Movie review: It Chapter 2

Hello! And welcome to the review of a sequel to a movie that got me into horror movies (somewhat). This is It Chapter 2! IMDb summary: Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away until a devastating phone call brings them back. Writing Gary

Movie review: The Dark Tower

Hello! Recently, there has been a resurgence in the popularity of westerns with both remakes (The Magnificient Seven) and reinventions of the genre (Westworld) hitting the big and the small screens alike. Let’s see whether The Dark Tower can continue the trend. IMDb summary: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle

Movie review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Hello! Welcome to another birthday movie review! For the past 3 years, I have spent my birthdays at the cinema, always watching a comic book movie. In 2014, it was Guardians of the Galaxy, in 2015 – Ant-Man, and just last year – Suicide Squad. Well, this year, neither DC nor Marvel are releasing films

Movie review: War For The Planet Of The Apes

Hello,  The third and final installment in the rebooted Apes franchise – War For The Planet Of The Apes – is upon us, so let’s review it. IMDb summary: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. SPOILER ALERT Writing War For The Planet

Movie review: Transformers: The Last Knight

Hello! While the majority of the world is already enjoying Spider-Man, I’m watching Transformers: The Last Knight, because the international release schedules hate me. Here we go. IMDb summary: Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of

Movie review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Hello! I’m still playing catch up with the summer movies, so let’s review a picture that some people (small numbers of them as it tanked at the box office) saw last month. It’s King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword. IMDb summary: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys

Movie review: The Mummy

Hello! Welcome to another movie review of a film that literally could have come out at any time in the last two decades – The Mummy! IMDb summary: An ancient princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension. The Mummy is the

Movie review: Beauty and the Beast

Hello! The Disney’s juggernaut Beauty and the Beast has landed in theaters, so, let’s review it! On a personal note, Belle was always the character I most closely identify with, in that we were both more interested in books than the real world. Also, weirdly enough, Disney fairytales seem to be the only romances I can

Movie review: Far from the Madding Crowd

Hello! Let’s take a break from big summer blockbusters and Hollywood comedies and review a British independent film Far from the Madding Crowd, which might be an awards contender later this year. To begin with, I would like to admit that I am a huge fan of British classical literature, I especially adore the novels

Movie review: San Andreas

Hello! I’ve finally found time to watch the newest disaster movie and this is going to be my review. I know that I am more than 3 weeks late but better late than never. Let’s go! IMDb summary: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across