This week we went to see the reteaming of The Hunger Games Franchise director Francis Lawrence and star Jennifer Lawrence, for the big screen adaptation of Jason Matthews book, Red Sparrow. The film tells how after a horrific accident whilst performing ballet, Russian dancer Dominika (Lawrence) is recruited by her uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) to attend Sparrow School, albeit … [Read more...]
We Swap Movie Night For A ‘Game Night’ With Jason Bateman
This week cinema trip saw us watch Game Night from the directing team of Daley & Goldstein, who also made the reboot of the National Lampoon Vacation series. We were drawn to this horror comedy due to its impressive cast of Rachel McAdams; Jason Bateman; Kyle Chandler; Danny Huston; Jesse Plemons; Billy Magnussen & TV favourites Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) & … [Read more...]
Take A Dog From Bruce Willis & get L.A. Vengeance
Our latest watch was L.A. Vengeance, a direct to DVD film that would make you think it’s a tough action thriller, with its tagline of Hang Together or Die Alone, showing 2 of its Stars Bruce Willis and Jason Momoa heavily armed. However the cast made us think it seemed very much like an action comedy we had seen a trailer for, but that was called Once Upon a Time in … [Read more...]
Trouble on the Train for Liam Neeson in the Commuter
We headed out to see the new Liam Neeson Action-Thriller The Commuter. The film reteams Liam with Director Jaume Collet-Serra for a 4th time, after Non-Stop; Unknown and Run All Night. The Director also made the great Shark thriller The Shallows. The film opens with a montage of Liam’s Character Michael going through the motions of daily life, to establish he is a commuter. … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Films Go To The Jumanji Jungle
We went to our local cinema to see Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to the much-loved late, great Robin Williams family adventure film Jumanji. If the truth is told, the trailers had left us underwhelmed but strong word of mouth had us intrigued. The film does well to establish that the dated board game of the original needed to be upgraded for new tech-savvy … [Read more...]




