Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: I was pretty late to the Mamma Mia! party – I only saw the first film last year. It was great fun, the cast delivered amazing ... Read more
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The 9th film (don’t get me started!) by Quentin Tarantino was also the one that I was looking forward to the least. Great cast… check. Old ... Read more
Escape Plan 3: The Extractors – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Escape Plan didn’t need a sequel. It certainly didn’t need TWO sequels. That said I kinda didn’t hate Escape Plan 2 (most people did) and, for ... Read more
Noah (2014) – A Revisited Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Or No!Ugh! as I shall now call it. Look… lets be honest director Aronofsky deserves credit for taking the biblical story and adding his own… interpretation… ... Read more
William Gibson’s Alien 3 (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: William Gibson’s Alien 3 is not a film. No it’s an Amazon Audible original production, which takes William Gibson’s original Alien 3 script and converts it ... Read more
Hellboy (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The 2019 version of Hellboy is a real slog. Okay full disclosure I was never a massive fan of the Del Toro Hellboy films but at ... Read more
Batman Returns (1992) – A Rewatched Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Batman Returns… well kinda. More like Batman cameos. I’d forgotten just how little Batman features in Tim Burton’s uber-gothic sequel to his 1989 hit… yup make ... Read more
Batman (1989) – A Rewatched Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: The 1989 Batman isn’t a subtle movie. From its in your face marketing to its gigantic sets to it’s outlandish Batmobile and over the top Nicholson/Joker ... Read more
Minding The Gap (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Oscar nominated for Best Documentary at the 2019 Academy Awards, Minding The Gap is a film about the lives and friendships of three young men growing up ... Read more
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is a hot mess of a film. Ranging from highly entertaining through to damn right stupid (often in the ... Read more
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: This is strange. A trilogy of animated films that, for the most part, are probably more consistent than almost ANY other trilogy of movies I’ve ever seen. ... Read more
The Hummingbird Project (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review
Quick Review Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: If a drama thriller film about high-frequency trading and ultra-low latency direct market access sounds a bit… boring… well don’t worry it isn’t. Mostly. The Hummingbird ... Read more