Money Monster, 2016. Directed by Jodie Foster. Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Emily Meade, and Dominic West. SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show find themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the […]
Movie Review – Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Everybody Wants Some!!, 2016. Written and Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Blake Jenner, Zoey Deutch, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Glenn Powell, Austin Amelio, Juston Street, Will Brittain, Temple Baker, J. Quinton Johnson, and Wyatt Russell. SYNOPSIS: A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Everybody Wants […]
Video Game Review – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Thomas Roach reviews Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End… The much anticipated Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End lets players take our protagonist Nathan Drake on one last adventure. Having waited through several delays for the game it is finally great to get our hands on it. Many of us had high expectations from the final game […]
Movie Review – Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Rhys Ifans and Sacha Baron Cohen. SYNOPSIS: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. For all […]
Movie Review – The Do-Over (2016)
The Do-Over, 2016. Directed by Steven Brill. Starring Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Luis Guzman, Nick Swardson, Sean Astin, Matt Walsh, Catherine Bell and Michael Chiklis. SYNOPSIS: The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on […]
Second Opinion – The Shallows (2016)
The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collet Serra. Starring Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen and Sedona Lodge. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. When I first heard about The Shallows, my […]
Movie Review – Lights Out (2016)
Lights Out, 2016. Directed by David F. Sandberg Starring: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello and Alexander DiPersia. SYNOPSIS: Plagued by an entity that only reveals itself when the lights are out, Rebecca and her little brother, Martin, work to find a way to rid their house of the spirit that is only tied to […]
Movie Review – The Shallows (2016)
The Shallows. 2016. Directed by Jaume Collett-Serra. Starring Blake Lively. SYNOPSIS: A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills. The Shallows tells the story of Nancy, a college medical student who travels to a secluded beach […]
Movie Review – War Dogs (2016)
War Dogs, 2016. Directed by Todd Phillips. Starring Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas and Kevin Pollak. SYNOPSIS: David Packouz (Teller) is a down-and-out masseuse, living with his girlfriend with few ambitions, and a baby on the way. At a funeral for an old school friend he bumps into his childhood best friend Efraim […]
Movie Review – Golden Years (2016)
Golden Years, 2016. Directed by John Miller. starring Phillip David, Bernard Hill, Simon Callow, Alun Armstrong, Una Stubbs, Virginia McKenna, Sue Johnston, Brad Moore. SYNOPSIS: Retired couple Arthur (Bernard Hill) and Martha (Virginia McKenna) Goode refuse to fade into old age and take the loss of their pension lying down. Instead they slip unseen into […]
