The Movie Addict

Its fair to say that Marvel have rested on their laurels over the last few years so the idea of them trying to do something different is something that got me curious. What also added to the expectations that I had was the director. I really enjoyed Nomadland and thought that Chloe Zhao deserved her Oscar. So it was disappointing that she has gone from Nomadland to Eternals. Gemma Chan plays Sersi and she becomes the new leader and she had no presence to her at all. She was never given the journey to get her from cowardly lion to brave leader and as a result I never felt like she was someone to be taken seriously. Richard Madden plays a legally different version of Superman and was the only one who reacted the way you would expect when their truth is revealed. He became the physical villain to stop Sersi and when this happens the character became interesting because sadly up until this point Madden is very dull and whilst he has better screen presence than Chan, he still isn't some...

I think that it is pretty much accepted by everyone that the 2016 version of Ghostbusters was terrible. The idea of having four female ghostbusters was squandered and the vocal minority that were able to act like they were right in voicing what they perceived was what was happening to their beloved franchise. Ultimately the jokes were so bad and the idea of putting comedy before the story meant that the film died a death and it seems like they have gone back to basics with this version directed by Jason Reitman son of Ivan Reitman. The film Callie and her children (Trevor and Phoebe) who are forced to live in the house occupied by Callie’s father Egon who became estranged from his daughter and grandchildren. Callie feels a lot of resentment towards her dad but as the film progresses this softens and there is a lovely moment between Callie and a CGI Egon. Paul Rudd plays Mr Grooberson who is the 2021 Louis Tully even down to the running out of a Walmart and the creature crashing through...

I don't know the last time that I was looking forward to a film quite as much as I was looking forward to Last Night in Soho. I have been waiting to see this film since last October but the pandemic kept pushing it back and for a long time I was looking forward to this and No Time to Die to the most. The set up of the film is that Eloise (Thomasin Mackenzie) travels from her home that she shares with her Gran to attend a fashion school in London but after spending one night with her nightmare dorm mates she takes up lodgings with Ms Collins played by the late great Diana Rigg. She soon starts seeing events involving Sandie from the 1960’s who is trying to become a singer but soon becomes involved with Jack (Matt Smith) and we see Sandie being ‘killed’ and the film is Eloise trying to get justice for Sandie as she seemingly starts to lose her mind. I really love this film. Firstly, the performances are really good. Anya Taylor Joy and Thomasin McKenzie are really good and are comple...