Deconstructing the machinery of cinema.
I usually start reviewing a film by providing a short synopsis. There is no short synopsis I can write for Godzilla vs King Ghidorah. It begins with Japan being visited by time travellers from the 23rd century. By the end history has been changed, then changed again, then changed for a third time, and in ...
Centuries after a war that almost entirely destroyed the Earth, the cyborg Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in a scrapheap and returned to working order by the cyber-doctor Dyson Ido (Christoph Waltz). Suffering from total amnesia, Alita slowly becomes familiar with her new home of Iron City - and finds herself drawn into the machinations ...
The sun has started to swell and die. To save humanity, the world's governments have banded together and constructed thousands of engines across the Earth's surface. Once installed, they propel the planet out of its solar system and onto a 2,500 journey to resettle in Alpha Centauri. 17 years into the mission, just as astronaut ...
After helping save the world from the alien Steppenwolf in Justice League, Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) returns to a life of fighting crime and saving innocents on the open ocean. When his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson) sets plans to become the "Ocean Master" of Atlantis and invade the surface world, Arthur is convinced by the princess ...
Transforming robot Bumblebee, on the run from the villainous Decepticons, hides out in 1987 California. There he meets Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), an 18 year-old coming to terms with her father's death. When two Decepticons arrive in pursuit of Bumblebee, he and Charlie are thrust into a life-or-death struggle to save the Earth. Or something to ...
Some days it seems like the Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps rushing onto the screen like the Hong Kong subway; wait a few minutes, and a fresh train is going to come along. Having already found enormous critical and commercial success with Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios have released what is technically their fifth feature film ...
For a while there Sion Sono really seemed to be out to claim the title of Japan's busiest film director. While he has slowed down in recent years, in 2015 he managed to knock out five feature films and a TV movie all in the space of 12 months: All Esper Dayo! SP, Shinjuku Swan, Love ...
