My Spy, 2020. Directed by Peter Segal. Starring Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Kristen Schaal, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Ken Jeong, Devere Rogers and Greg Bryk. SYNOPSIS: A bruising CIA operative finds himself blackmailed by a precocious preteen girl when a routine surveillance mission goes very wrong. My Spy is a movie that just can’t catch a break. […]
Movie Review – Downhill (2020)
Downhill, 2020. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Kristofer Hivju, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford and Giulio Berruti. SYNOPSIS: A family is tested when the father flees, leaving his family behind, in the face of a potentially deadly avalanche. Downhill was a weird […]
Movie Review – Greed (2019)
Greed, 2019. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher, Sarah Solemani, Dinita Gohil, Asa Butterfield, Shirley Henderson, Sophie Cookson, Jamie Blackley, Pearl Mackie, Shanina Shaik, Asim Chaudhry and Paul Higgins. SYNOPSIS: A retail billionaire attempts to restore his falling reputation with a lavish party on the Greek island of Mykonos. Greed […]
Movie Review – Playing With Fire (2019)
Playing With Fire, 2019. Directed by Andy Fickman. Starring John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianna Hildebrand, John Leguizamo, Tyler Mane, Judy Greer, Christian Convery, Finley Rose Slater and Dennis Haysbert. SYNOPSIS: A no-nonsense smoke jumper finds himself caring for a trio of unruly children when he rescues them from their burning home. It seems that every […]
Movie Review – A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, 2019. Directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan. Featuring the voice talents of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale, Andy Nyman and Joe Sugg. SYNOPSIS: An alien arrives on Shaun’s farm, sparking a frantic quest to get the visitor home safely. It’s impossible not to be charmed by the […]
Movie Review – The Day Shall Come (2019)
The Day Shall Come, 2019. Directed by Chris Morris. Starring Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Denis O’Hare, Danielle Brooks, Malcolm Mays, Jim Gaffigan and Kayvan Novak. SYNOPSIS: A desperate preacher becomes embroiled in an FBI sting when he accepts money to take part in a deal involving uranium and a terrorist plot. Chris Morris is never […]
Movie Review – Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Anna and the Apocalypse, 2018. Directed by John McPhail. Starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Marli Siu, Mark Benton, Ben Wiggins and Paul Kaye. SYNOPSIS: A misfit group of Scottish schoolkids must fight their way through a zombie apocalypse happening in the days before Christmas in order to get back to their […]
Chris Morris has shot a secret film with Anna Kendrick
According to comedy site Chortle, Four Lions and Brass Eye creator Chris Morris has been secretly working on his first feature film in seven years. Details are scant, there isn’t even a title yet, but the movie stars Anna Kendrick, who sent the below picture via her Instagram account of her character wearing FBI body […]
Binge and Purge – A Full Review of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp
Manny Camacho reviews Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp… Normally I have my ‘Good, Bad, and Ugly’ breakdown in my reviews but I’m foregoing my normal process for this series. Because that would presume there is significant material for me to write to fill in the sections for ‘Good, Great…And Amazing’ – which […]
