Over the past few months, since the influx of promotion has started to arrive, it has become quite chic to deride the live-action remake of The Lion King – and for good reason. The original film is perhaps the greatest work to come from Walt Disney Studios, and it is undoubtedly their most beloved film,…

Imagine this – a veteran who has fought around the world for a noble but volatile leader returns to his hometown in order to take revenge on the man who caused him and his friends suffering all those years ago, and upon his return, gets the old gang back together, including his former lover, to…

We just don’t get good adventure films anymore. There are several films every year that feature adventure and exploration, but none of them are faithful to the sub-genre where a group of people ventures off into an unknown land, on perilous and dangerous, but still exciting, adventures. These kinds of films, such as The African…

Cinema can change hearts and minds. This is something that is imperative to understand – cinema isn’t only there to entertain, it is also there to occasionally show us something that will make us change our thinking, if not our entire lifestyle. When I started watching Okja, I wasn’t expecting to see one of the…

To be perfectly honest, I sometimes want to grab Hollywood executives by the collars of their suits that cost more than the most expensive car I can afford, and scream at them to stop with the dreaded tendency I call the RRS Syndrome – remakes, reboots and sequels. They are rarely very good, and often…

When I saw the trailer for this film I thought it would be one of the most magnificent films of the year. James Franco, who is so talented, playing the Wizard of Oz. Supporting parts by Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams seem even better. Added to it all is the fact that it…