03rd Sep2025

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Directed by Wes Anderson Wes Anderson made his directorial debut in 1996 with Bottle Rocket. Now, almost 30 years later, he’s released his 12th feature film (13th […]

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30th Jun2025

’28 Years Later’ Review #2

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Jack O’Connell, Ralph Fiennes | Written by Alex Garland | Directed by Danny Boyle 23 years after the release of 28 Days Later, we finally have the long-awaited 28 Years Later. The third film sees 28 Days writer Alex Garland teaming up with the film’s director Danny Boyle. […]

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24th Jun2025

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Directed by Wes Anderson Wes Anderson made his directorial debut in 1996 with Bottle Rocket. Now, almost 30 years later, he’s released his 12th feature film (13th […]

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01st May2025

‘A Complete Unknown’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune, Scoot McNairy | Written by James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Elijah Wald | Directed by James Mangold The biopic has been a genre around since the early days of filmmaking, and over the course of more than 100 years, it has changed drastically […]

30th Apr2025

‘The Brutalist’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Directed by Brady Corbet Dark screens are broken by the reading of a letter, and a scramble of people across the screen, all of them fighting to see their […]

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26th Feb2025

‘Gladiator II’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, Derek Jacobi, Fred Hechinger, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas | Written by David Scarpa | Directed by Ridley Scott 24 years later and the sequel, which has been re-written, reworked, and felt like it would never come, has finally hit our screens. Soon after the […]

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25th Feb2025

‘The Order’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Jude Law, Tye Sheridan, Marc Maron, George Tchortov, Daniel Yip, Daniel Doheny, Sebastian Pigott, Phillip Forest Lewitski | Written by Zach Baylin, Kevin Flynn, Gary Gerhardt | Directed by Justin Kurzel Justin Kurzel’s new film The Order acts as a history lesson that remains as relevant as ever, at times too relevant, […]

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24th Feb2025

‘The Brutalist’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola | Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold | Directed by Brady Corbet Dark screens are broken by the reading of a letter, and a scramble of people across the screen, all of them fighting to see their […]

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13th Feb2025

‘Asteroid City’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Ryan, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Ruper Friend, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Directed by Wes Anderson Wes Anderson has always managed to conjure up so much joy and wonder in his films, from his […]

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20th Jan2025

‘A Complete Unknown’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune, Scoot McNairy | Written by James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Elijah Wald | Directed by James Mangold The biopic has been a genre around since the early days of filmmaking, and over the course of more than 100 hundred years, it has changed […]

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03rd Dec2024

‘Alien: Romulus’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Rosie Ede, Robert Bobroczkyi, Trevor Newlin | Written by Fede Alverez,  Rodo Sayagues | Directed by Fede Alverez The 7th instalment of the Alien franchise brings some new faces, some new ideas, and some old ones too. Cailee Spaeny has had a […]

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18th Nov2024

‘Gladiator II’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, Derek Jacobi, Fred Hechinger, Rory McCann, Matt Lucas | Written by David Scarpa | Directed by Ridley Scott 24 years later and the sequel, which has been re-written, reworked, and felt like it would never come, has finally hit our screens. Soon after the […]

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14th Nov2024

‘Juror #2’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland, Zoey Deutch, Megan Mieduch, Adrienne C. Moore, Drew Scheid, Leslie Bibb | Written by Jonathan A. Abrams | Directed by Clint Eastwood The courtroom has not only given out justice, but some of the very best films cinema has to offer. Legendary, and brilliant films such […]

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20th Aug2024

‘Alien: Romulus’ Review #2

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Rosie Ede, Robert Bobroczkyi, Trevor Newlin | Written by Fede Alverez,  Rodo Sayagues | Directed by Fede Alverez The 7th instalment of the Alien franchise brings some new faces, some new ideas, and some old ones too. Cailee Spaeny has had a […]

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08th Aug2024

‘The Fall Guy’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Matuse, Adam Dunn | Written by Drew Pearce | Directed by David Leitch Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think […]

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29th Jul2024

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen | Written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Zeb Wells, Shawn Levy | Directed by Shawn Levy Is it possible to have soulless fun? Fun where there is no meaning behind it, where you even question your […]

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07th May2024

‘The Fall Guy’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Ben Knight, Matuse, Adam Dunn | Written by Drew Pearce | Directed by David Leitch Stunts have been at the forefront of cinema since the beginning. Some of the earliest directors, actors, and writers were the very best stunt performers. Think […]

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13th Mar2024

96th Annual Academy Awards – Our Oscars 2024 Report

by Alex Ginnelly

Sunday saw the 96th Annual Oscars ceremony broadcast live across the world, and for UK audiences it saw the show broadcast on ITV. There is lots to be said about this year’s Oscars, from winners and losers, to poor broadcasting panels – it is safe to say the award season gave us everything we’re used […]

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23rd Feb2024

‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Blu-ray Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Fionnula Flanagan, Hunter Schafer, Ashley Liao, Joshua Kantara, Amélie Hoeferle, Hunter Schafer | Written by Michael Lesslie, Michael Arndt | Directed by Francis Lawrence It’s been eight years since we last visited the world of Panem. Now the world spans to five films and […]

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07th Feb2024

‘Argylle’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, Richard E. Grant, John Cena, Tomás Paredes | Written by Jason Fuchs | Directed by Matthew Vaughn Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle seems to have spilt audiences and critics all over the world. From being branded as over-the-top fun, to the worst film […]

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05th Feb2024

‘All of Us Strangers’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell | Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh There are few, maybe even only a handful of actors that can truly look into your souls and crush you. A look across their face is all it takes to devastate you. Andrew Scott is one of them. He […]

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02nd Jan2024

‘Ferrari’ Review

by Alex Ginnelly

Stars: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese, Derek Hill, Leonardo Caimi, Gabriel Leone, Michele Savoia | Written by Troy Kennedy Martin, Brock Yates | Directed by Michael Mann It has been 8 years since Michael Mann last had a film in cinemas, the hugely underrated Blackhat. Now he is back, and we can […]

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