Film Reviews by HM

Keeps you 'with it' all the way. Conficting gangs of thugs need the key to stashed loot. Our young hero finds himself dragged into the mayhem by an English punk neighbour occupying an adjoining apartment.

One of the gangs are a duo of orthadox Jews. Maybe it's me but they seemed to be a nod in the direction of Israeli Gazza violence. Jews behave badly too?

It is a taught 'what can happen next' thriller. Very entertaining if you suspend reality long enough! Recommended.

A CGI driven movie. A group of Vietnam troops are sent into a valley accessible by helicoprer only. Previous troops have gone missing. The plot is daft. They encounter monsters in the valley. That's it really although how they got there is really silly.

Action? Yes indeed. Monsters attack not realising they can't beat machine guns. The future of the world is at stake but it never feels like it. I wish I'd given it a miss frankly.

A thriller with supernatural overtones concerning a town that loses an entire class of schoolkids overnight, save one. The FBI would take an interest but it's left to the local cops to cope with it.

The story unfolds by following lead characters through the day Pulp Fiction style. Unfortunately it doesn't suit the plot very well. The momentum lapses at various points but eventually comes together. This leads to the viewer disengaging with any feeling of suspense.

Not an unqualified success but worth a watch

Slow to get going, but the emotional drama builds and is very touching as a lottery winner geek hosts a ballad singer to perform a concert in the isolated Island village. Little does the singer know who else is joining in. Gentle and funny you can't help liking the emotionally confused characters. Much recommended.

No plot hanging it together. A video game shoot out mentality. Ninja women beating up guys twice their size. The defeminising of women marches on. There is only so much you can do with a poor script like this except another fight scene. Yawn.

Fancy something intelligent? Maybe a plot to interest you? Avoid this drivel.

A beautiful story, romantic and engaging. A supernatural tale of a turtle and a shipwrecked man on a desert island. The usual standard of artwork for the animation we have come to expect from Studio Ghibli. The film develops at a slow pace but patience is rewarded.

As we are used to overactive rubbish these days it is refreshing to engage with a gentle bit of storytelling. We get fed constant scene after scene of action, climaxes, then another, as if we are incapable of resonatring with an emotional experience on another level. I loved this and consider it right up there with the studios best work. More please.

Relax and let the tale wash over you, don't fight it!

Florence Pugh plays her part well but maybe a bit chubby to be the Ninja character she plays but gets away with it as she expresses the depth of the character so well. A rag bag of second tier super heroes take on one of those CIA/secret military unit female dictator types currently in vogue. She helped develop these 'heroes' but watch out for mister normal becomming the most powerful Super villian of all time. He'd beat Superman up.

Daft? Yes. A bit over the top? Yes. Confusing at times? Definitely. However, great entertainment and a refreshing change from the by now, usual Marvel, out of date comics stuff.

A chase movie as an old criminal tries to get his young relative over the Mexican border to avoid being hanged for murder. Decent suspence and lots of gun slinging. Worth a watch.

Lovely animation about a cat coping with a biblical flood and meeting other creatures along the way. Children and adults will enjoy I am sure. An antidote to the sometimes sugary Disney stuff but in keeping with the romance and quality of Japanese Ghibli at its best! Much recommended.

Silly ill thought out nonsense. Avoid. Should never had been released. You can only sympahise with the Germans really!

Not as impactive as the first two films which reintroduced the character to us. Definitly funny and amusing, I enjoyed it. It won't let the kids down. Adults may find it a bit cheesy. But it is family film and for me succeeds in fulfilling that remit.

Too long. One action scene after another, I got weary of the whole thing and myself and partner were looking at our watches after 60 minutes. Another none female lead character. Pretty soon there won't be roles for women in action films as they can't be bothered to write parts for them. The de-feminising continues, producing a one dimentional mentality that fails to satisfy.

The level of violence means the kids with the immaturity to enjoy this plotless nonesense can't watch it.

The movie borrows the scenario created by the Mad Max franchise but adds nothing and doesn't have Max in it! I won't be watching any further Max movies frankly.

Big bangs and little plot. How can a group of astronauts selected for their intelligence and expertise behave like dim teenagers? Well, it's in the script. Incidents occur that don't make sense. Frankly it is crass. Then, if muddled events are not enough, it dissolves into a slasher movie so we know what happens then don't we?

I fail to see how anybody can swallow this nonsense whole. Boyle has fashioned a Turkey.

Most si-fi novels and movies don't do character development and this is no different. The individuals behave as if from wooden personality central casting.

I really enjoyed this, the story of a nun struggling ot be taken seriously in her endevours to give orphans a better life in America having won an audiance with the Pope! Based on a true story means dramatic license and I am sure this is the case here. However, her determination to overcome predudice against Italian immigrants and to challenge all obsticles to achieve good before her illness carries her off is truly emotionally impactive. A feel good and harrowing tale and much recommended.

Excellent direction, performances and period feel enhance the experience; what a nice change from superheroes and blockbuster nonesense! See it and experience grounded human emotion.

Based on a true story apparently. However, the swearing which peppers the whole film seemed more local council estate 2024 than the 1920s. My older working class lady relatives would be spinning in their graves as their values would not have allowed this in their households. And as usual an over representation of black people who almost certainly didn't live in an English seaside town in those days and the national population was tiny and mostly living in ports to my knowledge. The only black female police constable in England pops up? And of course the men are all inept idiots, not least the police so that the only cop who could sort the situation is said black female cop. The casting seemed more like diversity propaganda which seems to be a priority amongst the London art elite these days.

Eventually it gets started and is amusing, but for me the woke, feminist nonsense spoilt it. The TRUE story would have been more impactive, especially not including day to day swearing as this distracted from the abnormal language used in the 'letters'.

On the positive side the female leads give top notch performances.