The Revenant - review Nominated for all sorts of Academy awards The Revenant is an epic tale of survival and revenge. It is fantastic looking film with fine performances and in many ways a “very worthy production”. However is it worthy of all the plaudits………. . Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will … [Read more...]
Spectre (2015)
Spectre 2015 Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig - Lea Seydoux - Christoph Waltz - Ben Wishaw - Ralf Fiennes - Naomie Harris From even before the opening credits, with the Metro Goldwin Mayer and the Columbia logos appearing in quick succession, you can hear the orchestral strings rise and hint and then transform into the (oh, so familiar) theme. A … [Read more...]
Legend (2015)
Legend (2015) A new film about the Krays staring Tom Hardy both as Ron and Reg. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Ultra-violent, and ultra-glamorous, is how they were portrayed in the 60s tabloids and ultra-violent, and ultra-glamorous is how they are portrayed here. True or exaggerated, the story unfolds like Shakespearean tragedy, and leaves judgement of the dubious … [Read more...]
Review: Terminator Genisys (2015)
Not unlike X-Men: Days of Future Past or J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, the big idea for this latest attempt at restarting the Terminator franchise is to use time travel to reboot the universe in-story, by changing the fictional past. It's ambitious, more so than any Terminator film since the second one, but it's unfortunately a bit of a convoluted mess as well. … [Read more...]
Review: Big Game (2015)
In the midst of his terrible physical state and his declining poll approval, things are going very well for President William Alan Moore (Samuel L. Jackson). Things get even worse when Air Force One's defenses all seem to fail at once and the plane is attacked. His escape pod lands deep in the Finnish forests, where he is happened upon by Oskari (Onni Tommila), a young hunter … [Read more...]
Review: Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
Spooks: The Greater Good is a continuation of the immensely popular UK TV show that ended back in 2011. Starring Peter Firth as the series lead Harry Pearce, the film focuses around the events following a leak occurring in MI-5 which led to a high-level target escaping from their custody before he could be handed over to the CIA. After this happened under his control, Pearce … [Read more...]
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
It's not often that something is labelled a classic as soon as it comes out. Films like Citizen Kane and The Shawshank Redemption took years of re-evaluation and rabid praise in order to become the hallmarks of the art form they are today. It takes a while normally. Here, I feel completely comfortable saying that Mad Max: Fury Road is not only the best film of the series, but … [Read more...]
Review: Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
Following the sudden and tragic death of co-star Paul Walker, the team behind Fast & Furious 7 went back for a series of reshoots in order to pay homage to their friend. The results are surprisingly tasteful and this level of meta-knowledge helps fuel Walker's 'last ride' for the franchise. … [Read more...]
Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)
Imagine a man who out-suaves Connery's Bond, who out-ass kicks Kick Ass and whose belief in manners are an excuse to brutalise an entire pub. This is Colin Firth's Harry Hart in Kingsman: The Secret Service. Director Matthew Vaughn fresh from his exploits with the X-Men returns to the comic book genre with an adaptation of The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, … [Read more...]
Review: Taken 3 (2015)
The fact that the phrase ˜the Taken franchise' is a truth in the film industry is possibly the most baffling thing in recent movie memory. The first Taken film was a standalone story; an ex-secret agent's daughter gets kidnapped by a ring of Albanian human traffickers, and so he goes on a crusade to shoot some bad guys, torture some bad guys, and pretty much murder half of … [Read more...]