Another unnecessary addition to the franchise that already sailed into the sunset on a satisfactory note a decade ago, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the fifth instalment in the series nobody gives a damn about anymore, tries so hard to be funny that it's actually pitiful, and fails to move an inch off the seabed after On Stranger's Tides sunk it in such spectacular fashion.

Set 5 years after the events of the last movie,…

Instead of breaking out of the grave, getting off to a flying start & putting Universal Studios' Dark Universe on the map, The Mummy ends up burying its own universe by digging in the opposite direction and is one of the absolute worst movies to surface in cinemas this year, or any year for that matter. A hell of an eyesore from start to finish, it's no less than an atrocity.

The Mummy tells the story of an ancient princess who…

I look around, I look around, I see a lot of reviews for this classic. Which means a lot of people have been breaking the first two rules of Fight Club.

Now if you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to…

This is it! This is where the search for the best picture of 2014 comes to its conclusion. And although I still need to check out a few more films that were released before the new year, I doubt that watching them is going to change anything because after sitting through what is undeniably a goosebumps-inducing cinematic experience from start to finish, I can say with absolute certainty that Whiplash is my Movie of the Year.

Whiplash tells the story…