BURTON REVIEWS (and news)

To preface this bountiful end of year best of list of awesome, I hope that’s not an overstatement, it should go without saying that this list is 100% my own opinion. So before you sharpen your pitchforks and start burning things in utter rage at how wrong and out of my mind I am for making this list how it is; remember this isn’t the list to end all lists and the only right answer for the best films of the year, its just the subjective view of a very nerdy and some times over enthusiastic reviewer. So now that’s out of the way, onto the main event and we start with… 5: Kingsman: The Secret Service Kingsman: The Secret Service was a cool, fresh and unapologetically fun ride. With badass action, great loveable characters that you can really get invested in; a fact of which is due to in big part because of the great acting involved from industry legends such as Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Firth, and a great showing from its rising star lead Taron Egerton. This movie was a ...

“Please be good, please be good, please be good.” That was the thought of every man, woman and child in the cinema whilst they waited for The Force Awakens: Star Wars’ hopefully triumphant return to the silver screen, to play. And as soon as that iconic and familiar credits scroll accompanied by the flawless Star Wars theme blasted heroically out of those cinema speakers not a glimpse or shadow of a doubt could be seen or heard of in anyone's mind. Star Wars is back. Thank you J.J. Abrams. To reveal anything about the plot of this film feels like a spoiler, and really anyone should go into this film almost completely unaware of what epicary is about to grace their presence, so I won’t divulge even the smallest of plot synopsis. What I will say however is how good the story is, while it’s definitely not revolutionary – instead more familiar actually - the way it sets up and introduces us to the new generation of Star Wars to be is so fun and well-constructed that you should sim...