Wolf Warrior, 2015. Directed by Wu Jing. Starring Scott Adkins, Wu Jing, Nan Yu, Kyle Shapiro and Kevin Lee. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese Special Forces soldier is targeted by a ruthless drug lord and his band of mercenaries. When Chinese Special Forces sniper Leng Feng (Wu Jing) unconventionally kills a wanted criminal he is sent into […]
DVD Review – Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015)
Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery, 2015. Directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. Featuring the voice talents of Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Mundy Cohn, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer. SYNOPSIS: Get ready to Rock! Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang team up with the one and only […]
Countdown to Spectre – Live and Let Die Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Roger Moore’s first outing, Live and Let Die… Live and Let Die is the start of a new era for James Bond as Roger Moore takes on the role of the famous super agent. The film introduces Bond to a lighter, more comedic Bond […]
BIFF 2015 Movie Review – The Companion (2015)
The Companion, 2015. Directed by Pavel Giroud. Starring Yotuel Romero, Armando Miguel Gomez, Camila Arteche, Yailene Sierra, Jazz Vila, Jorge Molina. SYNOPSIS As HIV swept the globe throughout the 1980s, Cuban officials sent patients to a military facility for supervision, allowing detainees out once a week in the presence of an official “companion” sent to accompany them. Former boxing […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Bigger Splash (2015)
A Bigger Splash, 2015 Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes SYNOPSIS: The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. From the lush opening moments of A Bigger Splash, acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino’s […]
Ron Perlman cast in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hellboy and Sons of Anarchy actor Ron Perlman is set to join the stacked cast of the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor will play a goblin in the film, but other details pertaining to his role are unknown at the time. This news […]
Movie Review – The Stranger (2014)
The Stranger, 2014. Written and directed by Guillermo Amoedo. Starring Cristobal Tapia Montt, Nicolás Durán, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy, Alessandra Guerzoni and Lorenza Izzo. SYNOPSIS: A drifter causes chaos for a young man and his mother when he arrives in their small town looking for an old flame, leaving a trail of blood in his […]
Countdown to Spectre – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service… In 1967 audiences were introduced to their first James Bond that was not Sean Connery. In George Lazenby’s one and only Bond film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 007 is hot on the trail of Blofeld and closing in […]
59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Brand: A Second Coming (2015)
Brand: A Second Coming, 2015 Directed by Ondi Timoner Starring Russell Brand SYNOPSIS: BRAND – A SECOND COMING follows comedian Russell Brand’s spiritual journey from addict and Hollywood star to self-proclaimed revolutionary and explores our relationship to the consumerism and individualism that drives our society and distracts us at a time when it’s vital for […]
Movie Review – By Our Selves (2015)
By Our Selves, 2015. Directed by Andrew Kötting. Starring Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Andrew Kötting. Synopsis: A surrealist film documenting the inner thoughts and wanderings of John Clare, both physically and mentally on his “Journey out of Essex”. A cinematic cognitive mapping of John Clare’s fractured and adopted identities; By Our Selves is an […]
