Category: Movie Reviews

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: A New Hope

    Star Wars Wednesdays: A New Hope

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…

  • Film Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Film Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer PG-13 What makes a legacy sequel a “legacy sequel”? That term has been thrown around quite a bit over the past few years for any sequel that comes out decades after the original but I think it’s…

  • Film Review: Men

    Film Review: Men

    By Matthew Unsure Directed by Alex Garland Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin R What’s great about Alex Garland as a writer is the fact that every work of his is a massive swing. He’s more like a star baseball player then that of a genre fiction creator in that, when up…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: Revenge of the Sith

    Star Wars Wednesdays: Revenge of the Sith

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books if people are interested. These will work differently from my normal reviews as they…

  • Film Review: Firestarter (2022)

    Film Review: Firestarter (2022)

    By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This Directed By Keith Thomas Starring Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes R We live in a weird age of Stephen King resurgence where pretty much everything that he has adapted is either getting brought back for a do-over or some kind of continuation. And with the amount…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: Attack of the Clones

    Star Wars Wednesdays: Attack of the Clones

    By Matthew Moorcroft No Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…

  • Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Rachel McAdams PG-13 As the Marvel Cinematic Universe grows larger and larger, there is a temptation to constantly get bigger and bigger in terms it’s stories. And why wouldn’t you? After the entire universe gets snapped away and brought…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: The Phantom Menace

    Star Wars Wednesdays: The Phantom Menace

    By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…

  • Film Review: Bubble

    Film Review: Bubble

    By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Tetsuro Araki Starring Jun Shison, Riria, Alice Hirose, Mamoru Miyano PG On paper, one could see how Bubble could be something of a sure thing. For starters, it’s directed by anime maestro Tetsuro Araki of Attack on Titan and Death Note fame, who has made a name on cinematic…

  • Film Review: The Northman

    Film Review: The Northman

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Robert Eggers Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya-Taylor joy, Claes Bang R Robert Eggers’ fascination with myth and legend is the main focus here in The Northman, which ranks as easily his most ambitious and large scale film yet. While his prior films have had strong production values…