Dan Says its Alright

 The menu is a squid ink black culinary satire that skewers the sycophants and disrespectful tourists that steal the joy from being a high end chef (or any form of artist) while also being a three Michelin star dark comedy and acting as a power fantasy of sorts for those in the service industry. The film centres around Anya Taylor-Joy's Margot as she accompanies potential boyfriend Tyler (Nicholas Hoult) to an island to eat at the most exclusive of restraunts. The restraunt, and indeed whole island, are presided over by Chef Slowik who is idolised by his diners and inspires complete devotion from his cult-like staff. The customers comprise the worst, but all too familiar, "enjoyers" of fine dining. There's a hilariously self-indulgent critic, some wall street bro's there for the bragging rights, a washed up, name dropping celebrity and an ultra rich couple with no appreciation for the privilege they enjoy. Perhaps most ridiculous of all is Tyler himself, a gate ke

 Black Adam is a bit of a mess, but in the most entertaining way. Indeed, when most modern superhero films tend to drip feed world building to the viewer over multiple entries, the kitchen sink approach of DC's latest offering is actually quite refreshing.  The start is slow, with some fairly dull backstory leading up to a couple of cookie cutter characters discovering a crown that has been hidden for thousands of years (deapite the fact its just sitting in a cave on the outskirts of a major city). This leads to Black Adam being awakened and business picking sharply up. The fight scenes are great, selling speed and impact in a way the competition doesn't bother trying to. Props also to the costume designers who put up some of the best looking comic book suit interpretations yet put to film, even if the big bad ends up looking a bit naff. Dwayne Johnson has been waiting quite some time to get the titular (not really anti) hero to the screen and as you can imagine he certainly lo