A new Heart of the Beast featurette has been released, with Brad Pitt (James Belmont in the movie) and JK Simmons discussing the film’s relationships particularly between Belmont and his dog Odin – you can check it out below, along with the trailer, pics from the movie and… the Heart of the Beast generator! Scroll… Heart of the Beast: add your dog to the poster! New featurette and trailer! Plus pics… Read More
Doggedly searching
This was a search term used to get to my site today, and really a filmmaker needs to make a movie with this title: I can see it now: a hugely rich American family employ a mysterious man with a slightly over-the-top English accent to serve their pampered pooches. Then he disappears, taking their favourite… Doggedly searching Read More
John Wick 3: Parabellum 4.5 stars
Si vis pacem, para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war – is the Latin maxim from which this film’s title comes, quoted by Continental Hotel manager Winston (Ian McShane). This is indeed a climactic battle, if sometimes a proxy one, between two ageing institutions – the High Table, a ruling elite that… John Wick 3: Parabellum Read More
Bonios all round! Bailey’s back in “A Dog’s Journey” trailer
Hot on the paws of A Dog’s Way Home comes a trailer for A Dog’s Journey – a sequel to A Dog’s Purpose, which came out in 2017. All three are based on books written by W Bruce Cameron. And at least they’ll all be next to each other in my alphabetical reviews listing, if… Bonios all round! Bailey’s back in “A Dog’s Journey” trailer Read More
A Dog’s Way Home 2 stars
“I thought that was turning into The Revenant at one stage” said my friend as we came out of the cinema, rather glum small children in tow. And A Dog’s Way Home is an odd mix of warm family film, bleak drama and public service broadcast, as poor pitbull Bella (real-life rescue dog Shelby) is… A Dog’s Way Home Read More




