Category: Reviews
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Monster Summer (2024) Review: Simple, Nostalgic Fun
I love a good ’80s movie, and I love a good movie that feels like an ’80s movie, so I decided to check out Monster Summer, another entry in the “kids on bikes” adventure sub-genre that released late last year. The plot is one you’ve seen a dozen times: small…
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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Timeless, Heartwarming Movie
Late to the party as usual (though fashionably, I hope), I finally watched The Wild Robot. There’s been a lot of talk about this movie, with it being praised as one of the best movies of 2024, and certainly one of the best animated movies of all time, being heaped…
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‘The Sea Beast’: A Disappointingly Good Movie
While browsing Netflix, I came across The Sea Beast. I’d heard about this movie before, and was looking for something animated to watch and the preview looked good, so decided to give it a go, and was surprised and disappointed by it. The film is a kind of historical fantasy,…
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: A Sad Ending to the Sequel Trilogy
When I think of The Rise of Skywalker, I can’t really be as hard on this movie as I might. Yes, it’s bad, but it came off the back of something even worse, The Last Jedi. It had to try and fix that movie’s problems and bring the whole sequel…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, A Point of No Return
I’ve talked about The Force Awakens, so it’s time to continue with my retrospective on the Star Wars sequels and move onto the next movie, The Last Jedi. After seeing TFA, I was unsure what to think of the story being told here, but thought that its follow up might…
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: An Underwhelming Start to the Sequels
There’s been a lot of stuff said about the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so I thought I’d add my own thoughts here. I know I’m late to the party and a lot of what I’ll say has been covered before, but I wasn’t in the Star Wars fandom back in…
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Movie Review
When everyone praises a movie or show overwhelmingly, I’m always wary about it. Will it actually live up to the hype, or is it just a fad that people will forget about soon enough? With Godzilla Minus One, the reality is that it’s every bit as good as it’s been…
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‘Shardlake’ TV Show Review
One of Disney Plus’s best recent releases is far removed from its usual Marvel and Star Wars content, with the four-part miniseries Shardlake taking viewers back to the 16th century. The show follows Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer who is engaged by Thomas Cromwell to investigate a murder at a monastery,…
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‘The Mummy’ (1999) Review
A fun take on classic action adventure movies, The Mummy takes itself just seriously enough to get you invested in its story
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