Shaun The Sheep The Beast Of Mossy Bottom: No Were-Rabbit

Summary: a science experiment turns the farmer into a knock off big foot.

This is a deeply average film, Aardman does a lot for stop motion but this film just feels like a retread when you compare it to something like the trailers for Wildwood.

The fact that there is no dialogue in the whole film doesn’t help, obviously there is minimal spoken dialogue in Shaun The Sheep broadly, however this comes as a detriment as it often impacts the films ability to connect with audiences and to be funny.

The actual Halloween appeal of it doesn’t go very far and the mystery of what or who the monster is, is solved by Shaun almost immediately. When you look at something like Curse of the Were- Rabbit there were lots of references to classic British horror and the film did far more to be as scary as you can be in a kids film, this film was a lot tamer.

Overall, deeply meh.

2/5.

Pros.

A few funny moments

The score

Cons.

The pacing

The lack of creepiness, yes it’s a kid’s film but they could have done more

The ending

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Pressure: Powering Through The Death Of Your Wife and Kid

Summary: the battle to provide a forecast that could save thousands of lives.

This film was good but the pacing was quite slow, if the pacing had been tighter and moved quicker they could have created a sense of tension and pressure with the editing, they didn’t do that and so the film had lulls.

The characters outside of the protagonist were quite one note, if this was how they were in real life then there is little to be done, but if not the film needed to do more to develop them and have them be something more than they are.

The film is interesting and shows a different side to D-Day to what many people will be familiar with but it is a bit too slow and a bit too thin on the characters to be truly good.

Overall, interesting but not great.

2.5/5

Pros.

It shows a new side to D-Day

They manage to have parts of the film be tense

The ending

Cons.

It’s slow

The characters are thin

It takes a minute to get going

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Practical Magic 2: A Whole Lot Of Plastic

Summary: a needless sequel is born

The main issue out of the gate with this film is the characterisation of Sally, the first film had the whole point of her character be her need to embrace what she is. Yet we start the second film right back at square one again.

Kidman and Bullock have good chemistry when they are in harmony together however a lot of the first quarter of the film has them bickering when you can’t hear what anyone is saying and it’s irritating.

Maisie Williams might as well not be in the film as she is left out of most of it with it really being about Joey King, Bullock and Kidman. Once again this seems like an odd structural oversight.

The lifting of the Owen’s family curse as should have happened in the first film is a nice sight to see and the sacrifice needed to make it happen does feel impactful if a little manipulative.

Overall, needles but a good mindless trip to the cinema.

3/5

Pros.

The jokes are better

The tone works

The deaths land

Cons.

The CGI is awful

Bullock is regressed

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Fall 2: A Step Over A Ledge

Summary: one of the girls from the first film’s sister decides she wants to do some climbing.

There was a low budget, Angel Studios feel to this film from it’s lack of effects to its focus on evil drug smugglers, it felt gritty and cheap and not in a good way.

Rather than being back Grace Caroline Curry we have to meet a new host of characters which are nowhere near as likeable, with one the sister of the girl from the first film strongly hating Curry’s character for no real reason at all.

They are trying to set up some sort of Fall shared universe due to the film doing well on Netflix but no one wants this except maybe the crew themselves.

The first one worked the second one is already starting to feel gimmicky.

Overall, a sub part sequel

2/5

Pros.

Some good tense moments

It is well paced

Cons.

It looks cheap

The whole drug smuggling side plot

The tiresome cameo to turn it into an Avengers for mountaineers

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Bad Apples: Finally A Good Dark Comedy

Summary: Dark comedies are notoriously hard to do, either the film is too dark and becomes a drama or it takes things into a silly direction. This film manages to have both darker moments, the kidnapping of a child, but also make it not as depressing as that premise sounds.

The film is sometimes overtly funny and asks you to laugh at some quite messed up things, but Saoirse Ronan does a good job in being both funny but also clearly warped by what she is doing. She doesn’t turn it into just a silly goof and that’s important.

The main issue with the film is that it does not know when to end and has a habit of staying past its welcome.

Overall, a funny dark comedy film.

4/5

Ronan

It’s funny

It gets the tone right

There are some great WTF moments

Cons.

It overstays it’s welcome

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Colony: 28 Days Too Late

Summary: a bioweapon is unleashed in a shopping centre turning people into hive mind zombies.

So this film was quite the disappointment, Train to Buscan is a good film and even it’s sequel had some merits but this film just feels flat. It feels like a tried rehash of so many other zombie films.

The pacing is also quite brutal, on at over 2 hours a lot of this is needless talking and plots about backstabbing. There are times when you just wish the film would hurry up, but it doesn’t.

Overall, a slog that shows that maybe zombies are played out.

2/5

Pros.

It’s got some good action

The hive mind aspect is interesting

Cons.

It’s badly paced

It feels done before

The ending

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Kiki’s Delivery Service: The Heart Of Ghibli

Summary: a young witch begins delivering parcels.

On the site we have covered a number of Ghibli films and whilst other writers have said what their favourites are, for this writer this is a timeless classic.

This is something so warming and wholesome about this film, there is no grand stakes or major villains, but there is a story about self belief and leaning to believe in yourself.

There is a slightly off note quality to the film which is in a lot of Ghibli films and the idea that there is something darker going on beyond the surface of the film, this harms the film. However the broader wholesome elements really help to balance it out.

The animation is of course beautiful and the European influence helps to give this film a distinct sense of identity.

Overall, a wonderful film and possibly one of Ghibli’s best.

4.5/5

Pros.

The charm and wholesomeness

The beautiful animation

The pacing

The music

The European influence

Cons.

The darker undercurrent

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I Want Your Sex: Laughing At Victims Of Sexual Abuse

Summary: Harvey Whinstein but a woman.

So whilst there are a few funny moments in the film, and the anti woke commentary is pretty on point there is a massive glaring issue with the film.

Olivia Wilde’s character is a rapist, she records the guy without his consent, pushes him into sexual situations he doesn’t want to be in and does sexual things to him he doesn’t want. Yet at the end of the film rather than having her go to prison, the victim is shown to still be pining for her.

Once again abuse against men is turned into a joke and not a serious problem. Ask yourself if this was a film about a man doing this to a woman would it either a get made or b not be immediately cancelled.

The film is also needlessly graphic and at times it will make you deeply uncomfortable so be prepared for that.

Overall, a film that laughs at male sexual abuse.

1/5

Pros.

The anti woke commentary

Cons.

Laughing at male abuse

Having Wilde’s character get away with it

The graphic nature of it

The pacing

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Tony: One of the Most Unlikable People Possibly Ever

Summary: Anthony Bourdain estate never should have signed off on this.

So Anthony lies to almost everyone he knows constantly, he up and abandons his family to worry for a whole summer, he lies repeatedly to sleep with a girl and he causes a fire that destroys his mentors business and in the end he considers, but doesn’t, robbing said mentor. If this was true to life then there is not much you can do about it, however if this is an artistic flourish then the estate should have never let this film be made.

That is the fundamental issue with this film, why would you care about anything that happens when the character is so darn unlikable, you don’t. That is the crux of an issue the film simply cannot recover from.

Overall, a film that falls apart as you hate the lead character.

2/5

Banderas

There is some fun to be had

Cons.

Anthony is just awful

You don’t go along for the journey as the character is so unlikeable

The ending feels too convenient

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The Death Of Robin Hood: The Slowest Film Of The Year

Summary: Robin Hood is sad then he dies.

We all seen this before, we all watched Logan but rather than having great action this film is more into feelings, pacifism and being sad.

The first half of the film starts off interesting with Robin Hood still being this brutal outlaw, but then he gets beaten up and almost dies and from there it’s all about being sorry for your past and trying to make amends.

In many ways the trailers were quite deceptive promising something more akin to the Norseman when this is very much not that.

Overall, an average film made worse by dreadful pacing.

2/5

Pros

Great look and setting

Some good action early on

Cons.

The pacing

The ending

The lack of any action after the halfway point

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