Barton’s Movie Reviews – VACATION
I went in to Vacation treating it as a standalone comedy, mainly because I had never seen any of the National Lampoon Vacation movies. Comedy, like any genre, has evolved over the years so...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – SPY
Ever since Bridesmaids in 2011, it's been hard to ignore Melissa McCarthy's presence in the world of comedy. If I'm honest, I thought she was very good in that film but since...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – PITCH PERFECT 2
Following the huge success of Pitch Perfect back in 2012, a sequel was almost immediately announced. The first was a runaway success and a welcome breath of fresh air; fierce in its...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – GET HARD
Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart are two of the biggest comedy actors working in Hollywood right now so it was kind of inevitable that they would take advantage of that...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – LET’S BE COPS
I don't go to the cinema to dislike a film, I really don't. No matter what a film looks like from any trailers or posters, I always go in with an...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – OCULUS
Like most film genres, horror has evolved over the years. The only problem is that much like the comedy and action genres, horror films all seem to be too similar...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – 22 JUMP STREET
To be better than or equal to their predecessors, sequels usually have to do something different. This is especially the case when it comes to comedy sequels. 22 Jump Street breaks this...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – EDGE OF TOMORROW
Live. Die. Repeat. Live. Die. Repeat. Live. Die. Repeat. Tom Cruise's latest film seeing him fight an alien invasion has arrived and has staked its claim as the best sci-fi film...
Barton’s Movie Reviews – BAD NEIGHBOURS
People of the UK, before you get the wrong end of the stick, Bad Neighbours is not some twisted version of the popular Australian soap Neighbours. So if you go expecting to see...