To Catch a Thief (1955) ★★★★☆

Hitchcock at his glossiest.  Set in the lavish Riviera countryside, notorious jewel thief, John Robie, otherwise known as ‘The Cat’ (Cary Grant), ‘retired’ from his occupation in France fifteen years ago. However, he is soon suspected of returning to his role. In attempt to prove his innocence, he must fish out the copy cat. Grace Kelly, as always,…

Pixels (2015) ★★☆☆☆

Game-over for Adam Sandler’s acting career. Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Tetris and Centipede are back; this time on the big screen. Unfortunately, they are not coming back for well…peace. Instead, they are sent by aliens to attack Earth. Brenner (Adam Sandler), one of the best gamers out there, along with his friends, try to stop…

Maleficent (2014) ★★★☆☆

A limited fairy-tale ridden with clichés.  With horns and wings, Maleficent is a fairy who after being betrayed, curses a young princess, Aurora (Elle Fanning) in order to gain revenge of her father, King Stefan. She soon comes to regret this later on in life. The days of Alice and Wonderland and Snow White are long gone, eclipsed…

Ted 2 (2015) ★☆☆☆☆

50 Shades of a Sperm Donor.  Ted (Seth MacFarlane) and fiancée, grocery store co-worker, Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) finally get married. But, after a year of marriage, things aren’t going particularly well for the couple. Ted however, has a solution…to bring a child into the family in attempt to save their marriage. The slight problem being, Ted (obviously!) can’t biologically make a…

Top Ten: Tim Burton films

Tim Burton has created such a unique body of work, so much so that it’s very difficult to compare his work to any other films apart from his own. Honourable mentions: The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. Haven’t seen Mars Attacks! or Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, therefore it would not have been fair to rank them. Which one will…

The Birds (1963) ★★☆☆☆

Nature’s vengeance… a lot of talk, though very little action. A blossoming romance springs between Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a wealthy socialite, and a Lawyer based in San Francisco, Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor). They first meet in a pet shop, where they are both shopping for birds. Brenner is familiar with Melanie from a recent trial which she was…

Top Fifteen: Worst Film Sequels

Sequels are tricky territory. They either work, or they fall completely flat on their faces. I imagine there are ones that are worse that I haven’t seen (and certainly don’t intend to), but here is a list of the worst film sequels I have seen to date. Which film sequels are your least favourite? Comment below! 15. Cars 2 (2011) – I…

Spy (2015) ★★★★☆

Keep a close eye out for this one.  Working for the CIA as an intelligence agent, Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is mapping out missions to field agent, Bradley Fine (Jude Law), assisting him in his job. However, Fine is assassinated, leaving Susan to go undercover to bring down Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), before a nuclear weapon trade to the…

Terminator Genisys (2015) ★★★☆☆

“Old but not obsolete!” And he’s back…  Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) is sent back to 1984 in attempt to stop the original T-800 from killing Sarah Connor, though soon discovers that the 1984 he’s expecting no longer exists. This has already been changed by another time traveller. I will start off by saying, the original is a cult…

Minions (2015) ★☆☆☆☆

Sadly, they are sidekicks for a reason…  First, The Penguins of Madagascar, now, we are presented with a spin-off of the small, yellow sidekicks from Despicable Me. Minions have lived since the prehistoric era; with the purpose of serving an evil boss. The boss has changed several times, from T-rex, Dracula, until Napoleon. The catch is, they always result in making their…