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Power Ballad review

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  I love John Carney movies. Not only are the songs absolutely amazing but the stories surrounding these songs are always so sweet, so charming and make for great movies. This time around the story follows an American named Rick who has been living in Dublin for years after meeting a girl at one of his gigs. They have a daughter and marry and as time goes on Rick turns into a well past his prime wedding bang frontman. Once dreamed of headling Madison Square Garden his life has stagnated and although he still writes music still he doesn't exactly go any further with it. That all changes however as while performing at a wedding the groom invites his childhood friend to perform as a guest and it turns out he is part of a gigantic boyband in America who had recently gone solo (The Jonas Brothers but not the Jonas Brothers)  As Rick and Danny (Nick Jonas) meet and get to know one another they begin to jam and play music together. Danny a recent solo artist like I said is struggling...
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Obsession (2026) review

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  From Director Curry Baker comes an instant horror classic that is all about obsession (duh!) love and villainous intent. It's a simple story but Obsession is elevated to extreme heights with outstanding performances from everyone involved. The story follows a young man named Bear who breaks a mysterious object named a One Wish Willow to win the girl who he likes's heart. His crush called Nikki is friends with Bear but really only sees him as a friend and nothing else. Bear wants more so takes it upon himself to wish their love into existence but of course things take a really dark and sinister turn but not before they begin dating and all seems to be going well at first but something much more dangerous is building up inside of Nikki. Like I said Obsession is elevated to masterclass levels with it's performances. Nikki who is played by Inde Navarrette is a career defining performance which is easily award level in my opinion. The faces and actions she does when she is und...
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 review

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  20 years is a long time to wait for any sequel to a movie come out, and with the huge demand for The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally arriving does it hold up to the original?? and more so is it any good in it's own right?? all of the original cast returns as Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci all return to the world of fashion, glitz and glam. Twenty years have passed and after leaving her role as assisstant to medial mogul Miranda Priestly Anne Hathaway's character Andy Sachs is now apart of / running her own journlist based newspaper called The Vanguard. When she and her co-workers all get fired in a pretty public way she has to go to work once for with her ex boss at the Runway magazine.  I really did love the original The Devil Wears Prada movie it was very fashion focused and heavy on the journalist aspect and it's more of the same here but less of a balance. The first half is very journalistic while the second very fashion heavy with many glamoro...
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Hokum review

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  I was lucky enough to see Hokum a few days before it's official release on May 1st. Set in a hotel in Ireland Hokum is a fasciniating tale of Irish folklore, visuals and something utterly terrifying lurking beneath it's surface level. Adam Scott stars as an acclaimed writer who visits Ireland to scatter the ashes of his deceased parents as they once visited the country in what he says were their happiest days together. Now all alone and seemingly suffering from a deep depression his whole time in Ireland turns into a nightmare fuled hellscape. It's very much like Alan Wake goes to Ireland in search of inspiration for his latest novel. Full or Irish folklore like I mentioned Hokum is visually stunning, from the Irish cliffs and moors to the inside of the hotel itself it all feels alive and packed to the brim with something truly spooky. One room in perticular deemed a no go zone by the owners it doesn't take long before the elevator is opened and the door to the honeym...
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Michael review

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Everyone knows who Michael Jackson is. The King of Pop. One of the greatester entertainers and music acts of all time. It was only a matter of time before he got a very own musical biopic of his own and deservedly so as his back catalog of music is truly second to none. Michael is played by his actual real life nephew Jaafar Jackson and what a performance it really is as Jaafarr captrues his uncle in almost every possible way. From the way he speaks to the way he carries himself it's faultless and is the greatest strength of this movie in what would otherwise be a run of the mill biopic unfortunately.  I'm a huge Michael Jackson as I'm sure anyone reading this is. So to see his journey from the beginning in what really was a tough childhood for Michael and his four older brothers as their father Joseph Jackson really put them to work aiming to make them the very best in the business. This movie shys away from the extremes that befell Michael but there is one or two scenes t...
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy review

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  This version of The Mummy is one heck of a ride. Well removed from the Brendan Fraiser Mummy movies and even more so than Tom Cruise's god awful version this version of the Mummy is a unique, fresh and vomit inducing attempt by Director and Writer Lee Cronin at brining the monster to the back screen. The main question of the movie is what happened to Katie a young girl who has been living in Cairo Egypt with her parents and brother. Her dad a TV reporter who has been working on a big news story. Katie and her familes lives are turned upside down when she is kidnapped by a mysterious friend she had been meeting over a period of time at the back end of her garden home. What follows is one of the most grotesque, visceral and vomit inducing time at the movies.  This is nothing like previous Mummy movies I've seen. This is nightmare fuel personified, it's a mix of various other horror movies in a way as elements from The Evil Dead, The Exorcist and more are turned upside down ...
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The Drama review

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  This movie is indeed full of drama as it tells the story of a couple named Charlie and Emma who meet just by chance. While playfully playing a game of telling their two friends the worst thing they've ever dared done Emma and Charlie's entire lives and feelings for one another change when Emma reveals a secret that shakes the very core of her soon to be husband Charlie. Robert Pattinson and Zendaya are brilliant here as a young seemingly extremely happy couple who are soon to be married. It's the very best performance I've seen from Zendaya who plays the role with such grit, determination and is very believable throughout. Robert Pattinson is as good as always in a performance that is quirky and cutesy but grounded too.  Once Emma's big secret is out in the open the tone of the movie shifts tremendously until that moment it is rather quaint and cute playing off the couple's first meeting, first kiss and the like. It changes on a dime and becomes almost an enti...
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