Reviews

Logan Released: March 2017 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen Director: James Mangold A fitting final chapter to Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine story. _____________________________________________________________________________ In the near future mutants have become almost extinct. Logan’s powers are fading, and he has dropped his Wolverine mantle to care for a deteriorating Professor X. All that changes though with the emergence of a new mutant. Righty ho, let’s clear some stuff up quickly. Logan is not a traditional superhero film. But then, Wolverine is not a traditional superhero; he’s more akin to an anti-hero, a man who ultimately doesn’t mean ill, but who isn’t necessarily prone to bouts of self-sacrifice. So don’t go in expecting something similar to the other X-Men films. This has story, substance, and emotion. I am a massive Wolverine fan. From to the comics, to the TV series and beyond, he has always been one of my al...

Split Released: February 2017 Starring: James McAvoy Director: M. Night Shyamalan One of those lovely films which does exactly what you’d expect it to. Although with an M. Night Shyamalan film, that’s pretty much the last thing you’d expect. _____________________________________________________________________________ Three young girls are kidnapped and held hostage by a man with 23 different personalities. Who is this man, where are they being held, how can they escape, and who is “The Beast” that he keeps referring to? Before I sat down to watch Split I did some cheeky maths. With 23 different personalities residing inside James McAvoy’s head and a 117-minute run time, we would be looking at up to five minutes of dedicated screen time for each of them. If the entire film was just one man talking to camera and changing his stance every now and then. Split deals with this predicament in a way which, I at least found satisfying; by only giving any real screen time...