Assault on Precinct 13, 1976. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Charles Cyphers, Tony Burton, Nancy Loomis, Martin West. SYNOPSIS: A cop and a ragtag collection of criminals defend a closing police station against an invading gang. Often lauded as ‘the ultimate siege move’, John Carpenter’s second full-length feature Assault […]
DVD Review – The Neighbour (2016)
The Neighbour, 2016. Directed by Marcus Dunstan. Starring Josh Stewart, Jaqueline Fleming, Alex Essoe, Bill Engvall, Luke Edwards, Melissa Bolona, Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A married couple of low-level criminals looking to escape to a new life discover their next door neighbour is also up to no good. From the creative team that brought you torture […]
DVD Review – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Jena Malone, Karl Glusman and Desmond Harrington. SYNOPSIS: A naïve but ambitious young model moves to L.A. and is immediately ‘consumed’ by her jealous rivals who will stop at nothing to break her down. Nicolas Winding Refn is a […]
Movie Review – The Shining Extended Cut (1980)
The Shining, 1980. Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Stanley Kubrick’s The […]
Movie Review – House of Flying Arrows (2016)
House of Flying Arrows, 2016. Directed by Daniel Harris and Daniel Mendelle. SYNOPSIS: A documentary tracing darts’ evolution from humble beginnings through to the glamorous heyday of the 1980s and on into the lucrative professional era. Have you ever tried to play darts while not at the pub, or at the very least slightly inebriated? Don’t, […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Welcome To Earth’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Supergirl season 2… Supergirl is back in the room people. Any reservations I had last week about lacklustre performance were quickly quashed by the arrival of Lynda Carter. For those of a certain age, which includes me, she was Wonder Woman long before Gal Gadot was so much […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Follow the White Rabbit’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Gotham season 3… Let’s take a few moments to admire the film references present and correct within Gotham this week. First we have The Matrix which I am not even going to explain because it gives me no pleasure in pointing out the obvious. Secondly however we have […]
The Strain Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘Do Or Die’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Strain season 3… The Strain is a pitch battle this week with stand up fights, swinging fists and artillery shells caught in slow motion arcs bouncing off concrete like Michael Bay choreographed pseudo gun porn. There are human moments and origin flashbacks but in the main we […]
Movie Review – Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, 2016. Directed by Edward Zwick Starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Robert Catrini, Madalyn Horche and Robert Knepper. SYNOPSIS: Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from […]
Movie Review – Arrival (2016)
Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma and Mark O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks […]
