Reviewing movies and the culture that surrounds them.
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Published 17 February 2016 • 40 minutes, 14 seconds
After an decade-long struggle to get this character to the screen, Ryan Reynolds and crew deliver a Deadpool movie that appeals to fans and newcomers alike. Reynolds messes up his pretty, pretty face and gives us a sweary, bloody, convention-defying twist on the superhero genre.
Published 10 February 2016 • 29 minutes, 28 seconds
15 years after their first walk-off, Derek and Hansel are older, but not much wiser, as they are pulled back into the world of modelling.
Published 3 February 2016 • 39 minutes, 26 seconds
It’s widely tipped to take out Best Picture, and win Leonardo DiCaprio his (first) Oscar, but it’s also long, bloody, and bleak. We watch it so you don’t have to.
Published 27 January 2016 • 36 minutes, 8 seconds
Brie Larson was 2015’s breakthrough star, following on from a series of scene-stealing performances, and she’s up for an Oscar for her work on ROOM, a creepy family drama about a mother and son trying to escape their captor, and the single room that was both their jail and home. Jacob Tremblay is wonderful as Larson’s son, in this subtle but affecting film based on the bestselling novel.
Published 20 January 2016 • 33 minutes, 1 second
Rooney Mara’s adorable ingenue falls in love with Cate Blanchett’s force of nature in this intense, beautiful melodrama. Todd Haynes revisits the 1950s again, creating an almost too-faithful period piece featuring wonderful performances from the ensemble cast.
Published 13 January 2016 • 35 minutes, 18 seconds
With their long-running TV series’ over, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler got together with their friends to make a movie. This gag-laden movie tells the story of a pair of sisters throwing one last party at their family home before it is sold, and it’s solid, fun and extremely women-friendly, albeit with a few story issues.
Published 6 January 2016 • 31 minutes, 44 seconds
Over the holidays, amidst the Star Wars hype, Pixar released their second film of the year. This simple tale of a dinosaur leaving his family home to find his courage and make new friends is unoriginal and bland by Pixar’s standards, although it’s not without its merits.
Published 30 December 2015 • 34 minutes, 17 seconds
The story of a working-class Londoner Maud, who becomes a radicalised activist for women’s suffrage. We (well, Mel) had high hopes for this film, but in addition to its well-documented issues around race, it also suffers from some story issues.
Published 23 December 2015 • 35 minutes, 34 seconds
On a Friday night a week before Christmas, we watched STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and recorded an episode with a live audience. Warning: contains spoilers.
Published 22 December 2015 • 1 hour, 42 minutes
In this extra special episode, we join our friend Craig Moore from the Repacked Podcast to talk Jessica Jones. We meander through a long, rambly, occasionally shouty discussion on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, superheroes and the Marvel’s Netflix ‘Defenders’ shows.