The poor UK has had a long wait for Finding Dory to make waves in cinemas, compared to the rest of the world that has already embraced Little Dory and the old and new gang. Add that to the 13 years we've already had since Finding Nemo, and you get Anticipation with a capital A. Given that I was of age-appropriate child age...

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In a summer of film resurrections (Independence Day, Finding Fish etc.), one of the standouts on my list was Jason Bourne. But, like others in its field, it's not exactly the most necessary of sequels. It's a reunion with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass teaming up again, but not quite as good as the "original" - even if it does offer a...

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In 1984, a film by the name of Ghostbusters made a big splash - there were ghosts in New York City and everything, and a little symbol with a cute ghost barred by a no-entry sign became iconic. Fast forward over 30 years, and the ghosts are back in a new movie universe. It's the same, but different. Yep, the busters are girls...

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We've got Dory, about to cross the shores into the UK cinemas at the end of this month (it's been doing swimmingly well everywhere so far), the huge Spielberg adaptation of The BFG, the eagerly-anticipated return of Jason Bourne, Suicide Squad, Pete's Dragon, and so much more. Firstly, a side-note on the term "eagerly-anticipated" - it's such a press/journalistic term and I use...

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In light of 4th July, and many other types of Independence Day recently, Independence Day: Resurgence sure strikes a chord. Again. Twenty years after the epic sci-fi original, producers thought it was time for another installment, and so we're treated to yet another epic sci-fi - this time a lot less original but telling the tale of the alien race coming back with...

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