BURTON REVIEWS (and news)

After an unsettlingly rocky road to release that made me fear not only for the quality of the movie but also whether it would ever actually appear on the big screen; the little guy has finally arrived to unlock the door on Marvels phase three with an overall great start.   The story of Antman sees an aged Hank Pym (the original Antman), played by Michael Douglas, have his life’s wok and company twisted into an evil mirror of what it should be that is capable of reshaping the world in terrible and horrifying ways. And so to keep these devastating technologies out of the wrong hands Pym turns to cat burglar and less than adequate father, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), as in an effort of redemption he must now dawn the mantle of the Antman. The biggest aspect of this film and the thing that hasn’t left my mind since I left the theatre is just how much fun this movie is. From the first hilarious moment Lang uses the costumes iconic powers to shrink down to the size of an Ant I had a gl...

Having never read the book and not really being interested by the trailers or, let’s be honest, it’s lacklustre title I went into this television show expecting to be bored through its first episode as I’m subjected to a slow period piece with a speck of magic lightly brushed in to then leave it and never have it cross my mind again. But oh boy was I wrong. The story of Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell takes us to a 19 th century England that is devoid of the magic it once had, now only housing two magicians. And so it is up to these two magicians to bring magic back to the lands of England and make it a respectable practice once again, in some cases no matter what the cost. Now as that synopsis of the show carefully dodges any spoilers you may be thinking that the show doesn’t sound all that interesting. But not only through further and interesting plot developments that enrich the mythology of an England that was filled and is now once again capable of magic, and interesting...