by Dave Bradley | Sep 18, 2018 | Film, Reviews
2.5 stars (out of 5) A spin-off from and prequel to The Conjuring 2, this plodding horror is the origin story of the nasty phantom nun that appeared in that film and Annabelle: Creation (the other Conjuring spin-off/prequel), and please note that she was apparently a...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 4, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated M Sibling co-writers/co-directors Jonathan and Josh Baker expand and yet diminish their short film Bag Man with this messy and oddly pretentious sci-fi actioner that offers a glimmer of the forgotten Laserblast (1978), a lot of awkward moral messaging about...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 22, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated (M) 2.5 stars (out of 5) Sharks are always a cinema fave, from the barnstorming original Jaws and its sequels, imitations and rip-offs to those dire Sharknado pics to the endless stream of sharky TV movies that includes (no joke) Sand Sharks, Snow Sharks, Super...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 22, 2018 | Film, Movies, Reviews
Rated (M) 2.5 stars (out of 5) As ‘Young Adult’ as ‘Young Adult’ movies get, this filming of Alexandra Bracken’s book by director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (her live-action début after two Kung Fu Pandas) is all sorts of annoying, from its awfully derivative storyline to...
by Dave Bradley | May 31, 2018 | DVDs, Film, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, Rated M Jason Momoa is pretty busy at the moment on massive productions (he finished up on Game Of Thrones a while back and now he’s Aquaman in the Justice League movies and the new Crow too), but here he settles for something smaller and...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 29, 2017 | DVDs, Film, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, M, 104 mins Bryan Cranston’s many starring roles since the end of TV’s Breaking Bad have included the serious (Get A Job, Trumbo) and not so serious (Why Him?, Power Rangers), but his performance here is easily one of his best, given that...
