Americans love a good hero, and so the treatment Captain Chesley B Sullenburger — Sully to pretty much the entire world after he landed the Airbus A320 he was flying in New York’s Hudson River after it lost both its engines…
Making an animated feature that the parents will enjoy as much as the children will has always been a challenge. Directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon don’t even bother trying to strike that balance in Sausage Party — this one’s…
It’s fast paced, at turns funny and thrilling, and keeps you guessing. Nerve has verve. But not quite enough. The story pitches New York teenager Vee (Emma Roberts) a bright but conservative senior high school student, into a wildly popular…
Nerve is 90 minutes of engagingly tense and sharp thriller. The problem is that it’s a 96-minute film. The film tells the story of the splendidly-named Venus “Vee” Delmonico (Emma Roberts), a slightly shy high-school girl from Staten Island who…
Steve and Simon have both been pleasantly surprised by War Dogs, and moderately entertained by Bad Moms. Simon enjoyed most of The Shallows, while Steve finally wholeheartedly enjoyed a Passenger concert. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
On the face of it, War Dogs should be a bit rubbish, really. Two nice Jewish boys from Miami set themselves up as gun resellers to the US government, and find themselves in a little bit over their heads: an…
Neither Simon nor Steve has been terribly impressed with Suicide Squad, the latest offering from the DC universe. Simon’s a little kinder, though, perhaps because Poi E left him in such a good mood, as did Miller’s first concert with…
Suicide Squad, DC’s attempt to inject a little black humour into its superhero universe, in trying to be all things to all men fails to be very much of anything. The setup will be familiar to anyone who’s seen any…
Expectations were high heading into this film, and the start of it is promising. Jason Bourne has spent nine years on the run and off the grid. He looks as cold and as hard as the last time we saw…
Back in the saddle after a winter break that took Simon to Canada and Steve to Japan, our reviewers are back at their microphones to talk about the controversial Ghostbusters remake, the latest uninspiring Star Trek instalment, the surprisingly-named new Bourne…