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Released: 22nd November 2019 Directed by: Chris Buck BBFC Rating: U Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Johnathon Groff, Jason Ritter While Frozen was undoubtedly a successful movie, I do keep having to ask myself whether it was actually a good one. it was hard to work out whether I liked it or not considering how much it was rammed down my throat even years after it released. While my mind wasn't, and still isn't made up on the original, it certainly is on this new one. Frozen 2 takes place some time after the first, asking the question unresolved from the first: what happened to Elsa and Ana's parents? This movie attempts to solve that issue as well as unpacking the mythos of this ever expanding world that has fascinated millions. I'll get to issues later on what I will say now is this,  I certainly did have some fun with this movie. Whether this was due to the fact it was finally something new for these characters or a more interesting premise, a lot of good ...

Released: 7th February 2020 BBFC rating : 15 Directed by: Cathy Yan Cast: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor DC movies have always been a very tricky one when it comes to reviewing them, on the one hand I love the characters from the mythos ( especially with the expanding universe ), however this DCEU slate has had varying levels of quality from the Spectacular Wonder Woman, to whatever Suicide Squad was with most of the others fitting somewhere in the middle of that. Birds of Prey certainly fits into the latter category unfortunately.  The story follows Harley Quinn ( Robbie ), recently broken up from the Joker, as she tries to establish herself in Gotham's underworld with Black Mask ( McGregor ) trying to get his own back on her while free of the consequences from Jokers protection of her.  There is a lot more going on in the film while this happens which is what I find the most puzzling about this...

BBFC rating 12 Released 25th October 2016 Directed by Scott Derrickson After numerous Marvel films coming out for the last 8 years, Doctor Strange brings a new look into the spectrum of superhero films in the form of magic, unfortunately it wasn't as much as a break through as was hoped. The film is much too short to be trying to introduce a brand new character into a universe full of different ones, and leaves a lot of the characters underdeveloped, instead focusing on trying to fill in all the points it needed to, and focusing a lot on graphic design and effects, moving away from development of Doctor Strange himself. It got to a point at the end of the film where I didn't see Strange as a powerful sorcerer, but still just a trainee. It's the same issue with the main villain, which had a total screen time of around 10 minutes. However, the visuals are amazing, bring a lot of CGI into the mix to create visually challenging and gripping sequences that looks like i...