Guest reviewer Chris Ward has a look at Belfast, nominated for six Oscars. Kenneth Branagh writes and directs this deeply personal film based on his own childhood as a young 9 year old living in Belfast during the troubles, in what is such a heartwarming film. Full of such brilliant humour and performances that were
Directed by Shawn Levy, The Adam Project follows a time-traveling fighter pilot named Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds) who accidentally crash-lands in the year 2022 and must team up with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) on a mission to save the future. Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds return for another film together after the surprise hit
Directed by Domee Shi, Turning Red centers around Meilin “Mei” Lee (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old girl who is horrified to discover that, whenever she gets too excited or stressed, she turns into a giant Red Panda, but she can turn back if she’s calm. Soon Mei learns of a family curse and a shared history
At this year’s SXSW showrunner Steve Blackman revealed that The Umbrella Academy season 3 will premiere on Netflix on Wednesday June 22. Keep reading for the promo images and the announcement teaser. After putting a stop to 1963’s doomsday, the Umbrella Academy return home to the present, convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and fixed
Guest writer WMK Movie Reviews has a look at Cyrano, nominated for Best Costume Design. If we excuse its Telluride festival run back in September of 2021, Cyrano is easily the best film of the new year thus far. Based on the 1897 play Cyrano DeBergerac by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano is a bit of a
Guest writer MightyMatt has a review of CODA, nominated for three Academy Awards. CODA is a beautiful story told beautifully. It details a young girl, Ruby, who is a Child of Deaf Adults, hence the title, as she begins to become passionate about singing. With the all-important decision about college looming and her position in
The Mitchells vs. the Machines has some stunning animation, hilarious writing, relatable characters, and a good message, so I can definitely see why it was nominated for an Oscar. That being said, the film didn’t really reach me. There’s a fine line between “entertainingly madcap” and “annoyingly nutso” and I think the movie crossed into
We’re cautiously optimistic for this one: check out the official announcement from Netflix on Russian Doll season 2. Set four years after Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) escaped mortality’s time loop together, season two of Russian Doll will continue to explore existential thematics through an often humorous and sci-fi lens. Discovering a fate
Directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman follows the caped crusader (Robert Pattinson) in his second year of fighting crime as he pursues the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer who targets elite Gotham City citizens and leaves behind cryptic clues for only Batman to follow. He soon begins to uncover a corruption that connects to