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FILM REVIEW: THE BATMAN (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
Director Matt Reeves deserves immense credit for veering from the stereotypical tried-and-tested superhero formula – and his risky gamble...
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Mar 11, 20223 min read


TV SERIES REVIEW: VIKINGS – VALHALLA (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
It’s hard to believe it’s been nine years since the highly-acclaimed exploits of Travis Fimmel’s Ragnar Lothbrok and Katheryn Winnick’s...
Gavin Miller
Mar 11, 20222 min read


FILM REVIEW: UNCHARTED (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Video games-turned-into-movies have had an underwhelming history to say the least, and Uncharted makes a gallant attempt at changing all...
Gavin Miller
Feb 27, 20222 min read


FILM REVIEW: DEATH ON THE NILE (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot returns with another competent – if unspectacular – movie take on Agatha Christie’s famed detective....
Gavin Miller
Feb 25, 20222 min read


FILM REVIEW: JACKASS FOREVER (18) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
After more than a decade Johnny Knoxville returns with his extreme daredevil stunt team for (allegedly) one final outing – and the hiatus...
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Feb 21, 20222 min read


TV SERIES FINALE REVIEW: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT (12A) ESP RATING: 4.5/5
After a slow-burning opening to Boba Fett’s (Temuera Morrison) reign as Jabba the Hutt’s long-term successor – with Ming Na-Wen’s...
Gavin Miller
Feb 18, 20221 min read


FILM REVIEW: MOONFALL (12A) ESP RATING: 2/5
Hit-and-miss disaster movie-monger Roland Emmerich sadly churns out the latter – in this ‘bonkers’ sci-fier. For every (fairly)...
Gavin Miller
Feb 10, 20222 min read


FILM REVIEW: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
Oscar-winning director Guillermo Del Toro’s (The Shape of Water) stylish thriller is a throwback to the days of Alfred Hitchcock. I left...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read


FILM REVIEW: SCREAM (18) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
This semi-reboot of the Scream franchise deserves immense plaudits for revitalising the legendary horror series. It does descend into...
Gavin Miller
Jan 21, 20222 min read


NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: DON’T LOOK UP (15) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
Another film that has made it as a Netflix exclusive (after a short theatrical run) alongside Golden Globe-winning The Power of the Dog –...
Gavin Miller
Jan 13, 20221 min read


NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: THE POWER OF THE DOG (12A) ESP RATING: 4/5
Jane Campion’s first film in a dozen years has just mopped up some of the major awards at this week’s Golden Globes – and it’s not hard...
Gavin Miller
Jan 12, 20221 min read


FILM REVIEW: THE MATRIX – RESURRECTIONS (15)ESP RATING: 3/5
The best way to sum up this semi-reboot of the iconic Matrix franchise is that it starts out as the original, turns into Reloaded in the...
Gavin Miller
Jan 3, 20223 min read


EXCLUSIVE FILM REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN – NO WAY HOME (12A) ESP RATING: 4.5/5
SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW THE MOVIE’S SECRETS REVEALED HERE! Marvel and Sony did a great job in keeping so...
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Dec 17, 20212 min read


FILM REVIEW: WEST SIDE STORY (12A) ESP RATING: 5/5
I was initially apprehensive to learn that Steven Spielberg was directing another big-budget adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s iconic West...
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Dec 16, 20212 min read


FILM REVIEW: RESIDENT EVIL – WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY (15) ESP RATING: 1/5
Is it that difficult to get a Resident Evil film right? With the eerie source material from the iconic Capcom video game franchise oozing...
Gavin Miller
Dec 9, 20213 min read


FILM REVIEW: ENCANTO (PG) ESP RATING: 3/5
With the quality of the Disney Animation Studios product now matching – or in certain cases even bettering – that of sister studio Pixar,...
Gavin Miller
Dec 2, 20212 min read


FILM REVIEW: GHOSTBUSTERS – AFTERLIFE (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
This ‘love letter’ from director Jason Reitman to the Ghostbusters universe – and particularly the late Harold ‘Egon Spengler’ Ramis –...
Gavin Miller
Nov 29, 20212 min read


NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: RED NOTICE (12A) ESP RATING: 2.5/5
Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds team up to take a big fat ‘paycheck’ from Netflix – and uninspiringly provide a formulaic action heist...
Gavin Miller
Nov 29, 20211 min read


FILM REVIEW: ETERNALS (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Early reviews pegged this as the worst-reviewed Marvel Cinematic Universe movie so far (since it started in 2008) – and the first one to...
Gavin Miller
Nov 15, 20212 min read


NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: THE HARDER THEY FALL (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
British music producer Jeymes Samuel makes an impressive start to his (first major movie) filmmaking career with this western that has...
Gavin Miller
Nov 12, 20212 min read
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