While attempting a love connection, an obnoxious guy gets trapped inside his own coat at a laundromat. Static Cling is one of those films you watch and laugh at the absurdity of it all, only for a dark corner of your brain to go; "hang on, this isn't that far from reality!" It even reflects what quirky places laundromats can be. In fact, because many of us have washing machines at home, this comical short is kind of a window into a world many of us will never see... beyond that one episode of Friends . Although this does feel like an appropriate place to insert a little fine print: * Warning * Your experience may differ. Essentially, this is like a live action Looney Tunes  short. One in which the rather obnoxious Kyle, played amusingly by Bj Gruber falls foul of one of mankind's greatest foes - the zipper. We've all encountered people like Kyle, and Gruber nails that self-entitled, wrapped up in their own bullshit mentality. Which is probably why it's so muc...

The new generation - or should that be family? - of Ghostbusters have brought the infamous paranormal investigations and eliminations firm back to the Big Apple, and it's not long before they receive a less than warm welcome from the city's new mayor. Whilst dealing with those interferences, the Ghostbusters both old and new must investigate a strange artifact that hasn't been seen since a chilling incident in 1904. After finally seeing ECTO-1 put through its paces in Ghostbusters: Afterlife , it's great to see the classic car racing through the streets of its home city - especially when it's chasing ghosts! That sense of nostalgia is something Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman got right with Frozen Empire . It's a good balance of nostalgia, comedy and spookiness, wrapped up in an all new adventure.  Despite the chilling nature of the story,  Frozen Empire  nicely sits somewhere between the movies and  The Real Ghostbusters . There are several nice call-backs to the c...

When I first started watching Social Media Monster  I honestly thought it could be a wind-up. Was I watching a kind of mockumentary? Or was I simply being made the fool? The whole situation seemed absurd. I just couldn't believe one person could cause so much hassle. But it would appear I was wrong. Oh so very wrong. This is the story of Saint Joseph, a city in the US state of Missouri, and the man who caused many of its residents - as well as the director of this very documentary - no end of trouble. Something that began with a rather bizarre incident at an IHop restaurant in the city in the summer of 2018. From there anyone in the town who has not given the man exactly what he wanted, has questioned his actions or opinions, or has simply disagreed with him - including politicians, law enforcement officers, journalists, and even a band - have suffered a barrage of online vitriol and abuse. As we're introduced to some of the titular Social Media Monster 's victims you quick...

In the midst of a second US civil war, four journalists (Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson) travel to Washington DC in the hopes of scoring an interview with the President (Nick Offerman). The only question is; will he still be President when they get there? To say Alex Garland's Civil War  is a cautionary tale seems almost like an understatement. For all we know, the horse may have already bolted, and this is simply a vision of the future. Pretty much any time you turn on the news these days you see something that could be the precursor to the events seen in the movie. But this isn't a piece of propaganda for any political side or ideology, even if Nick Offerman's President - who we don't get to see enough of - is mildly reminiscent of a certain controversial US political figure. Much like the central four protagonists the movie remains neutral. It's more of an examination of the chaos and the carnage that our own polarisation c...

Firstly, I should probably point out that up until recently the high-kicking 1989 cult classic has eluded me - or maybe it was me eluding it. Who knows? Anyway, seeing that Doug Liman and Jake Gyllenhaal have taken it upon themselves to remake Road House  and put a 21st century spin on solving every problem by kicking, I figured; 'why not make it a double feature?' View the two movies for the first time one after the other and see how they measure up.  Naturally I took the chronological approach, starting with the original movie and then moving on to the remake. Watching this cult classic for the first time, I was struck by how much it feels like a feature length episode of The A-Team . Typical 80's good guy arrives in town, where he comes to blows with the rich guy/your typical A-Team  bad guy who thinks he owns the place. Seriously, stick that famous opening monologue on the beginning and have Patrick Swayze's 'Dalton' build some weird weapon from parts acquir...

Once again, Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must criss-cross the globe in order to stave off Armageddon. This time in search of a very special key. The problem is; no one seems to know what it unlocks, but every one is interested in acquiring it, including governments, arms dealers and a very powerful - but rogue - artificial intelligence known as 'The Entity'. But will the IMF's propensity for pulling off the absolutely insane be enough to outsmart them all and keep whatever the key unlocks out of their grasp? Christopher McQuarrie delivers yet another high-octane instalment in the Mission: Impossible  franchise. Only this time he faces the very real dilemma of outdoing his own creation. Yes, you could argue he has done that before - Dead Reckoning  being his third Mission  movie - but this time it's a little different, given that Fallout  is widely considered to be the best movie of the franchise, and by some margin. So how do you outdo something like that? Well, ...

It's 1969, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is about to retire, when out of the blue his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) shows up with questions about an ancient artifact known as the Antikythera. But she's not the only person looking for it. Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) - a Nazi scientist - is also on the trail, and he intends to use the Antikythera to correct what he sees as the mistakes of the past. Making it a race against time for Indy and his new found friend to make sure the past stays the way it is. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny  - awful title, I know -  explodes on to screen with a de-aged Indy and his friend Baz (Toby Jones) causing the retreating German army trouble in 1944. It's the perfect way to kick off what is meant to be Ford's final movie with the fedora and whip - with a lunatic escapade to recover a piece of history, reminiscent of the crusading archaeologist's classic adventures. The technology used to de-age Hollywood's gru...