Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]
Second Opinion – The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance […]
Comic Book Review – Black Road #2
Zeb Larson reviews Black Road #2… The Viking North is an occupied war zone and Magnus the Black is the fixer for Papal Rome. Something about this issue of Black Road didn’t grab me. The first issue had a certain austere bleakness that was appropriate, but it also had the power of the tension between […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episode 4 Review – ‘6,741’
Ricky Church reviews the fourth episode of Person of Interest season five… It was an event we were all waiting for: Sarah Shahi’s return as Sameen Shaw in Person of Interest finally happened. Shahi, who left last year due to pregnancy and maternity leave, filled a small void that had been left in her absence, […]
69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Mal de Pierres (2016)
Mal de Pierres (From the Land of the Moon), 2016. Directed by Nicole Garcia. Starring Marion Cotillard, Alex Brendemühl and Louis Garrel. SYNOPSIS: A spirited but delusional young woman in post-war France ends up in a marriage of convenience. When an illness takes her to a retreat in the Alps, she meets and falls in […]
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. There is a definite temptation to begin this […]
Second Opinion – Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw, 2015. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child […]
Second Opinion – Where to Invade Next (2015)
Where to Invade Next, 2015. Directed by Michael Moore. SYNOPSIS: Michael Moore’s documentary explores social, political and economic innovations from across the world – and how he can steal them for America… Michael Moore is an acquired taste. He has a snarky demeanour and a cocky attitude. His it’s-so-obvious tone can seem downright smug too […]
29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Youth (2015)
Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Season One Review
Kirsty Capes reviews Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt… Upon first glance, Netflix’s latest comedy original Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, looks like an unemployed twenty-something’s dream. Set in New York, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt follows the delightful Kimmy, who has recently escaped a fifteen year-long incarceration in an underground bunker, held captive by Don Draper in a weird sex cult before being liberated and […]
