‘Swan Song’ review: Mahershala Ali charges and smoothens this survey of quietus

“In a few years,” estimates Dr. Scott (Glenn Close, in a glorified cameo), her experimental treatment will turn doppelgängers into a sign of good fortune and the concept of swan song obsolete. There is now a way to keep on…

‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ review: A funky, junky course correction

The best thing about Venom: Let There Be Carnage is that Marvel-Cinematic-Universe-meg-producer Kevin Feige never would’ve allowed it to happen. Feige, the sovereign of superhero sameness, has made a career out of reforming the type of movie that this latest…

15 Years On and the Influence of ’28 Days Later’ Still Shows

For a genre about reanimating the dead, zombies were staying underground for the most part from the late 80’s through the whole 90’s. Day of the Dead (1985) had been the last high profile release for the longest time with only the…

Rampage Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson’s charm can’t save this one

I really want to like just one of these big studio monster movies. The appeal of watching massive hunks of CGI crash their big old bodies into each other while buildings crumble beneath them is far from lost on me.…

13 For 13: Recommendations For The Next Doctor

Whovians, it’s time to start stocking up on tissues. As confirmed this week by star Peter Capaldi, series ten of Doctor Who will be his last. Thanks to the very convenient regeneration mechanic, this simply means the mantle of the…

Movie Review: Moonlight

Very rarely do I have an emotional experience during a movie with the last time I cried in a movie theater being the conclusion of The Deathly Hallows Part 2 on a glorious IMAX screen. But Moonlight isn’t a conclusion to some…

SPECTRE – James Bond to Return November 2015

At Pinewood Studios this morning, or afternoon for London I suppose, the director of Skyfall, Sam Mendez came out to greet an audience, in company of Barbara Broccoli, to introduce Bond 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wYDP7QbxI The film, officially titled SPECTRE, will shortly…