Reviews

Beauty & The Beast Released: March 2017 Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens Luke Evans, Josh Gad Director: Bill Condon How do you re-tell a tale as old as time? Simple, you tell it almost exactly like you always have, but embellish it every so slightly _____________________________________________________________________________ The original Disney Beauty and the Beast (1992) provided me with some of my most nostalgic childhood memories and is one of my favourite Disney films. It’s one of my favourite films full stop. After that, the benchmark was set incredibly high for any other film, which really only The Lion King and Toy Story have managed to jump successfully (as far as I’m concerned). To hear that Disney was to begin recreating their classic stories as live-action versions, I was apprehensive to hear that one of my all-time favourites would be remade, and potentially spoiled. John Favreau performed wonders with his version of The Jungle Book (2016) [one o...

Kong: Skull Island Released: March 2017 Starring: Tom Hiddlestone, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts The latest attempt to revamp everyone’s favourite giant gorilla doesn’t disappoint _____________________________________________________________________________ A group of soldiers and scientists embark on an expedition to survey an unexplored island, but their quest for knowledge rapidly turns into a fight for survival as prehistoric peril rears its head. With the recent attempts to re-revive classic movies such as Godzilla (1998 & 2014) , you could be forgiven for thinking that Kong: Skull Island is just another inferior re-hash of something we already love. Another touch of unnecessary modernisation. And with Peter Jackson’s fantastic (and very much one-off) King Kong (2005) still living in recent memory, a traditional reboot of the story would pale in comparison. So, Kong: Skull Island has w...