Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
When a foster home placed teenage rebel suspects that her father is not dead but kidnapped by UFOs, she takes help from a UFO association to find out the truth. Together, they embark on a risky adventure that takes them far beyond the laws borders and into a world filled with UFO expeditions, conspiracies and inexplicable phenomena.
If this was in 6 parts, it could have been a TV show I watched as a kid and I’d have loved it 😊
★★★½
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
Not my choice for family pizza ‘n’ film night…
It was just about bearable. Unusually, I don’t think there was much wrong with the flim. I’d even go so far to say that the lead was good and Courtney and Teller made genuinely hissable villains.
But the souce material is pretty lame. It’s all very laboured and predictable.
★★½
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
I cried so much at the end of this movie that we stayed so long the cleaners came in. Absolutely heartbroken, I was.
I could never watch it again.
★★★★★
All the major DC superheroes are starring in their own films, all but the Teen Titans, so Robin is determined to remedy this situation by getting over his role as a sidekick and becoming a movie star. Thus, with a few madcap ideas and an inspirational song in their hearts, the Teen Titans head to Hollywood to fulfill their dreams.
I’m not exactly a fan of the TV show but this is clever, funny and short. Other superhero movies could take note…
★★★★
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
As comic book movies go, it’s pretty great, but while I hate to pick on one actor, whenever Selma Blair is on the screen she literally sucks all the fun out of it. I don’t really know the character and maybe she’s playing it exactly as intended/directed but, stone me, it’s jarringly depressive.
And, while I do have a soft spot for practical effects, Samael looks a little too much like a guy on all fours in a rubber suit. I’m not saying that can’t work, it worked pretty well in Attack the Block, but here…
Other than that, the post-Matrix super-human leaping and environmental destruction are ace. Some (literally) smashing stunt work too!
Lastly, I think Pearlman makes a great Hellboy.
★★★
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
Tiny bit baggy in places (I wonder if they have tech in audience screenings that detects when people get their phones out?) but it mostly whizzed by. Gave me a lot of good laughs, especially some great movie references, and I just love the details of a world for all shapes and sizes. We take the quality of the animation for granted these days but it’s amazing.
On a more personal note, I am so glad this was the choice because I couldn’t face 3+ hours of Avatar in the cinema…
★★★★
Unless this REALLY picks up in the final two episodes, I’m baffled by this review. I can’t wait to get it over with. The plot is “Spooks” levels of “espionage” nonsense.
Thompson’s character, while likeable and against type, is hardly transformational. Whereas, Ruth Wilson playing an extremely ordinary woman seems a much greater departure from her usual roles.
The entire review seems back-to-front.
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
My 13y/o son loved it. My 10y/o daughter thought it was boring.
I’m caught between the two. Some parts of it I love, like the stairlift and Kate’s Christmas Eve story, but the parts in between are a bit dull. Still, it’s got some gnarly effects work!
★★½
