The Deathly Shallows, part 1 Every shark movie is inevitably compared (unfavourably) against Spielberg’s classic 1975 tourist-muncher. And “The Shallows” is no exception. But while not a 5-Fad classic, this flick comes pretty close by being hugely enjoyable and having a lot going for it. Blake Lively (“The Age of Adeline“) plays surfer and trainee … Read more
A squirm-athon from beginning to end. “Life on the Road” is a mockumentary sequel to the classic British version of the TV comedy “The Office” (obviously later remade for the US market and featuring Steve Carell). Ricky Gervais played the ego-centric David Brent, a monster of a character who exercised what little control he had … Read more
Penned by the writers of “The Hangover” (Jon Lucas and Scott Moore), this was a film I went into with really, really low expectations. But it was better than I expected it to be.  Mila Kunis (which we already know means “Fine” in Navajo) plays Amy, a normal  working Mum (albeit clearly living in … Read more
With great internet power comes great irresponsibility. This is the premise behind “Nerve”, a film whose producers must have wet themselves with excitement that the Pokemon Go craze aligned so nicely with the release of their film. I was delighted that at last this summer there is a film with a modicum of originality I … Read more
OK, so I’m a Star Trek fan being old enough to have watched the original series BEFORE it was in re-runs! But Star Trek Beyond just plain disappoints. It’s not terrible… but it’s not great either. It’s Star Date 2263.2 and Kirk (Chris Pine) is into the third year of their “5 year mission” (which … Read more