Heartstopper means a hell of a lot to me. I have never seen myself on screen in the way I have seen myself in Kit Connor as Nick Nelson, and that is saying something considering I am a woman. I’ve written about Heartstopper before, about how it does so incredibly well at showing an authentic queer experience, how it touches on some very real, very deep subjects in a way that makes it look like struggling is okay. There is a comfort in Nick and Charlie, a soul-deep welcome fee

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Author Colleen Hoover’s latest adaptation, Regretting You, hits cinemas on Friday 24th October, and with the controversy that surrounded her previous film It Ends With Us, it was hit-or-miss as to whether the new flick starring Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon)and Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) would be received well. Directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and produced in part by Anna Todd, author of

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me As we look ahead to a boring (in my opinion) year in cinema, one pattern has seemed to emerge: very little is new. Of course there is Ryan Reynolds’ upcoming comedy, IF (2024) – but besides that, everything released seems to be either following, predating or based on something else: 2024 is looking to be another year of sequels, prequels and remakes. It’s a common phrase online that originality is dead. The never-ending trop

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me The Marvel Cinematic Universe is without a doubt one of the biggest, most successful cinematic franchises in history. The fandom is undyingly loyal, the characters have practically taken over the world. And yet the more they release, the more it can be questioned: Just how much longer can it last? While the films themselves were wildly successful, I strongly believe that it is the characters themselves that made the franchis

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me I left the cinema genuinely excited for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time in a very long time. Like a lot of people, I have been sucker punched in the face by super-hero fatigue, so going into The Marvels, I was expecting disaster. The Captain Marvel sequel follows our titular character on another space adventure against the Kree species, though there was a profound lack of Jude Law this time, as

The marketing for Dexter Fletcher’s Ghosted was next to none. A clip I saw on Chris Evans’ Instagram once, decided I must watch it and swiftly forgot about it until yesterday, the day it came out. Ghosted is an espionage action comedy starring ‘Knives Out’s own Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. Of course, it’s a duo we’ve already seen shine in the brilliant whodunnit, Evans playing sly and arrogant Ransom Drysdale and de Armas the timid caregiver Marta Cabrera. A role for Evans t

The first mistake I made going into Against the Ice was that I got attached to the dogs, the second mistake I made was assuming I’d have any idea what was going on throughout any of the film. Against The Ice is a survival movie, based on the true events following the Denmark Expedition, the film tracks Captain Ejner Mikkelson (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Iver Iversen (Joe Cole) as they battle the Arctic in the search for the reports on the status of the Peary Channel. Directed

From one Tom Holland blockbuster to another, I’m starting to wonder if that man will become the saviour of cinema. Uncharted in my opinion is a tricky one to write about, as are most cinematic adaptations. Looking on the internet, you will find a myriad of conflicting opinions, from the fans who know the game to people like me who truly were only there because Holland was topless in the trailer. It was easy to spot between the two, many teenage boys who must’ve played the ent