Coyote vs. Acme (2026): Review
8/10
Inspired by a New Yorker article by Ian Frazier, the film is set in a world similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) in which humans and Looney Tunes cartoon characters live together, semi-harmoniously. The animated folk obey their own elastic reality and malleable physicality, unburdened by the limited mortality of their human counterparts. Wile E. Coyote (who surely needs no introduction), sick of the constant injuries caused by the failure of Acme’s inexhaustible selection of products decides to sue the company. Carrying his bindle, he ventures into the city and hires down on his luck lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte). The Law firm Avery, Jones and Maltese (named for Looney Tunes veterans Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese) specialise in helping cartoons to sue Acme for quick three figure pay outs for suffering caused by their faulty gadgets. Jaded and slightly pathetic, Avery is a character determined to do the bare minimum professionally and must be tricked by Coyote and encouraged by his idealistic niece Paige (Lana Condor) into a major lawsuit against Acme for their criminal negligence. Acme are represented by Buddy Crane (John Cena) an ultra cut throat corporate lawyer determined to hide the truth of the company’s inner workings. The opposing counsel’s shared history further intimidates Avery and it's only because of Wile E. Coyote who keeps escalating the situation, that Avery must confront his self doubt in order to bring the corporation to justice.
Reviews:
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Review:
8/10
Remaining as one of the most popular comic books since his creation and despite some fallow creative years in both cinema and comics, Spider-Man is still an almost guaranteed box office draw. After the multi dimensional fan service of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) this film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton is clearly intended to be a recalibration for the franchise.
Vampire’s Kiss (1988) Review:
7/10
Despite what the memes would have you believe, Vampire’s Kiss is a good film. It’s overwhelming and uncomfortable but for people who may have only seen it in isolated, out of context GIFs of Nicholas Cage (admittedly extreme) performance, the film is far more aware and astute to be dismissed completely.
Normal (2025) Review:
8/10
Normal really buries the lede, carefully setting the pieces in place before obliterating the game board. The trailers and marketing for the film present a film in which Bob Odenkirk must reckon with small town conspiracy. The truth is something far more unhinged and fun. It calls to mind the director Ben Wheatley’s previous gloriously over the top Free Fire (2016), which was a warehouse gunfight sustained through most of the film’s runtime.
In Depth: The Hit
How will you face your own death? Will you bravely accept your fate or do everything you can to cling onto life. No matter how you feel now there's truly no way of knowing until the time comes. That's really the central premise of Stephen Frears’ The Hit (1984). Overlooked and underappreciated on release especially in its native England where it didn't receive a theatrical release (and still doesn’t have a UK physical release). It has since developed a devoted following, cited as a favourite by Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and Bill Hader it deals with its subject matter with maturity and a wry humour.
Recommendations:
Rom-com Recommendations:
The appeal of Romantic Comedies is difficult to quantify with (just like real attraction) so much of what makes them work being subject to personal preference. These films are rom-coms that we feel have done what they’ve set out to do, with great chemistry between the leads and sharp, funny scripts. They run the gamut between more fairly chaste offerings and more steamy encounters so you should find something that you’ll enjoy.
Action films Recommendations:
They’re often derided for their lack of substance or narrative weight but there’s few cinema experiences more enjoyable than a good action film for pure escapism and mindless thrills. It’s a genre that has existed since the dawn of cinema and has been effectively hybridised with most genres. Admittedly it’s often weighed down by utter dreck (such as Steven Seagal’s entire filmography) so it’s sometimes difficult to find the diamonds in the rough. Here are our recommendations that we hope gives a good overview of what the genre has to offer, though we truly struggled to condense our favourites for the list.
Family Films (Older Kids 7+) Recommendations:
There’s so much vying for children’s attention that it can be difficult to get them to sit and engage with movie night. These are films that our kids have loved, one’s they’ve returned to and have sparked an interested, drawn them in or just made them laugh the most. We’ve got a mix of films for different moods and from different mediums, although as always with modern kids films animation is probably over represented. A few of these we’ve seen countless times and if we’re still willing to recommend them you know they’re good.
The on going Film List, which we started back in 2018 that inspired our website:
2018
1. Mindhorn (2016) 7/10
2. Free Fire (2016) 7/10
3. Kong: Skull Island (2017) 3/10
4. Miami Vice (2006) 6/10
5. Bad Moms (2016) 4/10
6. Runaway Train (1985) 8/10
7. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) 4/10
8. Groundhog Day (1993) 8/10
9. Casino Royale (20006) 6/10