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UK Film Review
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
The Equalizer 2 film review
★★★ Directed by: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman Film Review by: George Wolf It still confounds me why John Wick gets more action cred than The Equalizer. Released less a month apart in 2014, Denzel and director Antoine Fuqua bettered Keanu and Chad Stahelski in nearly every respect. But, in fairness John Wick helped inspire Key and Peele's very funny Keanu, so I'll move on. JW already dropped its deuce (with part 3 currently
UK Film Review
- Jul 22, 2018
- 2 min
Unfriended: Dark Web film review
★★★ Directed by: Stephen Susco Starring: Rebecca Rittenhouse, Betty Gabriel, Chelsea Alden, Colin Woodell Film Review by: George Wolf The good news: this Dark Web isn't searching for your credit card info. That would be playing nice compared to what the sequel to the surprisingly effective Unfriended has in store. More good news: it's mean is pretty damn lean, clever and creepy. Like its predecessor, Dark Web does a great job upholding the integrity of the "real time computer
UK Film Review
- Jul 20, 2018
- 2 min
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again film review
★★ Directed by: Ol Parker Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Cher Film Review by: Hope Madden You may be asking yourself, is Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again just 90 minutes of second-rate, b-side Abba songs? All those weird songs that no sensible story about unplanned pregnancy could call for? Songs like Waterloo? Nope. It is nearly two full hours of it. Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) wants to open her mother’s crumbling Greek hotel as an upscale island r
UK Film Review
- Jul 13, 2018
- 2 min
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation film review
★★ Directed by: Genndy Tartakovsky Starring: Adam Sandler, Kathryn Hahn Film Review by: Rachel Willis These days, whenever an animated movie is released, it's a near guarantee it will become a franchise. A few of these sequels are as good or better than the originals that spawned them, but most of them aren't. There's nothing inherently problematic with milking successful movies for more material, provided the new stories are able to stand alone. Hotel Transylvania 3 manages
UK Film Review
- Jul 8, 2018
- 2 min
The First Purge film review
★★★ Directed by: Gerard McMurray Starring: Lex Scott Davis, Y’lan Noel, Marisa Tomei, Rotimi Paul Film Review by: Hope Madden Is it me, or does Independence Day feel a little tough to celebrate this year? Is there a downward spiral going on that seems like the backstory of a dystopian SciFi novel? One where the Supreme Court finally crumbles to an administration that embraces white supremacy, gun violence and toxic masculinity? Oh, it’s not just me, then? You want to see a mo
UK Film Review
- Jul 7, 2018
- 2 min
Ant-Man and The Wasp film review
★★★ Directed by: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangelina Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Michelle Pfeiffer Film Review by: George Wolf Like the titular heroes who get small to do big things, Ant-Man and the Wasp gets a boost by making its stakes more personal, and its mojo a sweet, witty blast. "Do you guys just put 'quantum' in front of everything?" Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) asks that question for him and for us. The answer is yes, they do, but don't sweat the
UK Film Review
- Jun 25, 2018
- 2 min
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom film review
★★ Directed by: J.A. Bayona Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, James Cromwell, Rafe Spall, Ted Levine Film Review by: Hope Madden If you don’t know director J.A. Bayona, that’s unfortunate. His first three feature films—The Orphanage, The Impossible and A Monster Calls—emphasized storytelling skills that were equal parts visceral and poetic. He picks up the Jurassic mantle with the latest in the franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The visceral part seems likel
UK Film Review
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
Ocean's 8 film review
★★★ Directed by: Gary Ross Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, James Corden Film Review by: Hope Madden and George Wolf More than 15 years ago, Steven Soderbergh recast the Rat Pack, pointing out a set of Hollywood A-listers led by George Clooney who were as stylish and cool as Sinatra and the fellas. Three films later (four, if you count Soderbergh’s hillbilly version Logan Lucky, and you should) an
UK Film Review
- Jun 18, 2018
- 2 min
Incredibles 2 film review
★★★ Directed by Brad Bird Starring Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Catherine Keener, Huck Milner, Bob Odenkirk Film Review by George Wolf I'm no math whiz, but 2004 seems somewhere close to 14 years ago. You wouldn't know it from Incredibles 2, where no time has passed. Kicking off right where the original left off, the long-awaited sequel delivers just enough of the same charm to stave off some stale odors. The super-powered Parr family has be
UK Film Review
- Apr 15, 2018
- 2 min
The Endless film review
★★★ Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead Starring Justin Benson, Aaron Moorehead, Callie Hernandez, James Jordan, Tate Ellington Film Review by Hope Madden There is something very clever about the way Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead’s movies sneak up on you. Always creepy, still they defy genre expectations even as they play with them. Camp Arcadia offers the rustic backdrop for their latest, The Endless. A clever bit of SciFi misdirection, the film follows two bro
UK Film Review
- Jan 8, 2018
- 2 min
Insidious: The Last Key
★★ Directed by Adam Robitel Starring Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Film Review by Hope Madden The Insidious franchise—like most horror series—began missing a step about two films in. The fourth installment, Insidious: The Last Key, starts off with promise, though. Thanks in large part to a heartbreaking performance from Ava Kolker, the newest Insidious opens with a gut punch of an origin story. By Episode 3, we’d abandoned the core family of the first two films to
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