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Gavin Miller
May 14, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: DR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Please be warned that magical spoilers spells do ‘possess’ this review of the latest Marvel blockbuster – due to its many moving parts....
ESP Online
May 9, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA (PG) ESP RATING: 4/5
Big screen adaptations of popular television series often underwhelm. It feels like the filmmakers are pressured to introduce big...
ESP Online
Apr 28, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (15) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
The most ‘Nicolas Cagey’ Nicolas Cage film you’ll ever see. Nic Cage has become quite the meme during recent years. His over-the-top...
Gavin Miller
Apr 27, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: THE LOST CITY (12A) ESP RATING: 2.5/5
Talk about making easy money. This relatively lazy and formulaic action-comedy vehicle sees Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum go through...
Gavin Miller
Apr 21, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: THE NORTHMAN (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
It’s difficult to review a film that you know has class brimming from every orifice – but is impossible to wholeheartedly recommend to...
Gavin Miller
Apr 14, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: FANTASTIC BEASTS – THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
While the Fantastic Beasts franchise struggles to reach the heights of Harry Potter – it still manages to conjure up a competent...
ESP Online
Apr 11, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 (PG) ESP RATING: 3/5
Sonic carries on from where he left off with 2020’s last pre-Covid blockbuster hit – by firing out more of the same. And that’s no bad...
Gavin Miller
Apr 1, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: AMBULANCE (15) ESP RATING: 3/5
How many outlandish ways can police cars get destroyed in one movie? Ask Michael Bay. The director has had bad misses (Transformers 2, 3,...
Gavin Miller
Mar 31, 20222 min read
SKY CINEMA FILM REVIEW: BLACKLIGHT (12A) ESP RATING: 2/5
Nearly seventy-year-old Liam Neeson continues to churn out action films at an alarmingly consistent rate – but it’s now more quantity...
ESP Online
Mar 25, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: X (18) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
Once the credits started rolling at the end of X – my friend turned to me and said: “Good luck reviewing that.” This new horror movie –...
Gavin Miller
Mar 23, 20222 min read
DISNEY PLUS FILM REVIEW: TURNING RED (PG) ESP RATING: 4/5
Even though Disney’s own animation studios are churning out their own extremely impressive features – it’s hard to dethrone Pixar. They...
Gavin Miller
Mar 18, 20222 min read
NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: THE ADAM PROJECT (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Ryan Reynolds' comedic charm (yet again) turns this formulaic sci-fi adventure into watchable fare. This big-budget Netflix exclusive...
ESP Online
Mar 11, 20223 min read
FILM REVIEW: THE BATMAN (15) ESP RATING: 4/5
Director Matt Reeves deserves immense credit for veering from the stereotypical tried-and-tested superhero formula – and his risky gamble...
Gavin Miller
Feb 27, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: UNCHARTED (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Video games-turned-into-movies have had an underwhelming history to say the least, and Uncharted makes a gallant attempt at changing all...
Gavin Miller
Feb 25, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: DEATH ON THE NILE (12A) ESP RATING: 3/5
Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot returns with another competent – if unspectacular – movie take on Agatha Christie’s famed detective....
ESP Online
Feb 21, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: JACKASS FOREVER (18) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
After more than a decade Johnny Knoxville returns with his extreme daredevil stunt team for (allegedly) one final outing – and the hiatus...
Gavin Miller
Feb 10, 20222 min read
FILM REVIEW: MOONFALL (12A) ESP RATING: 2/5
Hit-and-miss disaster movie-monger Roland Emmerich sadly churns out the latter – in this ‘bonkers’ sci-fier. For every (fairly)...
Gavin Miller
Jan 13, 20221 min read
NETFLIX FILM REVIEW: DON’T LOOK UP (15) ESP RATING: 3.5/5
Another film that has made it as a Netflix exclusive (after a short theatrical run) alongside Golden Globe-winning The Power of the Dog –...
ESP Online
Dec 17, 20212 min read
EXCLUSIVE FILM REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN – NO WAY HOME (12A) ESP RATING: 4.5/5
SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW THE MOVIE’S SECRETS REVEALED HERE! Marvel and Sony did a great job in keeping so...
ESP Online
Nov 5, 20212 min read
FILM REVIEW: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (18) ESP RATING: 4/5
Acclaimed Baby Driver director Edgar Wright fires out another hit with this breathtakingly satisfying – if uneven – psychological...
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