Phoenix FM Film Reviews

This week Mark reviews: The Union - Mike, a construction worker from New Jersey, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission. Only The River Flows - A Police Chief investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is quickly made, but the strange b...

This week Mark reviews: The Instigators - Rory and Cobby are robbers who must go on the run when a theft goes wrong. Along for the ride is Rory’s therapist. Boy Kills World - When Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination, watches his family murdered. He vows to seek revenge. He is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Tuesday - A...

This week Mark reviews: Harold and the Purple Crayon - Inside of his book, Harold can make anything come to life just by drawing it with his purple crayon. But when he comes into the physical world, Harold realises he has a lot to learn about real life. Kensuke’s Kingdom - Michael, a young boy who has been shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presen...

This week Mark reviews: Deadpool & Wolverine - Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy. About Dry Grasses - A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleagu...

This week Mark reviews: Twisters - Kate Carter is a retired Tornado chaser turned meteorologist. She is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies to better understand tornadoes. Civil War - A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach Washington DC before rebel factions descend u...

This week Mark reviews: Despicable Me 4 - Gru and family, including baby Gru Jr., are forced to go on the run and assume a new identity after Gru’s school nemesis Maxime Le Mal returns. While living the new life Gru starts to realise that normal is not what they are. Sleep - A young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or...

This week Mark reviews: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F - Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter’s life is threatened. His old pals Taggart and Rosewood help to uncover a conspiracy that goes right to the heart of the L.A.P.D. The Moor - Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son’s final resting place. S...

This week Mark reviews: Kinds Of Kindness - Three stories revolve around a man who tries to take control of his own life, a policeman whose wife seems like a different person, and a woman who searches for someone with a special ability. Fancy Dance - Following her sister’s disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child’s white parents and sets out for the state powwow in...

This week Mark reviews: The Bikeriders - A Midwestern motorcycle club begins as a group of outsiders who are untied by good times, rumbling bikes and their charismatic leader. But things start to go bad when chapters start popping up around the country. The Peasants - 19th Century Poland, Jagna – a peasant woman – creates havoc in the local community when she marries a rich older man. Sleeping Dog...

This week Mark reviews: Inside Out 2 - As Riley becomes a teenager, she develops new emotions including Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment and Ennui aka boredom. Freud’s Last Session - Towards the end of his life Sigmund Freud invites author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis’ unconventional relationship with his best friend’s mother. Wild...

This week Mark reviews: The Dead Don’t Hurt - Two pioneers fight for their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War. Lisa Frankenstein - Lisa Frankenstein is a misunderstood teenager. One day she brings back to life a Victorian male and they embark on a murderous journey together to find love, happiness and a few missing body parts. Hit Man - A professor moonlighting as a...

This week Mark reviews: You Can Call Me Bill - William Shatner recounts his personal journey over nine decades on Earth, stripping away all the masks he's worn to embody countless characters. Malum - A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father’s death and a vicious cult. Th...

This week Mark reviews: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and subsequent team-up with Mad Max. The Goldfinger - A criminal conspiracy is uncovered when the stock market crashes. The Garfield Movie - After Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic, he and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfec...

This week Mark reviews: Hoard - Maria grew up with her mother, who was a hoarder. Years later, after being taken into a foster home, previous resident Michael inspires her to revisit her childhood memories and passions that she has repressed. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire - Godzilla and Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival o...

This week Mark reviews: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and the evolution of apes and humans alike. La Chimera - A group of archaeologists look to the black market to sell historical artifacts. The Promised Land - In 1755, poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen arri...

This week Mark reviews: The Fall Guy - A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film. The End We Start From - A woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters. Mean Girls - Cady Heron is a hit with the plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes...

This week Mark reviews: I.S.S. - U.S. and Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station watch as conflict breaks out on Earth. Soon, they each receive orders: take control of the space station by any means necessary. Last Summer - Anne, a brilliant lawyer, lives with her husband Pierre and their two daughters. When Pierre’s son Theo, from his first marriage arrives, Anne finds herself...

This week Mark reviews: The Book of Clarence - Struggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to divine existence. Fallen Leaves - In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phones to mistaken addr...

This week Mark reviews: Back To Black - The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of all time. Next Goal Wins - Football coach Thomas Rongen is forced to take a job managing the American Samoa national team, a team known as the worse in the world after they lost 31-0 to Australia. The Color Purple - Celie...

This week Mark reviews: Scoop - How the BBC obtained the bombshell interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Suzume - 17-year-old Suzume meets a mysterious young man. Following him to an abandoned building she helps him close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over Japan. The Trouble With Jessica - Sarah and Tom are in de...

This week Mark reviews: Kung Fu Panda 4 - After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm. Eileen - A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Wish - A y...

This week Mark reviews: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age. Robot Dreams - In New York City, during the 1980s, a robot and a dog become friends. They go on adventures together, but also get into some serious misfortunes together. Thi...

This week Mark reviews: Drive-Away Dolls - Jamie regrets her breakup with her girlfriend, while Marian needs to relax. In search of a fresh start, they embark on an unexpected road trip to Tallahassee. Things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals. Monster - A mother demands answers from a teacher when her son begins acting strangely. Anyone But You - After an amazin...

This week Mark reviews: Ricky Stanicky - When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the non-existent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behaviour. Do Not Expect Too Much of the End of the World - An overworked and underpaid production assistant has to shoot a workplac...

This week Mark reviews: Dune: Part II - Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremon while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Femme - Jules is targeted in an horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and his career. Some time later he encounters Preston, one of the attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge. Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande - A documen...