Mac's Movies

UK Release Date:  15 March 2002 Certification:  15 Director:  Wes Anderson Cast:  Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson Rating:   65 % Review: The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson's third feature film and a charming addition to his filmography. Placing a broken family dynamic within a comedy allows Anderson and the cast to have a lot of fun within the film.  As is to be expected with a Wes Anderson film, the cast is packed full of world class actors and actresses. For me, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are the two standouts with impeccable comedic timing. Stiller's dead pan, brooding delivery is excellent - providing a self-aware commentary on the events seen in the film. Furthermore, any line of dialogue spoken by Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) left me in bits. The scene involving him doing a TV interview whilst high is quite possibly the most I've ever laughed in a cinema.  The trademar...

UK Release Date:  01 October 2004 Certification:  18 Director:  James Wan Cast:  Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Michael Emerson, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Monica Potter, Shawnee Smith, Leigh Wannell Rating:   60 % Review: Following an impressive short film of the same name debuted in 2003, Lions Gate Entertainment decided to produce the feature length film Saw . With a budget of $1 million, the film went on to gross $103 million world-wide spawning a two decade long franchise spanning nine films (with a tenth set to release this year). Often cited as the father of horror sub-genre, torture porn, the inventiveness of Saw is yet to be recaptured.  Lead performances from Cary Elwes (Dr. Gordon) and Leigh Wannell (Adam) were genuinely quite captivating. Both over-acted at times affecting the narrative being told but the juxtaposition of personalities forced to work together meant for an intriguing concept. This stark contrast between th...

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was the movie that surprised me most in 2017. I thought it was different, entertaining and above all hilarious. I hated the original Jumanji (1995) but I thought the reboot was brilliant. So this week when Jumanji: The Next Level trailer came out I was really excited. Jumanji: The Next Level is a sequel to the 2017 movie Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle which is planned to be released on 13 December 2019. I thought the trailer looked good and made me laugh at least a few times, especially the 'Smouldering Intensity' joke. The addition of Danny DeVito and Danny Glover to the cast looks excellent - they were really funny in the trailer. And the impersonations that Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart did were so good. Also I liked that everyone had a new character except Martha. It keeps the franchise fresh. I am really looking forward to this movie and I will definitely be at the cinema opening weekend for Jumanji: The Next Level .