Tony Stamp

As chucklesome and moderately gory as the original, without any freshness.

Set three decades after the graphic novel, Watchmen streams on NEON Oct 21.

Story-wise it ain’t much, but it’s all just an excuse to watch celebrities squirm.

Although, like many Netflix offerings, it can feel inconsequential.

Apart from a few interesting wrinkles, this finale is business as usual

It’s very nice to look at, though.

Tony Stamp comments on the characters that started it all.

Tony Stamp weighs up what we can reasonably (or unreasonably) expect next week.

Shazam! proves there are plenty of new ways to tell these super-stories.

“You’re watching a man fall apart, but jeez, what a doofus.”

Rose McIver and George Mason are admirable, but it’s a frustrating film.

“She’s such a formidable artist.”

The real stars here are the set-pieces.

This second instalment leans even further into the silliness.

A lot of people die, and you may chuckle a bit along the way.

It’s downright weird.

James Wan throws everything at the wall.

“It’s a bloody good story and a neat summary of why war is hell.”

Tony Stamp looks at what does, and doesn’t, make a real-life music flick tick.

Unintentionally funny.

The most tragic, psychedelic revenge movie possible.