The Movie Addict

Having been a fan of Gareth Edwards since seeing 2010’s ‘Monsters’, I was keen to see what he would do in his first film since 2016’s Rogue One. I liked that film a lot more than most people seemed to.  The budget of this film is the story of my review because it cost a reported $80 million dollars and yet it looks like it cost $200million. It looks more expensive than some of the most recent Marvel films and tv shows. There is a similar style to Rogue One which might put some people off but I found it worked in the films’ favour. Admittedly the plot isn’t the greatest and it did feel like it was buckling under the pressure of justifying the visuals. Normally I would baulk at the phrase style over substance but I think that it’s true for this film. I love this film and think it should be seen by everyone on the biggest screen possible but I would be lying if i said i loved the plot because it doesn't work quite as well as it could have done. I think that John David Washington does ...

I have been a huge fan of Kenneth Branagh’s version of Poirot since the first film. Murder on the Orient Express is a great film that is stunning to look at (more of that later). Death on the Nile was ok but I think it was hurt by some of the cast being a distraction for different reasons. I was looking forward to this film because it was based on a Agatha Christie story I wasn't aware of and the trailers made it look interesting. It’s also worth pointing out that I saw this at Showcase Cinema’s XPlus screening and I was the only person there. From times to time, seeing a film at the beginning of the day on Saturday does yield this result. I think the last time this happened was when I went to see Babylon. The set up of the film that it is 1947 and Poirot is now retired but people keep trying to get him back into the investigating game but it is Tina Fey’s Ariadne that convinces him to attend a party where at the end of it a seance is going to occur and Ariadne wants Poirot to eith...

I’ll admit that I came to the Equalizer films late. They never seemed to appeal to me when the first two came out and no one that I knew or any YouTube channels seemed to be highlighting these films as a must see. I thought I would take a chance with the first one and I quite enjoyed it, the second one was ok but nowhere near as good. The beauty of this third film is that you don’t really need to have seen the first two to understand Denzel Washington’s character of the style of the film. It’s based on the TV series of the same name that aired from 1985 to 1989 and in this film, Robert is in Sicily and after getting shot by a scared kid, he ends up in a picture postcard and takes on the local mafia.  The plot is straight forward although they introduced a sub plot which seems to me to have been introduced to show people that the film could be more than just a standard shoot em up. The introduction of Dakota Fanning as Emma seemed a bit pointless as she didn’t really do very much an...

I went to see Meg 2 on National Cinema Day here in the UK. Basically all tickets for most if not all films in the cinema on September 2nd would be £3 instead of the usual £11 that I would normally pay. I was going to see The Equalizer 3 but put idea on hold so I could go and see a film that I wanted to see but didn't want to pay £11 to see. I didn't mind wasting £3 on Meg 2. First of all the screening was quite busy as it seemed that people had the same idea as me. What I did find surprising was that there seemed a lot of kids who were under the 12 age limit for this 12A film. (NOTE: The BBFC say that anyone under the age of 12 can see a 12 certificated film as long as they are accompanied by an adult who thinks they can cope with the subject matter. Or at least that's my understanding of it.)  There is something quite fun about a film where Jason Statham takes on a giant shark or whatever its suppose to be. I found this film to be far more fun to watch that the first one. ...