Film Reviews by PC

After Trainwreck, which seemed like an extension of Amy Schumers stand up, this feels much more generic. There are some laughs but it just seems a bit of a waste of her talent and Goldie Hawns comeback.

Let's be clear, this is nowhere near as good at the Dark Knight trilogy and with Zack Snyder directing was never going to be. The problem you have to get through a slow first half before the plot and action kick in, only then does it start to get enjoyable. Wonder Woman is the best thing in it and Jesse Eisenberg almost causes the whole thing to crash with his awful performance. Basically, watch it for the second half and you won't be too disappointed.

This is not a film to win awards but the story concerning the making of a propaganda film during the second world war keeps you interested. There is humour, drama and some very good performances, especially from Gemma Arterton who gets better every film she is in.

It is good to see that Paul Verhoeven hasn't lost his touch of taking what appears to be a basic film theme and then twisting it in all directions. This film never pampers to those expecting an exploitative revenge drama and instead gives us strong characters with proper emotions.

Isabelle Huppert is superb, always keeping you at arm's length and despite being the victim, making her hard to love. How she didn't get an Oscar clearly shows that foreign films are not given the respect they deserve.

This could easily have become an Alien wannabe but it has much more to offer, even if the story is a bit basic it cranks up the tension from the moment they bring the alien on board. They have also managed to give stock characters a bit more to work with and the effects are very good.

Shame about the rather obvious twilight zone ending but still well worth a watch if you are fed up with the overblown Alien sequels/prequels.

I understand that I am probably not the market for this film and I was too old to enjoy the cheesy TV series. However, this lacks any likeable characters, makes very little sense and also seems confused at who to make this for, too dark in places for very young kinds and too silly for anyone else.

Two stars for the special effects and Elizabeth Banks is clearly have fun as the baddie!

It was clwar that the makers of Chips were going for the modern updating of a cheesy eighties TV programme so brilliantly done in 21 Jump Street, how badly they missed the mark. This racist, sexist and homophobic rubbish fails in the most important task, it is not remotely funny. It was very nice of Kristen Bell to help her husband out and appear in this film, a mistake she surely will not make again.

Although clearly well written and very well acted, it takes a story that would have been an engrosing 90 minutes and stretches it out to over w hours. Casey Affleck is excellent as the main character trying to deal with loss and his scenes with Michelle Williams are superb, although she is seriously under used.

I really thought the director and actors that made Macbeth such a good film would bring the Assassins Creed game series to life on screen. Unfortunately, their talents and my time was wasted.

The plot is ludicrous but you would let it go if it was visually as stunning as the trailer led us to believe. The main problem with the action scenes if that they intersperse the flashbacks with the present day, so basically we see one Michael Fassbender fighting for real and the other shadow fighting at the same time. This means you cannot fully be involved whilst it keeps cutting from one to the other.

The ending is also a big letdown where everyone seems to have decided it really wasn't worth spending any more time on the whole thing.

There is nothing hugely wrong with the film, apart from the fact it does not move any of the characters beyond the second film. It feels more like a single episode of the series, albeit with a much larger budget. It was funny in places but the action scenes felt borrowed from other films and Idris Elba seemed rather swamped as the bad guy in all the make-up. It was fun but I hope a new director and direction for the next one.

It was nice to see a film that was happy to look lovely and not worry about being gritty from start to finish. The storyline was also quite interesting but unfortunately it had a slightly vacant feel about it, as if everyone involved knew it was just a bit of fluff. Marion Cottilard is the best thing in it, as usual in all her films, and it is really her performance that carried the movie. My problem was with Brad Pitt, he looked slightly like a wax-work dummy and acted as if his mind was on something else.

This covers a story most people won't be aware of and gives it a personal feel without the need to grandstand any of the points. It is a personal drama about two people who love each other and want to be left alone to do so, even from those who want to change the law that prevents them being together. The performances are superb, especially from Ruth Negga who has the more showy role. If you do enjoy this then try and watch Jeff Nichols' other films which are just as good.

I think anybody going into this film expecting Lord of the Rings standard will be disappointed, but it is clear from the trailer that it is not offering this. It is a big budget, very silly monster movie that requires you to leave your brain at the door and just enjoy, which I did through most of it. There are bigger pot holes that those made in the Great Wall by the monsters but I was not expecting a film worthy of an Oscar so didn't feel short changed.

This is a story I was not aware of and read up afterwards, which is always a good indication that it got me interested. The acting throughout is of a very high standard, especially the dependable David Oyelowo. The problem is that it had Sunday afternoon feel about it, a film that could have been made in the seventies with it's it two-dimensional characters. I felt it could do so much more, I watched this shortly after watching 'Loving' and this shows how it could have been done.

Although a powerful indictment of our benefits system, the view portrayed of the staff was not one I am sure many people recognise. It was over simplified to create a them and us view of society which appears at odds with what the filmmakers are trying to say. Having said that, the acting is first rate and the scene in the food bank is one that really hits home rather than than any of the left wing rhetoric contained elsewhere.