Author: Unsalted Popcorn

The problem with adapting a “much loved” book is that, while it comes with a ready-made fan base, those fans will hit the roof if the film isn’t

Sometimes, it’s great to amble into a film knowing bog-all about it. It’s not easy to do these days, sure, but if you can manage it it’s ace.

Luc Besson is a funny old sod – on the one hand he gave us Nikita, The Fifth Element and Leon. On the other he inflicted The Family

Right, cards on the table – honest confession time. I quite liked The Expendables. There, I’ve said it. It wasn’t what you’d call high-brow, sure. It barely made

Yeah, I know, it’s been out a week already – sometimes life has a habit of getting in the way of what we want to actually do, you

Credit where credit is due, Cineworld’s allocated seating plan may be a joke (front half of screening empty, sat where I wanted), but at least when you tell

Many moons ago, someone realised that Transformers were popular, and lo did Michael Bay step forward and give us all the film we didn’t know we were waiting

There’s an old adage that there are no original ideas – and that’s never more true than the current horror genre. From endless sequels to found-footage films that

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, a man had an idea about fairytales… Actually, hold that thought – a quick note about Cineworld’s new

You may or may not have heard of Family Guy. You may or may not have heard of American Dad. You may or may not have heard of

OK, let’s deal with the elephant in the room here – yes, a bad thing happened to Charles Xavier in the terrible The Last Stand, but First Class

Sometimes – and it’s a hard thing to do these days – it’s wonderful to go into a film knowing nothing about it. Having caught Mark Kermode’s fulsome

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t in the most positive of moods going in to this – not only had it taken me an age to get round to

I’ll be honest – I was looking forward to this. A big monster mosh from Gareth Edwards? What’s not to love? (He did Monsters. You haven’t? Go watch

I’ll be honest, watching a non-IMAX film on the mahoosive IMAX screen in the fair city of Bradford is a slightly odd experience. There’s nothing wrong with the