The Movie Diorama

The Lego Movies teaches you on thing: everything is awesome. This animated feature could've been another product advertisement but instead actually had a story, a plot that connects with both children and adults. The voice cast was fantastic, the... Read the full review »

Woman In Gold is quite a fascinating tale about an Austrian woman repossessing a portrait of her Aunt that was stolen during the Nazi Regime. This is part courtroom drama and biopic and is an interesting watch. It was riveting to see the events un... Read the full review »

The Darkest Hour should be renamed to The Dullest Hour. Everything about this film feels generic. The visuals were of low quality, the B-list actors were bland and the story was predictable. As far as alien invasion movies go, this is not great. T... Read the full review »

House At The End Of The Street is a guilty pleasure movie. I acknowledge that it suffers from typical Hollywood cliches like "girl wanders around woods at night" and "walks into creepy basement by herself". Buuuuuut I like it. Jennifer Lawrence is... Read the full review »

The Hunger Games is one of the stronger entries in the four-part film franchise. It's the only film to warrant a 15 rating because of the violence and blood...and I appreciate that. The acting was fine, some of the teenage actors are dull but for... Read the full review »

You're Next is a new film that is a throwback to old films in the slasher genre. The film feels very 80's but with a modern style. Adam Wingard did a great job directing this, the practical effects were consistent and the masks that the intruders... Read the full review »

Our Kind Of Traitor is another adaptation of a John Le Carre novel, this time all about laundering Russian money. This is a very technical film, I mean the direction felt very TV-esque and the script and dialogue are all on point and concise. It m... Read the full review »

REVISED REVIEW: "The distance between insanity and genius, is measured only by success". It seems the most memorable and intuitive lines of dialogue that have stuck with me all these years, come from Bond films (who knew!). I feel as if Tomorrow N... Read the full review »

Requiem For A Dream...wow. Wow wow wowowow! This, this was stunning. I've not seen anything like it. Intense, dramatic, crazy and wonderfully acted...this was just pure cinema. I mean, it was unnerving! The fact that each character was spiraling o... Read the full review »

The Judge is part family drama and courtroom drama. The blend actually worked quite well! Robert Duvall and Downey Jr. own every scene they are in...which does cause problems. They are too powerful for the film, it doesn't make the characters emot... Read the full review »

Sing Street is your classic "do anything for the girl" movie, heck it even says it on the cover. But the beauty of this movie, is that it's undeniably nostalgic and heart warming. A teenage boy being introduced to the mainstream music of the 1980'... Read the full review »

The Hurt Locker won best picture back in 2009 and dominated most of the awards season. It's no Zero Dark Thirty but this is a surprisingly realistically gritty war film and how once can be addicted to the adrenaline of war. A great contrast betwee... Read the full review »

REVISED REVIEW: A lesser Bond flick that many dismiss for its thinly oiled plot. We all had a childhood favourite, that one film that we never really understood but kept watching because of specific scenes. That's this for me. I fondly remember fa... Read the full review »

Resident Evil Retribution...has a really good fight scene at the end. That's honestly all I can say that is great. Sure, it's watchable and not a total car crash but my God there are so many problems. Horrific acting, terrible script, bad effects,... Read the full review »

The Lobster is the definition of Arthouse. It's quirky, weird, engrossing and strangely hypnotic. Single people go to a hotel where if they don't find love...get transformed into an animal of their choice. It's just so original and refreshing. The... Read the full review »

John Wick Chapter 2 follows the man, the myth, the legend that is John Wick as he is forced out of retirement to assassinate someone. All hell breaks loose and everyone wants to kill him. This film turned action into brutal fatalities...the amount... Read the full review »

Goldeneye (DA-DUNNNNNN) was Brosnan's first Bond film...and easily his best. After the Timothy Dalton era, we needed a more classical approach to the Bond franchise and this was it. Full of great action scene, witty dialogue and memorable characte... Read the full review »

A Most Violent Year just oozes sophistication. Ooooh just every camera shot is precise and technically excellent, J.C. Chandor is proving to be quite the director. This film is all about a family and their business, which happens to be hitting som... Read the full review »

Philomena is about an Irish woman trying to find her son who was taken away from her at a young age. This is an excellent drama with a great meaty role for Judi Dench who is exquisite. Her Irish accent is spot on and she is just delightful to watc... Read the full review »

Mad Max Fury Road...I can't. I can't even describe how much I adore this film. It's flawless. It's possibly one of the best action films ever made. Now I'm no fan boy of the series, but my word...urghhhhh this film!! I don't even care that the plo... Read the full review »