Tag: Films

Certificate PG, 140 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn Ready Player One is based on the best-selling debut novel of the same name by Ernest Cline. It starts in Columbus, Ohio, in 2045. The future is rather dystopian in nature, and Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) lives in the Stacks outside…

Certificate PG, 184 minutes Directory: Vadim Jean Stars: David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry The Colour of Magic is based on the fantasy novel of the same name by Terry Pratchett (who has a brief cameo at the end of the film). This is a made for television movie, hence the length, and is usually…

Certificate 15, 84 minutes Director: Adam Randall Stars: Josh Bowman, Neil Maskell, William Houston Level Up (also known as London Underground) is a fairly low budget British thriller set in London. It starts with several different scenes; a man in a suit on the Underground being watched by another passenger, another man with something strapped…

Certificate 12A, 133 minutes Director: Jon Watts Stars: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr. Spider-Man: Homecoming opens shortly after the Battle of New York during The Avengers, during the clean-up operation. In the area below Stark Tower, a salvage operator is stripping down the Chitauri tech. This is a big deal for him, and…

Certificate 12A, 129 minutes Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (which is also known as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) is the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. It begins with a young boy (Lewis McGowan)…

Certificate 15, 110 minutes Director: Alex Kurtzman Stars: Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis The Mummy, the latest version in the Mummy franchise opens, not as might be expected, in ancient Egypt, or even in the present, but in England, 1127 AD. A group of knights, Templars by all appearances, are holding a funeral for…

Certificate 12A, 141 minutes Director: Patty Jenkins Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright Wonder Woman, the latest entry in the DC Extended Universe, opens with a narration and then shows Paris in the present. Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), aka Wonder Woman, is entering the Louvre where it appears she works. A Wayne Enterprises armoured…

Certificate 15, 122 minutes Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup Alien: Covenant is effectively the sequel to Prometheus although, unlike the latter film, it is obviously part of the Alien franchise. In Prometheus it wasn’t clear until the very end that the film was connected to the franchise, when an Alien…

Certificate 12A, 136 minutes Director: F. Gary Gray Stars: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson The Fate of the Furious, also called Fast & Furious 8 and Fast 8, is the eighth instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise. It opens with a classic American muscle car, a red Impala, heading to a car meet…