Action… Movie #34 2023: Bullet Train (2022) 26 May 202323 May 2023 Bullet Train is a big, dumb movie. So many critics and cinema-goers slated it because of that fact. Here's the thing: it knows that it's a big, dumb movie and…
Comedy… Movie #21 2023: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022) 20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023 There truly has been a lot of musical-to-film adapting in recent times, hasn't there? In the last few years alone we've had The Prom, Everyone's Talking About Jamie, Tick, Tick...…
adventure… Movie #91 2022: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) 22 Nov 202221 Nov 2022 Okay, so I suppose this movie isn't technically a Christmas film. I mean, there's a lot of snowy scenery and whimsical, fantasy feel going on, but it's not exactly a…
Horror… Movie #208 2021: Doctor Sleep (2019) 20 Oct 202120 Oct 2021 Honestly, I'm fuming. I'm fuming that I haven't been able to properly celebrate spooky season (so far) with film. I'm fuming that my posts are becoming so sporadic because I…
Drama… Movie #150 2021: Love, Simon (2018) 6 Jun 20212 Jun 2021 I was well aware that Love, Simon was a bit of a phenomenon, but the truth is... I rarely like LGBTQ+ movies. Unless they're as beautiful as Portrait of a…
Cerebral… Movie #140 2021: Things Heard & Seen (2021) 27 May 202123 May 2021 Here's something you already know: Netflix original films are generally not brilliant. Barring a few anomalies like The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the streaming giant…
Awards Season… Movie #126 2021: The Mauritanian (2021) 13 May 20214 May 2021 Most people were extremely 'meh' in their reactions to The Mauritanian, so I completely expected to feel similarly about it. Weirdly, it seems as though I enjoyed this movie much…
Family… Movie #93 2021: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020) 10 Apr 202124 Mar 2021 Meeeeeeeh another remake. Let’s all do a group groan. Sometimes though, reboots can be surprisingly decent, so let’s see how this one panned out. Roald Dahl’s The Witches is yet…
Comedy… Movie #88 2021: Moxie (2021) 5 Apr 202115 Mar 2021 Remember when Saturday Night Live and Parks & Recreation legend Amy Poehler directed a movie called ‘Wine Country’ and everyone pretty much slated it because it wasn’t funny enough? I…
Awards Season… Movie #58 2021: Hillbilly Elegy (2020) 6 Mar 202119 Feb 2021 Hillbilly Elegy has received quite a lot of criticism since its arrival on Netflix, so I thought I’d give it a go. Do I understand the hate for it after…
The Quayside Review 