Mac's Movies

UK Release Date: 17 March 2017 Certification: 15 Director: Jordan Peele Cast: Betty Gabriel, Lil Rel Howery, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Kaluuya, Catherine Keener, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams Rating: 92% The greatest directorial debut of all time? Review: Get Out is Jordan Peele's directorial debut and he's able to craft an intelligent horror movie. With some terrific performances, an unsettling score and some brilliant racial commentary no wonder Get Out received four Oscar nominations.  Key and Peele is a superb comedy sketch show so I'm not exactly sure how Jordan Peele was able to effortlessly transition to an alarming horror film for his directorial debut. Peele also wrote the script for  Get Out  and the amount of care taken in the production of the movie is clear for all to see. Since  Get Out , Peele has become one of my favourite directors and I absolutely can't wait for his new feature -  Nope .  Daniel Kaluuya is ex...

UK Release Date: 31 May 2019 Certification: 12 Director: Nahnatchka Khan Cast: Vivian Bang, Michelle Buteau, Daniel Dae Kim, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves, James Saito, Karan Soni, Ali Wong Rating:   44 % Keanu saves the movie. Review: Always Be My Maybe is nothing new, the story’s been done before and whilst there are a few comedic elements that make the movie enjoyable enough it isn’t a huge revitalisation on the rom-com genre or one that I think I'll ever revisit.  Randall Park and Ali Wong in the two leads, as Marcus and Sasha, are charming and the chemistry between both actors is fine but the problem is that they aren't very funny - bar a couple of exceptions. Park and Wong are starring in a rom-com in Always Be My Maybe but the problem is, I wasn't at all invested in the relationship between Marcus and Sasha. I don't think the actors are entirely to blame for the lack of care about their characters as the script simply doesn't work. The supporting cast aren...