Tag: Movie review
Angry Birds 2 Review: Silly but it’s so much fun
Much feathery fun is packed into The Angry Birds Movie 2, the latest animated installment in the franchise based on the addictive phone app....
The Lion King: Technically great – but falls flat
Advances in moviemaking technology allow a story that could only previously be told as a cartoon to be enacted, so to speak, by animals....
Toy Story 4 Review: A perfect animated saga
Just how good are the hotshots behind “Toy Story 4”? So good that, by the time the closing credits roll, moviegoers will likely feel...
Men in Black: International review: Latest instalment won’t alienate
With Men in Black: International, director Gary Gray serves up an amusing and stylish reboot of the sci-fi comedy franchise that kicked off in...
Dark Pheonix Review: A hero’s got to know her limits
A superhero story that's focused on relationships
Though sombre in tone, the Marvel Comics-based sci-fi adventure Dark Phoenix (Fox) has a fundamentally moral outlook and...
Aladdin Review: A rags to royalty adventure
Though the magical tale of Aladdin is centuries old, it’s probably best known to contemporary audiences through two relatively recent products of pop culture:...
Uglydolls Review: Where who we are is what matters
By Joseph McAleer
UglyDolls calls to mind that age-old saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
The ‘ugly dolls’ of this movie are based...
Shazam! Review: Is this really suitable for youth?
Family life is exalted over egotistical self-reliance in Shazam! (Warner Bros.), director David Sandberg’s DC Comics-based origin story.
Though there’s a warm tone to the...
Dumbo Review: This Disney remake fails to fly
By John Mulderig
The sight of a cuddly baby elephant taking to the skies is clearly meant to send spirits soaring in Dumbo (Disney), director...
Wonder Park Review: Fine, uninspiring, not for the young
By John Mulderig
The most frequently used word in the animated adventure Wonder Park is “splendiferous.”
But the constant, eventually annoying, repetition of the term only...
Captive State: Ambitious, but still unsatisfactory
By John Mulderig
With the sci-fi drama Captive State (Focus), director and co-writer Rupert Wyatt has set out to tell a thoughtful, complex story and...
Captain Marvel review: Another comic tale, but not bad
By John Mulderig
Wit, positive messages and lavish production values buoy the movie setting out the origin story Captain Marvel.
While some of the mythos in...
