The Cobbler (2014) Review

The Cobbler (2014) Review

The Cobbler sees Adam Sandler and Tom McCarthy combine forces to bring the superhero genre to heel and give it a little sole As Paulo Nutini so memorably put it: “Hey, I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right” and a mere eight years after that, THE COBBLER picked up the premise ..

Pixels (2015) Review

Pixels (2015) Review

There’s a rich vein of affected snobbery running through the critical response to “Pixels”, a nasty invective aimed squarely at Adam Sandler and prejudiciously dismissing anything he’s involved in, with everyone trying to 1up each other in how caustic they can be. I don’t really get the pre-emptive hate: his back catalogue is no better ..

I didn’t hate The Ridiculous 6 (2015) and I’m not even sorry.
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Review

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) Review

If you’re a little surprised that “Hotel Transylvania” got a sequel you’re not alone. The makers themselves seem a little bit taken aback. Even the title card of the movie itself has the ‘2’ only appearing after the ‘Hotel Transylvania’ has faded from the screen. Like they’re saying, ‘I know, right?’. Picking up from the ..

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (2018) Review

Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (2018) Review

Legendary animator Genndy Tartakovsky returns for a third time to bring us the further adventures of Dracula and his growing family. Although he’s often spoken about stepping away from the series, we should be thankful he’s stayed onboard because it’s his involvement that keeps this amiably undemanding series from sliding inexorably towards mediocrity. Mistaking her ..

Hubie Halloween (2020) is just about more treat than trick.

Hubie Halloween (2020) is just about more treat than trick.

Of course, all eyes were on this movie following Sandler’s famous promise to make the ‘worst movie ever’ following his Oscars snub for “Uncut Gems” but the joke’s on us because he never said he’d make the ‘worst movie ever’ next. And he hasn’t. What he has done is returned to the very nucleus of ..