dir. Iain Morris American student Anna arrives in Oxford to study Victorian poetry for a year. The very premise is already unconvincing due to the inconsistent picture of Anna. She’s a supposed literary genius, although her bookshelf seems to only consist of famous, obvious classics like Jane Eyre and Emma. When she goes to aContinue reading "My Oxford Year (2025)"| BMDb
dir. Justin Baldoni Stella and Will are two teenagers with cystic fibrosis, who must stay at least six feet away from each other (and any cystic fibrosis patient) for safety. When they meet on thei…| BMDb
dir. Stefen Fangmeier A young farm boy, Eragon, stumbles upon a mysterious blue stone which soon hatches into a dragon. Thus, he is pulled in to a great adventure to save the kingdom of Alagaësia from the evil Galbatorix. These two sentences characterise Eragon – top level exposition conveying the most shallow “chosen one” fantasyContinue reading "Eragon (2006)"| BMDb
dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr A recurring musical refrain in The Return of the King goes, “It’s so easy not to try.” It’s so easy to try and use that line to judge the f…| BMDb
dir. Brian Robbins The premise of this reboot movie, The Shaggy Dog, sounds completely insane. Because it is. Tim Allen plays a man who is bitten by a sacred immortal dog. This means he is now able to transform into a dog, although only sometimes, and it’s never quite clear what exactly provokes the transformation.Continue reading "The Shaggy Dog (2006)"| BMDb
dir. William Byron Hillman “Sarah, the dog’s cute, but this is ridiculous.” This line of dialogue pretty much sums up the entirety of Quigley, in which Gary Busey’s generic …| BMDb
dir. Blair Hayes Jimmy (Jake Gyllenhaal) has lived in a sterilised plastic dome since birth due to having no immune system. Due to his isolation and overbearing mother, he is stuck in a naive, childlike state throughout his life. When his friend says she is leaving to get married, Jimmy decides to leave his homeContinue reading "Bubble Boy (2001)"| BMDb
dir. Tyler Spindel In Kinda Pregnant, Lainy (Amy Schumer) plays a woman who straps a fake belly to herself and pretends to be pregnant. Rather than treating this as the psychological horror show th…| BMDb
dir. Anthony and Joe Russo The graphic novel The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag is highly regarded as a great piece of fiction. Its best elements were ostensibly left behind in this one-dimensional, painfully shallow adaptation. In a dystopian alternative reality where humans and robots waged a devasting war, Millie Bobby Brown plays Michelle, aContinue reading "The Electric State (2025)"| BMDb
dir. Abbas-Mustan Engineer Deven Chaudhary (Ajay Devgn) is locked into his car and drowned by a group of businessmen who want to steal his futuristic car designs. Twelve years later, Deven’s …| BMDb