During what turned out to be a rather stressful week, including an impromptu visit to A&E, Mark and I decided to chill out with a movie, and out came our new lucky dip box. This time the movie drawn was Jeff Tomsic’s 2018 buddy comedy Tag starring Jeremy Renner, Ed Nelms and Jon Hamm. “We…
Tag: 2018
Film Review: Peppermint (2018)
Despite the unfortunate experience that Outside The Wire turned out to be, this weekend we once again decided to go with an easy watch, with the 2018 action thriller film, Peppermint from Taken director Pierre Morel. With money a little tight, Chris North considers helping a friend rob powerful drug lord Diego Garcia but ultimately…
Film Review: Free Solo (2018)
After much anticipation and a rather long wait, the UK has finally got Disney Plus!! In between re-watches of Pixar favourites, a guilty pleasure viewing of High School Musical and, thanks to the hubby, a seemingly endless stream of The Simpsons, we did catch something new – the Oscar winning documentary, Free Solo, directed by husband and wife team,…
Film Review: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse (2018)
As someone who thoroughly enjoys mainstream cinema, especially superhero flicks, Into the Spider-verse is one of those films that, for some reason, I couldn’t be bothered to go and see despite all the hype. However, when our holiday to Mexico was cancelled due to the Covid-19 lockdown, we had plenty of time during our week…
A Quiet Place (2018) Film Review
When I was still toying with the idea of writing a blog, A Quiet Place was one of the first films I attempted to write a review on, however considering my blog didn’t go live for another 8 months you can probably imagine that my first draft didn’t go very well! Having recently rewatched the…
Series Review: Bodyguard (2018)
The British thriller series, Bodyguard, has been on my must-watch list since it first aired on the BBC back in August of last year but it always seemed to take a back seat. This weekend, we finally got around to watching it on Netflix and I’ll be honest, it had me hooked from the beginning,…
Film Review: Tau (2018)
If you have seen my reviews for Close and Polar, you will already know that Tau was the third film we watched in a Netflix binge one night, but unlike the other two, I had not heard or seen anything about this A.I. thriller beforehand, although with Gary Oldman and Ed Skrein in the mix,…
Top Ten – Worst Films of 2018
Newton’s third law of Physics states that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” and unfortunately that is the same for movies. While there have been some gems released this year, there has also been a fair share of flops. So without further ado, these are my ten worst films of 2018. Fair warning: some of these…
Film Review: Bird Box (2018)
Netflix’s newest production, Bird Box, is helping to establish the streaming service as a film studio to rival the big Hollywood companies, having allegedly racked up 45 million views within its first 7 days (source). Having seen it all over my news feed since its release, I thought I would check it out and see what all the fuss is…
Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
To say I was looking forward to this film is a bit of an understatement; to say that I was apprehensive, is even more so. If you have read my thoughts on Ralph Breaks The Internet then you will already know that sometimes a great film needs to be left well alone. When that film has had 54…
Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) Film Review
When you are given a movie that has as much heart, humour and fun as Wreck-It Ralph, the idea of a sequel is intriguing and exciting but, more often than not, you end up underwhelmed and disappointed. I would love to tell you that Ralph Breaks the Internet breaks this tradition, but I can’t. The film takes place six…