He should have put together a selection of favourite, meaningful lute bangers for her and paid the band to stand beneath her window playing them in a… Time to rewind in the Press Play trailer Read More
Old relics assemble! Age and obsolescence in Top Gun: Maverick
Landed in the wrong place? My plot re-cap is here and my five-star review is here. I saw Top Gun at the cinema back in 1986 as a teenager, and its famed homoeroticism, plus added military fetishism, went way over my head like a stealth bomber without the bomber bit. I didn’t even fancy Tom… Old relics assemble! Age and obsolescence in Top Gun: Maverick Read More
I feel the need, the need for speed (writing): my Top Gun — Maverick plot summary
So busy muttering “oh my god!” as Maverick’s plane emerged from under one of his pilots during the dogfight training that you missed some of the plot? Maybe, like my 10 year old, you had your hands over your eyes during “the kissing bit”? Check out my plot re-cap below. (If you’re after my five-star… I feel the need, the need for speed (writing): my Top Gun — Maverick plot summary Read More
Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, now in his 50s, is brought back to teach a new band of Top Gun academy graduates how to run a dangerous mission to destroy a uranium facility. There’s only so many years a man can continue climbing on his emotional support motorbike and racing himself at 80 along a deserted highway…. Top Gun: Maverick Read More
Beast trailer looks great in the mane
I do love I Can See Clearly Now, which plays over this trailer, though I won’t lie, I was hoping for an arty, slowed down version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Tight Fit version). Maybe in the finished film there’ll be a plainsong Circle Of Life as the giant lion tucks into its dinner? Idris… Beast trailer looks great in the mane Read More
I’m dead! The new Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One teaser trailer is here
What a title! And what a hashtag it’ll be. (Did film names start getting longer when Twitter doubled its tweet character count, or did Twitter double its tweet character count because film titles were getting longer? It’s these kinds of philosophical conundrums that made me become a critic.) At two minutes, this is quite long… I’m dead! The new Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One teaser trailer is here Read More
Cop Secret clip & trailer: don’t Messi with Icelandic super cop Bussi
The fast-paced comedy stars Auðunn Blöndal as your usual maverick, hard-drinking, no-nonsense, brutal cop in a tight white vest… but he has a secret: he has a crush on hunky fellow policeman Hörđur (Egill Einarsson). I’m a big fan of workplace crushes, but in this case it distracts him from his job tracking down a… Cop Secret clip & trailer: don’t Messi with Icelandic super cop Bussi Read More
Gorr meets Thor in new Love & Thunder trailer and poster
“From dad bod to god bod.” The new trailer just dropped from Mount Olympus itself, so I think we can blame Zeus, played by Russell Crowe (and thank you Zeus for that One Perfect Shot). In the first trailer we didn’t see Gorr but we do now, and he’s a very recognisable Christian Bale, despite… Gorr meets Thor in new Love & Thunder trailer and poster Read More
Senior Year: dreams can come true
Age may not have withered Steph, but after 20 comatose years with a high calorie feeding tube it has given her massive boobs. Luckily the cheerleading outfit still fits. Very spoilery, obviously. Check out my thoughts on that Dream Theme, or scroll down for a plot re-cap including the ending (If you’re after my review,… Senior Year: dreams can come true Read More