The Movie Diorama

Eden Lake brutally conveys a fragmented society through excessively harrowing ordeals. Sometimes, on the odd occasion, I question my own sanity. Having seen this thrilling horror once before, and its staying power never once escaping my fragile mi... Read the full review »

Jack Reacher smoothly reaches for thrilling heights but is weighed down by a heavily condensed plot. As always, I have yet to read (and probably will never, let's be honest) Lee Child's series of crime novels featuring the titular drifter. However... Read the full review »

Sunset Boulevard drives down the venomously paranoid streets of a scathingly ruthless Hollywood. Silver screen classics, particularly noir films, drain the life force out of me. They require effort, stamina and widened blood-shot eyes in order to... Read the full review »

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist musically selects every romantic cliché with tone deaf results. Not every quirky romantic comedy measures the decibels of a high-pitched orgasm, but sweet lord Nick & Norah did. And now I'm scarred for life. Thank... Read the full review »

Ringu waits an agonising seven days to uncover a frightening mystery. Nakata's ominous J-horror that commenced a franchise both in its native country and picked up by Hollywood, has been recycled, parodied and analysed countless times in the past... Read the full review »

Life is Beautiful earnestly embeds optimism in the darkest of moments, but with minimal emotional impact. La vita è bella. Benigni's audacious dramatic comedy that substitutes the frequently utilised depressing perspective of the Holocaust for a... Read the full review »

Carnage briefly explores annihilation through verbal warfare, yet lacks ferocity. If ever there was an unsubstantial, menial and utterly short drama consisting of various arguments heightening in rage featuring a cast of white middle class parents... Read the full review »

Hobbs & Shaw attempt to drive down the spin-off route but rarely becoming fast nor furious. Hobnobs & Shoreditch. Hobo & Shawarma. How About Stop Milking A Franchise & Sir, I'm Milking This Cow Til It's Completely Drained. Whatever the heck this s... Read the full review »

Piper visually stuns through realistic animation whilst retaining its feathery coming-of-age core. Decades. Literally decades. It has taken thirty two years for Pixar to release their greatest short yet. A visual delight involving a sandpiper hunt... Read the full review »

Creature From The Black Lagoon makes a splash with stunning underwater photography and a monstrous costume. Surprisingly, although I say that with the lightest of tones considering I've rarely seen any classics (my apologies...), I've not seen any... Read the full review »

Good Morning Vietnam spews non-stop improvisational comedy live on air with some now questionable politics. Regarded essentially as the self-titled "one man Robin Williams show", this comedy-drama is yet another addition to the saturated war genre... Read the full review »

A Silent Voice encapsulates a deafening amount of humanity that grants bullying a path to redemption. There's nothing more cruel and twisted than a bully destroying the life of an innocent, just because of how different they are to everyone else.... Read the full review »

It Follows looms closer to your soul with every subversive step the titular entity takes. For me, the best variety of horror mechanisms are the contemporary types that deal with suspense and dread. Mundane jump scares rarely work, with minimal to... Read the full review »

The Crazies remakes a tame biological disaster, mutating it into an enjoyably demented nightmare. One of the rare examples where the original is diminished almost entirely thanks to an appropriate modernisation that extracted the core content and... Read the full review »

Smiley certainly didn't put a smile on my face. Oh boy. Oh dear lord. Oh for goodness sake. When the director is an apparent well known YouTuber and decides to cast most of his online buddies in a slasher that is nearly as stupid and pointless as... Read the full review »

Fyre reignites the hatred for a certain pathological liar, further fuelling the party fire. The Fyre Festival of '17. An idyllic vision featuring a plethora of musical talent, luxury villas, golden beaches and raucous parties. It was sold to be th... Read the full review »

The Mummy Returns for another sandy CGI adventure, tossing out character development off of the dirigible. Bigger is not always better (unless you are a size queen...). Clearly, both Sommers and the ancient pharaohs failed to capitalise on this et... Read the full review »