3 Days to Kill, 2014Directed by McG. Starring Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld and Connie Nielsen.SYNOPSIS:A dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment. Another day, another Kevin Costner CIA spy thriller. Coincidentally, at time of writing, […]
The Bechdel Test – Are You Not Entertained?
Steve Leadbetter argues that although the Bechdel Test is designed to keep the industry in check, does it really matter to film-makers themselves? The Bechdel test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. With the recent release of the figures […]
Movie Review – The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2014)
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, 2014.Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Starring Callum Keith Rennie, Helena Bonham Carter, Dominique Pinon, Kyle Catlett, Judy Davis and Jakob Davies.SYNOPSIS:Upon receiving the news that he has won an award from the Smithsonian Institute, the ten-year-old TS Spivet leaves his family home on an adventure to collect his prize.Whenever I […]
Second Opinion – Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station, 2013.Written and directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer.SYNOPSIS:An arguably biographical reconstruction of the day leading up to the tragic events that took place at the titular Fruitvale Station on New Years Eve, 2008.Coming from a generation that finds it difficult to […]
Movie Review – Run & Jump (2013)
Run & Jump, 2013Directed by Steph Green. Starring Maxine Peake, Will Forte and Edward MacLiam.SYNOPSIS:Following a stroke, Conor returns home a changed man. Supported by his loving family and neurologist Ted, everyone has to come to terms that life will not be the same again. By the time you’ve reached three quarters of an hour, […]
Movie Review – Enemy (2013)
Enemy, 2013.Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon.SYNOPSIS:Whilst watching a film recommended by a work colleague, a man inexplicably sees himself in the movie. Discovering an actor who looks exactly like himself, he goes in search of the man, with unexpected results. Doing the rounds in the past few months […]
Second Opinion – Pompeii (2014)
Pompeii, 2014.Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Joe Pingue, Currie Graham, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.SYNOPSIS:A race against time and the elements as a gladiator attempts to save his true love from certain death as a volcano erupts, threatening to engulf the city beneath it.And here it […]
Movie Review – A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
A Thousand Times Good Night, 2014Directed by Erik PoppeStarring Juliette Binoche and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. SYNOPSIS:After being witness to a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, Rebecca, a renowned war photographer, returns home to her family in Ireland, where an emotional juggling act between her family and professional lives ensues. From the outset, you get the distinct impression […]
Movie Review – In Your Eyes (2014)
In Your Eyes, 2014Directed by Brin Hill. Starring Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Jennifer Grey, and Nikki Reed. SYNOPSIS:Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the others experiences, creating a bond that apparently cannot be broken. Love must be in […]
Movie Review – Leave The World Behind (2014)
Leave The World Behind, 2014.Directed by Christian Larson. Starring Axel Hedfors, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello. SYNOPSIS:A documentary from Christian Larson following Swedish House Mafia on ‘One Last Tour’ before the band split up as they had previously announced. Like John Travolta, I got chills and they’re multiplying. It was not the sight of Olivia Newton-John in […]
