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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Last Jedi

By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Mark Hamill PG-13 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…
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Film Review: Nope

By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea R Jordan Peele has been seen as a successor to somebody like John Carpenter, while I don’t really buy that – the two of them could not be more different – Peele’s influences in regards to his…
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Film Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman PG-13 The first major sequence after the required Marvel Studios intro of Thor: Love and Thunder will immediately clue you in on whether or not this movie will be your cup of tea. Korg, still played by…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Force Awakens

By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Harrison Ford PG-13 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…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: Return of the Jedi

By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Richard Marquand Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams 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…
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Film Review: Spiderhead

By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich R For those who don’t follow film production (aka normal people), Spiderhead is what we call the “low budget freebie”. Joseph Kosinski knew he basically had a free pass to make whatever movie he wanted after filming…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Empire Strikes Back

By Matthew Moorcroft Highest 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…