New Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer

New Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer

It’s time to step up.

Watch the new #SpiderManFarFromHome trailer, in cinemas July 3 and get your tickets today from participating cinemas.

Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man™: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man™: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!

Starring Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, JB Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Starr with Marisa Tomei and Jake Gyllenhaal

Directed by Jon Watts

Mary Queen of Scots: DVD Review

Mary Queen of Scots: DVD Review

Aiming for more than just a period piece, but barely elevating above its ambitions, Mary Queen of Scots takes in the conflict between Elizabeth and Mary in 1569.

North of the border, Mary (Ronan) arrives to a frosty reception as the Queen of the Scots. With a preacher shouting from the hilltops that she is the devil incarnate, Mary tries to negotiate the perils of Scotland rule, and the ambitions of those in her court who would depose her.

As if that wasn't bad enough, she's trying to keep Elizabeth (Robbie) in check as her court whispers that Mary will overthrow her.

There is a lot of politicking within Mary Queen of Scots, and an unbridled amount of talking as well, which holds the film back from fully gripping in the way it should.

It's an interesting take on the power of men in ancient times, and for feminist edges; and certainly, it's beset with tragedy as well as the various power plays take their forms.

But the film rarely grips as it should, teetering dangerously close to being a touch on the stultefyingly dull spectrum as it plods through its two hour run time.

Robbie is excellent - and there's inherent poignancy in the the tragedy of her time on the throne.

Riddled with jealousy at her "sister" Mary's success (good looks, blessed with a child), Robbie reaches deep within to channel some of the inherent fears of a barren woman, struggling to maintain her place as those around the throne plot and deliberate.

Restrained and remarkable, it's Robbie's turn which stands out in Mary Queen of Scots, and the screen's rarely better than when she's on it. Certainly, the fabricated meeting of the two in the final ten minutes of the film is utterly electrifying, and yet only goes to highlight what was missing beforehand.

Ronan deserves plaudits too, but her route and arc is a more traditional one, as she deals with double-crossings, plottings and betrayal. There are definitely signs of Ronan lending life to the character journey, and there's sadness in its ultimate destination which Ronan channels exquisitely and subtly.

There's a feeling that Mary Queen of Scots feels like an episode of Game of Thrones but through the prism of the Lifetime channel, and while there are some shocks, they lack the requisite strength needed to fully land.

Ultimately, Mary Queen of Scots' over-writing does it damage, failing to land a sharpness that's required. It's more than worth though for the final 10 minutes, which stand out as some of the best cinema of the year. 

Marjorie Prime: DVD Review

Marjorie Prime: DVD Review

Initially reminiscent of a premise from Black Mirror, Experimenter director Michael Almereyda's Marjorie Prime is more a story of the cadences of reflections and memories than a sci-fi warning as its premise may suggest.

Holographic companions inhabit homes keeping people and memories alive for those left behind.
One of those is Marjorie (veteran actress Lois Smith) whose companion Walter is a younger version of her husband and whose interactions help with the demons of dementia.

Fussing around is her daughter (Geena Davis) who's wary of the tech and her husband (Tim Robbins) who believes the tech has a purpose.

What initially promises to be a spiky clash of beliefs melts into a reflective discourse on memories, their continuation and their place in the face of ageing and ultimately, death. Almereyda's desire to stack the deck with a mournful tone and a shifting of timelines brings varying effects to the film and will largely be as resonant as the mood you're in.

Dialogue heavy and with philosophical ruminations, Marjorie Prime is slow cinema. With Micah Levi's string heavy score piercing through the tone and building it further, the edges come a little more to the fore.

"The more we talk, the more real it will be," is a line spoken by one human to a prime hologram and there's certainly a feeling that the discussion and nature of memory is what propels this through.


But what also grounds it are the concerns we all share and the fears we all face as time goes on.


While the vignettes and interactions are the main driver of this, an excellently underplayed cast help bring large swathes of it to life, even when the pace slows to a near crawl.  Surrendering to the melancholic and maudlin rhythms and applying your own beliefs will mean you get the most from Marjorie Prime -it'll certainly help spark a discussion and a re-examining of one's self afterwards. 

Win Glass on Blu Ray

Win Glass on Blu Ray

To celebrate the release of Glass, you can win a copy thanks to Sony Home Entertainment.

About Glass

Writer-Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) completes a mind-bending trilogy created nearly twenty years ago with GLASS, a comic book thriller available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD May 1, 2019.

GLASS is a grounded-in-reality, comic-book thriller where the heroes and villains are people first. The thrilling culmination to the trilogy that started with Unbreakable and Split, stars James McAvoy (Split, Atonement), Samuel L. Jackson (Hitman’s Bodyguard, Avengers Franchise), Bruce Willis (Unbreakable, Die Hard), Sarah Paulson (Ocean’s Eight, “American Horror Story”) and Anya-Taylor Joy (Split, The Witch).

Go inside the mind of master of suspense M. Night Shyamalan to uncover the connections and references that bring the three films together in one universe. Experience more than sixty minutes of never-before-seen features elaborating on his process and artistic vision including an in-depth look at the making of the film, deep insights on the characters, a never-before-seen alternate opening, and deleted scenes.

GLASS features “Shyamalan’s eccentric, intimately scaled superhero universe” (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times), while offering a closer look at the world of the Elijah Price, also known as Mr. Glass (Jackson), David Dunn (Willis), and Kevin Wendell Crumb (McAvoy) as they experience a series of escalating encounters as they escape from an asylum and embark on a thrilling battle of good versus evil. Producers M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Blum (Get Out, Halloween), Marc Bienstock (Before I Fall), Ashwin Rajan (Devil, The Visit) and executive producer Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity series) reunite with GLASS for “one of the most original comic book movies in recent years” (Scott Menzel, We Live Entertainment).

All you have to do is email your details and the word GLASS!

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Competition closes 15th May.

Instant Family: Blu Ray Review

Instant Family: Blu Ray Review

It's easy to be cynical in the face of Instant Family, a Hollywood movie about fostering that ends up in a gloop of manufactured sentiment and predictability that underscores its premise.

And yet, much like The Big Sick drew deep from the well of personal experience for Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, Instant Family's vein of veracity comes from director Sean Anders' autobiographical input into the script.

Byrne and Wahlberg and Ellie and Pete, a couple who decide fostering is the way to go to help them out of the rut of their lives. Believing their house flipping mentality will help with parenting (fix them up, move them on), the couple find themselves drawn to teen Lizzie (Dora The Explorer's Moner).

However, social workers warn them that Lizzie comes with two younger siblings and a mother who's a drug addict, and in and out of their lives.

But, Ellie and Pete are determined to press on with the adoption - no matter what it may bring.

Instant Family deserves kudos for putting a face on adoption, so rarely seen in movies of this type, where the kids are usually portrayed as kooky and the system is a breeze.

In the first third of the film, Instant Family's commitment to a heart-breaking truth is to be duly applauded, with much of the movie doing a lot to break stereotypes and introduce some kind of complexities to what actually transpires. Its honesty will resonate with those caught within, and will open eyes for others unaware of how the reality of the system can be.

It's largely due to the reality of what Anders went through, but by keeping the core cast of characters real and grounded, Instant Family may open a lot of doors to the idea of fostering, and provide some harsh truths that are often glossed over. It's rare to see such honesty in a broad studio product, and while Instant Family strays away from too much didacticism, its commitment to honesty, punctuated with humour, is extremely commendable.

It helps that Byrne - and believe it or not, Wahlberg - are genuinely likeable, with their neuroses and foibles feeling greatly relatable, and helping the audience through some of the more sentimental edges that creep in as the inevitabilities of going through the Hollywood machine mount up.

Broad as it needs to be (and not always to its credit, thanks to populating some of the outer characters as kooks), Instant Family's pleasantries make it a dramedy that's worth enduring, even if the ending can be seen a mile off.

It may be a touch manipulative, and be mocked for being so by those unaware of the complexities of being a part of the system, but Instant Family more than delivers on its promise to sell a message.

That's no bad thing, but given the film has laughs when it needs to and has a receptive audience onside because of it, this is actually a family worth hanging out with

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir: Film Review

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir: Film Review

Cast: Dhanush, Berenice Bejo, Erin Moriarty, Barkhad Abdi
Director: Ken Scott

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is a light and fluffy film which looks to the refugee crisis for inspiration, but strays from anything too serious.

Bollywood star Dhanush is Aja, a street performer and criminal in and around India, who dreams of escaping Mumbai and ends up in Paris. Meeting Moriarty's Marie in an IKEA store, there's an obvious connection between the pair.

But love is not to blossom properly under the Eiffel Tower after Aja ends up whisked away by accident, trapped in a refugee situation and then thrown into a bizarre orbit around Bejo's Nelly Marnay.

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is as slight and flouncy as they come.

It's clear its aims are about ensuring that Dhanush gets his time to shine in this European flight-of-fancy and he seizes on it with relish at every opportunity, exuding energy and generally mining each situation for as much infectious glee as he can muster.

So, it's no surprise that the rest of the film kind of feels inconsequential, and other characters feel underwritten, as the tropes of the various genres are hit, the romcom elements roasted and the bizarre comedy moments thrust into the world unexpectedly.

The end result is that The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir is as forgettable as it is fanciful fun. Its quirks just about stay on the right side of non-grating, but it's a slight victory that the cynical will dismiss and those after crowd-pleasing will lap up.

Borderlands 3 - Gameplay Reveal

Borderlands 3 - Gameplay Reveal

SEE THE FULL BORDERLANDS 3 GAMEPLAY REVEAL PRESENTATION AND CATCH THE NEW “GAMEPLAY REVEAL EVENT TRAILER” NOW

Earlier today, Gearbox Software and 2K livestreamed the first ever look at Borderlands 3 in action, with an extended presentation featuring live gameplay and new details about the game’s worlds, weapons, mechanics, and more.

To view the gameplay click the image below

Members of the Gearbox development team demoed two of the game’s four new Vault Hunters: Zane, the seasoned covert assassin who wields a variety of high-tech gadgets, and Amara, the melee-focused Siren who can summon ethereal fists to pummel her foes. Together they tackled new sections of classic Borderlands planet Pandora before moving on to an entirely new planet: the futuristic, neon-soaked cityscapes of Promethea.

The presentation was capped by a brand new trailer showing off the epic scope of Borderlands 3—the biggest, most content-rich Borderlands game to date. Catch glimpses of new enemies, locales, and weaponry, with plenty more still come in the months leading up to the game’s September 13 launch.

To view the trailer click the image below

For more information about the innovative Borderlands 3Twitch Extension—which allows viewers to interact with their favourite streamers and even score loot that carries over into their own games—please click here: https://borderlands.com/en-US/news/2019-04-29-score-loot-with-twitch-during-gameplay-reveal/

Be sure to check borderlands.com for more information and newsroom.2k.com/games for additional assets. See you at E3!