Reviews

Zootropolis (or Zootopia) is the animated smash from 2016 which takes a look at an imaginary world where humans don’t exist, and animals live together in harmony (mostly) to run the world themselves. Disney’s stunningly colourful and well explored world follows the story of Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), a enthusiastic and ambitious bunny who is the first of her kind to enter the animal police force, and lives her dream of being on the beat in the streets of Zootropolis. Demoted on her first day to doling out parking tickets, she meets sly fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) along the way, and after tackling their differences, enlists his help to solve the biggest crime in the capital. ...

As we go into the third Captain America instalment, we see our heroes divided due to the aftermath of the Sokovia incident from the previous Avengers movie. Chris Evan‘s Captain Steve Rogers and the inimitable Robert Downey Jr‘s Tony Stark end up on opposite sides after Stark’s guilt from the destruction that the Avengers leave in their wake leads him to demand that the team are put in check by the UN. Cap can’t quite agree to the boundaries, adamant that the Avengers must remain independent in order to fight when they’re needed. ...

As we enter election year, and the third film in the Purge trilogy, the annual purge is now a well established part of American life – so much so, that so called ‘murder tourists’ are even travelling to the US from overseas to take part in all the fun – and it’s all down to the New Founding Fathers. But, the country is waking up to the Purge, what it’s doing to society’s most in need, and how the people in power are the ones benefiting from the violence. ...

The dream team of Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reunited to give amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne another mission, much to the joy of Bourne fans the world over after the disappointment of The Bourne Legacy. The good news? It’s everything you want it to be. There’s something about the Bourne films that makes them stand out from other action movies. They have everything you’d expect of the genre – a strong but silent hero, extreme car chases and brutal one-on-one fistfights, but somehow done so much better thanks to Damon’s cold but vulnerable exterior and Greengrass’s super fast editing and directing style. ...

It’s been one of the most hyped blockbusters of the year, and has raked in a fortune in it’s opening weekend – but **Suicide Squad, the latest installment in DC’s comic universe has been faced with negative and mixed reviews. If you’re unfamiliar with the film, the (supposed) plot revolves around a number of villains (superheroes without the hero part) that are locked up in jail, which the US government decide to put together into Taskforce X, a team of baddies (or metahumans, as they’re referred to) with superior abilities that they can send into dangerous situations with nothing to lose. ...

Don’t be fooled by the throwback font and talented young cast – this show about all kinds of things that go bump in the night is definitely not just for kids. Set in a small town in 80s Indiana, **Stranger Things is the story of how a young boy disappears, a mysterious girl appears, and the journey that follows to find out what’s happened to both of them. We’ll give you some clues, it involves a big secret lab with men in biohazard suits, a thing without a face and several terrifying trips to something the characters call the ‘upside down’ – all very spooky. ...