Posts by: Tom Beasley

by Tom Beasley | Mar 17, 2023 | Reviews

Mia Goth is luminous in Ti West's Pearl, a prequel to last year's slasher X that's a character study of its villain - here's our review. You...

by Tom Beasley | Feb 03, 2023 | Feature

In the wake of James Gunn and Peter Safran's announcement on the direction of the DC Universe, we look at the projects that fell flat....

by Tom Beasley | Feb 02, 2023 | Reviews

Dave Bautista is chilling as the antagonist of M Night Shyamalan's Knock At The Cabin - here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Dec 16, 2022 | Feature

Avatar: The Way Of Water pushes technological boundaries by using high frame rates - but what are they, and why are they so controversial?...

by Tom Beasley | Nov 14, 2022 | Feature

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an upgrade for Marvel's bumpiest phase of projects to date - and addresses some of the Marvel fatigue too....

by Tom Beasley | Nov 09, 2022 | Reviews

With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ryan Coogler helms a triumphant sequel that's a meditation on grief as well as a thrilling blockbuster....

by Tom Beasley | Jul 15, 2022 | News, Reviews

The team behind Avengers: Endgame reunite for The Gray Man - and bring their talent for big budget action and witticisms with them. A...

by Tom Beasley | Jun 24, 2022 | News, Reviews

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis wants to be the definitive biopic of the King of rock 'n roll - but it's too preoccupied with being gaudy and loud. T...

by Tom Beasley | Jun 14, 2022 | News, Reviews

Lightyear is described as Andy's favourite movie - the film Buzz Lightyear is based on - but for all its sci-fi excitement it just doesn't live up...

by Tom Beasley | Jun 06, 2022 | Feature, News

Alex Garland's new film, Men, is now playing in UK cinemas - and it leaves behind plenty of things to think about....

by Tom Beasley | May 25, 2022 | News, Reviews

Men is another home run for director Alex Garland, who leans into high and low brow aspects of the horror genre - here's our review. ...

by Tom Beasley | May 18, 2022 | News, Reviews

Disney's Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers is a fast-moving adventure with lighthearted dollops of meta humour - here's our review. ...

by Tom Beasley | May 09, 2022 | Feature, News

The new Doctor Strange movie has raised eyebrows as to how it got a 12A certificate in the UK - and just what makes it a 'softer' film than The...

by Tom Beasley | Apr 29, 2022 | Feature, News

As Fast X director Justin Lin departs due to "creative differences", Vin Diesel has another challenging production that he's in the midst of it....

by Tom Beasley | Apr 14, 2022 | News, Reviews

Roberts Eggers' The Northman is an intense and bloody revenge tale, as well as being a refreshingly uncommercial depiction of Viking folklore. I...

by Tom Beasley | Apr 12, 2022 | News, Reviews

Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliffe shine in The Lost City, a terrific comedy treat  - here's our review. ...

by Tom Beasley | Apr 06, 2022 | Reviews

Followers shows us the horrific side of influencer culture in a chilling debut from the late Marcus Harben - here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Apr 05, 2022 | News, Reviews

Despite boasting a large cast of interesting characters, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is lacking in storytelling magic - here's our...

by Tom Beasley | Mar 31, 2022 | News, Reviews

Spider-Man universe movie Morbius stars Jared Leto in the title role, but this is a long way down from the standard of No Way Home - here's our...

by Tom Beasley | Mar 18, 2022 | News, Reviews

Catherine Tate takes Nan to the big screen - and there's a mystery in the end credits too of The Nan Movie: here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Feb 23, 2022 | News, Reviews

The Foo Fighters star in their own horror movie, Studio 666 - what could go wrong? Well, quite a few things, as it happens....

by Tom Beasley | Feb 18, 2022 | Reviews

Netflix's revival of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise has arrived, bringing Leatherface to the present day -  Here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Feb 11, 2022 | News, Reviews

It's taken its time, but the first film based on the Uncharted videogames is finally here - and here's our review of the movie....

by Tom Beasley | Jan 12, 2022 | News, Reviews

The fifth Scream movie demonstrates that there's a lot of life in the franchise yet: here's our review of the movie....

by Tom Beasley | Dec 15, 2021 | News, Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home is jam-packed film that's gold to devoted fans of the character, not quite gold to everyone else....

by Tom Beasley | Dec 03, 2021 | News, Reviews

They've saved the feel-bad movie of the year for Christmas! Here's our review of Silent Night....

by Tom Beasley | Dec 03, 2021 | News, Reviews

Steven Spielberg's new take on West Side Story soars, and proves to be well worth the wait - here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Nov 26, 2021 | News, Reviews

Pirates is the directorial feature debut of Reggie Yates - and on this form, we hope there's a lot more ahead: here's our review....

by Tom Beasley | Nov 17, 2021 | Reviews

Lin-Manuel Miranda's movie directorial debut gives Andrew Garfield a slightly different leading role - here's our review of a bumpy screen musical....

by Tom Beasley | Nov 12, 2021 | News, Reviews

Disney's promised resurrected of the Home Alone franchise arrives - and here's our review of new Disney+ movie Home Sweet Home Alone....

by Tom Beasley | Oct 29, 2021 | Feature, Reviews

A lower key horror movie with some sparky moments, here's our review of Scott Cooper's new film, Antlers....

by Tom Beasley | Oct 13, 2021 | News, Reviews

Tom Hardy returns as Venom, in a sequel that's already been tearing up the US box office - here's our review of Let There Be Carnage....