Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Picking up a decade after the events of its predecessor, ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ starts off with an intriguing angle – to explore life after a near global catastrophe. But it […]

Spectral (2016)

When a mysterious force kills some of the world’s most powerful soldiers, Dr. Clyne (James Badge Dale), who’s among the top in his field, is sent to Europe by the […]

Snowpiercer (2013)

After seventeen years of subhuman conditions, the people in back are about to explode and Curtis (Chris Evans) is elected to lead the charge, albeit reluctantly. There have been failed […]

Gringo (2018)

Back when Pulp Fiction ‘homages’ were all the rage, a young Charlize Theron made her mark as a fearsome, sexually aggressive schemer in 2 Days In The Valley, one of the very best of all […]

Tomb Raider (2018)

In the early 2000’s, Angelina Jolie played Lara Croft in a couple of films based on the video-game character who fuelled the fantasies of gaming nerds everywhere. Based on the success of […]

Red Sparrow (2018)

Jennifer Lawrence assumes a Russian accent to play Dominika Egorova, a star ballerina whose dancing career is cut short after she suffers a sickening injury onstage. She lives with her […]

Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)

Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is still reeling after the massive showdown in ‘Avengers: Endgame’, which claimed the life of his mentor, Tony Stark. It’s only natural that he chooses to […]

Midway (2019)

The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It started with the Imperial Japanese Navy attacking Pearl Harbour in Hawaii that lasted […]

Danger Close (2019)

Based on a true story, director Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) puts faces to some of the names of just over one hundred inexperienced young Kiwi and Aussie soldiers who held […]

The Siege of Jadotville (2016)

Few will sit through Richie Smyth’s stirring action film without thinking of Zulu. The 1961 siege at Jadotville in The Congo, during which an Irish battalion resisted repeated attacks from […]

The Irishman (2019)

Is this goodbye? Martin Scorsese, of Goodfellas and Casino, Gangs of New York and The Departed, turns to his favourite collaborators — actors who have played some of the greatest […]

The Devil All the Time (2020)

‘The Devil All the Time’ begins with Willard Russell (Bill Skarsgård) teaching his 9-year-old son Arvin (Michael Banks Repeta) to be sincere in prayer. This follows Willard’s haunting memories in […]

The Hunt (2020)

The Hunt, a controversial Blumhouse horror-thriller that was cancelled after the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas last summer before being rescheduled, was co-written by Watchmen head honcho Damon Lindelof and strikes […]

First Man (2018)

First Man follows American astronaut Neil Armstrong over the nine years leading up to his historic trip to the Moon on July 20, 1969. As Armstrong became the first man […]

Annihilation (2018)

In Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park — a film that celebrates life and evolution like no other -— Dr Ian Malcolm, immortalized by Jeff Goldblum on screen, delivers a warning in […]

Rampage (2018)

Based on a popular arcade game from the ’80s, Rampage is about three giant creatures wreaking havoc on human cities. Davis (Dwayne Johnson) is a primatologist and handler of one […]