2015’s Jurassic World caught me by surprise being a soft reboot of a franchise that had a good start with Jurassic Park but had long since jumped the Plesiosaur. It helped it was cleverly written with great chemistry between Chris Pratt’s roguish charm and Bryce Dallas Howard’s uptight sexiness. On …
Read More »Hereditary – Movie Review
There has been a resurgence of high quality original horror movies lately and Hereditary is the latest to join the likes of It Follows, Get Out, Mother! and A Quiet Place. Hereditary is the first feature length debut of Writer/Director Ari Astler, and with this film he’s achieved the …
Read More »Ready Player One – Movie Review
Background Ready Player One is directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the book of the same name, written in 2011 by Ernest Cline. The movie is a real slice of “geek culture”, from retro to modern gaming, old and new movie and TV show references, even anime is thrown into …
Read More »Annihilation – Movie Review
By now you may have heard the hype over what has been called “The best sci-fi film in years” by many, after hearing this over and over again I jumped on good old Netflix as soon as I could. I was fairly excited at the potential of this movie …
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