Enola Holmes 3 \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n
Directed by Philip Barantini. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Susan Wokoma. No cert, Netflix, 105 min<\/p>\n
The third film in Netflix\u2019s agreeable Sherlock Holmes spin-off finds Enola (Brown) searching Malta for her brother \u2013 one S Holmes of Baker Street \u2013 when he is kidnapped by fascist maniacs. There is a fair bit here to annoy those obsessed with the way Netflix allegedly nudges all its franchises towards the \u201cwoke\u201d \u2013 as revealed in the final episode, the black British actor Sharon Duncan-Brewster plays a female Moriarty \u2013 but that is not the only reason to recommend Enola Holmes 3. Brown is at her best as a gently feminist action hero. The stunts are cool. The set dressing is lovely. DC Full review<\/a><\/p>\n The Invite \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, Edward Norton. 16 cert, gen release, 107 min<\/p>\n Wilde returns to directing with a taut comedy-drama that has she and Rogen, as a smart San Francisco couple, falling apart in the presence of Cruz and Norton\u2019s smugly superior neighbours. All four actors master poisonous set pieces in the comedy of unease. One might, if picking nits, complain that the social dynamics don\u2019t shift quite as much as they could. But this remains a drinks-bash-from-hell classic in the vein of Abigail\u2019s Party or Who\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nobody would like to be at such a party. Everyone loves hearing about them. DC Full review<\/a><\/p>\n Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n Directed by Matt Johnson. Starring Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Jared Raab, Ben Petrie. 15A cert, gen release, 101 min<\/p>\n In this gleefully unpunctuated entertainment, Johnson and McCarrol revive the semi-fictionalised versions of themselves from their cult web series, in which two Toronto musicians devote years to securing a booking at the Rivoli, a popular Toronto venue. Johnson films the action in the same freewheeling documentary style as the series, mixing hidden-camera encounters featuring unsuspecting members of the public with increasingly ambitious set pieces. The result preserves the scrappy, improvised amiability while expanding it into a diabolically clever comedy, poignantly pivoting around two chums as they confront the distance between youthful certainty and middle age. TB Full review<\/a><\/p>\n Minions & Monsters \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n Directed by Pierre Coffin. Featuring Pierre Coffin, Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jesse Eisenberg, Trey Parker, Zoey Deutch, Bobby Moynihan, Jeff Bridges, Phil LaMarr, George Lucas. G cert, gen release, 90 min<\/p>\n Following on from 2022\u2019s poor Minions: The Rise of Gru, Minions & Monsters puts the Illumination\u2019s irrepressible rabble right where they belong: in Hollywood\u2019s silent era. Rich in visual invention, this seventh entry from the Despicable Me sequence is easily one of the franchise\u2019s most entertaining entries. Pierre Coffin, directing, while again providing the voices of every single Minion, leans heavily into the characters\u2019 roots in slapstick. The result is packed with affectionate nods to pre-Hays Code Hollywood while also finding room for playful references to Singin\u2019 in the Rain, Jaws, The Blob and The Matrix. TB Full review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enola Holmes 3 \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Directed by Philip Barantini. 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