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Missing Link Review

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Missing Link Poster is ©Laika Studios Director – Chris Butler Cast – Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Timothy Olyphant Release Date – 05/04/19 (United Kingdom) Running Time – 95 minutes / Rated - PG Missing Link is the fifth feature film from Laika, the laborious stop animation studio responsible for films such as ‘ParaNorman’ and ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, however the tone of this film is more light-hearted and humorous compared to the previous four feature films which have been dark, rather disturbing animated films likely to give young children nightmares. It was only a matter of time until Laika decided to expand their storytelling and make more colourful, bright and funny films to attract more people to watch films made by Laika. The opening scene of ‘Missing Link’ immediately establishes that this film is different because it is more humourous and the sets used to seem more expansive compared to Laika previous films. ...
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My Top 15 Films on Letterboxd

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Link to Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jodrfrank16/list/my-top-15-films-of-2018/
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Top Ten Films of 2017

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This are my choices for the Top Ten Films of 2017: 1. Logan 2. Wonder Woman 3. Baby Driver 4. Hidden Figures 5. Coco 6. Blade Runner 2049 7.  Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 8.  Spider-Man: Homecoming 9.  Paddington 2 10.  Thor: Ragnarok
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Darkest Hour Review

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Darkest Hour Poster is ©Focus Features Director - Joe Wright Cast - Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, Nicholas Jones, Richard Lumsden, Jeremy Child and Samuel West Music by - Dario Marianelli Running Time - 125 minutes The awards season has begun with ‘Darkest Hour’ as Joe Wright directs a film about Churchill’s early days as Prime Minister during May 1940 and the fear of impending invasion in Britain by the German army. The film begins with Parliament demanding the resignation of Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup), who has cancer and decides to choose Winston Churchill as his replacement because the other parties will only support him and lead Chamberlain to tender in his resignation directly to King George (Ben Mendelsohn). We first see Churchill sitting in the dark of his bedroom, illuminated only by his match about to light his iconic cigar and it gives us our first proper look at the prosthetic makeu...
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Spoiler Review

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Director - Rian Johnson Star Wars: The Last Jedi Poster is ©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and ©Lucasfilm Cast - Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio del Toro Music by John Williams Running Time - 152 minutes This review may contain spoilers After two years of anticipation and wondering what will happen after Rey has handed Luke's old lightsaber to him on the planet of Ahch-To. The Last Jedi gives us the answer by showing Luke taking the lightsaber off Rey and throwing it over his shoulder. As Luke says in the trailer 'This is not going to go the way you think' is how the Last Jedi plays out with all these twist and turns which helps to expand the mythology of Star Wars and evolve the whole saga in a completely different direction. At the same time, the Resistance are evac...
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Elf Review

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Elf Poster is ©New Line Cinema Director - Jon Favreau Cast - Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel,  Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay, Edward Asner and Bob Newhart  Running Time - 97 minutes Music by John Debney This review may contain spoilers This is one of my favourite Christmas films to re-watch every year and it stands up with other Christmas classics such as Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street.  The basic plot of the film is about a boy who is raised by elves in the North Pole and grows up believing he is an elf but discovers he is human and travels to New York City in search of his father Walter Hobbs played by James Caan. Will Ferrell is excellent as Buddy the Elf and plays him with such innocence which makes him so fun to watch after arriving in New York, where he does not understand what's going and what to do. Also, the supporting cast is terrific as their characters which includes Bob Newhart as Papa Elf and Zooey Deschanel as Jo...
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Justice League Review

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D irector - Zack Snyder                                     Poster owned 'Warner Brothers Pictures' Cast - Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Jeremy Irons Running Time - 120 minutes Music by Danny Elfman This review may contain spoilers Justice League has finally arrived to join up the biggest DC characters into one film. This film has faced many behind-the-scene problems ranging from extensive reshoots, script changes and a change of directors during reshoots due to Zack Snyder leaving during production due to a personal tragedy. The film begins with Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) and Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) looking to assemble a team of metahumans to help fight against an impending invasion. With the death of Superman, this has led Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons to return to Earth in search of the Mot...
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