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X-Men: Apocalypse ***½ (2016, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters) – Movie Review

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) is called Apocalypse, as you see, and that gives a big fat meaty appearance for the impressive villain Apocalypse, played by Oscar Isaac under so much makeup and CGI that it could be anybody. Isaac is […]

May, 17

Kill Your Friends **½ (2015, Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Georgia King, James Corden, Jim Piddock) – Movie Review

Director Owen Harris’s British pitch-dark comedy crime-thriller film overall must be judged a missed opportunity and a misfire. But it comes out firing on all barrels and certainly has its attractions and laughs. Alas, there are […]

Nov, 05

Mad Max: Fury Road **** (2015, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult) – Movie Review

The explosive Fury Road is spectacularly fast and furious, with a quirky set of ideas and some of the screen’s most astonishing visuals. Imperator Furiosa: ‘You never gonna have a better chance.’ Max Rockatansky: ‘At […]

May, 14

X-Men: Days of Future Past *** (2014, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Halle Berry, Evan Peters, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Lucas Till) – Movie Review

Director Bryan Singer returns after a long gap following his first two X-Men movies for what is billed as ‘the ultimate X-Men ensemble’. That’s enough to get hearts racing out of control among the squillions […]

May, 14

About a Boy ****½ (2002, Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz) – Classic Movie Review 155

The 2002 comedy About a Boy is an endearing, delightful, often hilarious movie, with a cute plot, a witty, quirky script, the smoothest of performances and polished handling by directors Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, […]

Aug, 12

Warm Bodies **** (2013, Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco) – Movie Review

‘Who says romance is dead?’ Based on the debut novel by Isaac Marion, the surprisingly appealing 2013 zom-rom-com Warm Bodies is loads better than expected. Intended for the slightly smarter, older end of the Twilight […]

Jun, 18

Jack The Giant Slayer – Film Review

Fee, fi, fo, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman – and a couple of Scotsmen and an American too. Nicholas Hoult is perfectly fast as farm boy Jack, whose horse gets snatched by […]

Mar, 21

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