Do you ever get the feeling that Ridley Scott has a few things to answer for? Don’t get me wrong, he’s made numerous films I’d list amongst my all time favourites, but for the re-popularisation of the swords and sandals genre alone (and its sibling, swords and sorcery) I think somebody should possibly be having a word…
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Film Reviews
Inside Out (2015) Review
Compartmentalisation of emotions, the loss of youth and the complex inner workings of the mind. No, it’s not the hard hitting drama it reads as on paper. It’s just another day in the office for Pixar Animation Studios. They sure do know how to toy with our emotions…
Creed Review
Over the course of five separate decades, and now seven films, the character of Rocky Balboa has become so entrenched in the hearts of filmgoers that his return to the big screen always felt like an inevitability.
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) Review
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 opens with a nipple joke. If that’s the sort of thing that you’re in to, then this is the film for you! For everyone else, you’re in for a pretty tiresome time.
Fantastic Four (2015) Review
What a great job Josh Trank did helming low-budget superhero flick Chronicle. Such a great job, in fact, that it makes his efforts with the Fantastic Four reboot all the more baffling. A few months out from its release there’s been plenty of time to dissect what’s gone wrong (read: everything), it’s taken its critical mauling and licked its…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review
“The Force, it’s calling to you. Just let it in.”
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Review
Considering that Mockingjay – Part 1 consisted almost entirely of set up for the closing chapter of the Hunger Games series, Part 2 picks up directly where its predecessor left off at a markedly plodding pace. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her army of rebels are banding together for the final assault on the Capitol and its dastardly leader, President…
Brooklyn Review
Home is where the heart is. But what happens when the heart is not able to settle on its home?
The Machine (2013) Review
In the future, brain damaged soldiers have a shot at a second chance thanks to Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens, Black Sails), a scientist dabbling in new area of technology which aims to reconstruct the brains of soldiers injured in war – turning them into part human, part robot cyborgs. His results prove to be a mixed bag, with the patients…
Crimson Peak Review
Beware Crimson Peak, aka Allerdale Hall, home to the brother/sister duo of Sir Thomas and Lady Lucille Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain). It’s a beautiful home, but one which has been ravaged by time and the not-so-sunny English weather. Someone’s got to pay for the upkeep of the mansion, but it sure as hell isn’t going to…
Spectre Review
After twenty-four entries in the long-standing series, settling in for a Bond film by this point feels much like cosying in for the evening with your favourite pair of slippers; familiar, comfortable, and much loved. The films might not all be great – a franchise which has featured an iceberg submarine, a preposterous space battle, and…
Everest Review
It’s a long, cold way to the tippy top of Mount Everest. A hike all the way to the cruising altitude of a Boeing 747; 8,848 metres, to be precise. Frost bite, heady heights, rope bridges and the ominous site of the world’s tallest mountain hanging over you….and that’s just the trek to Base Camp.
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