Blood Bath, 1966. Directed by Jack Hill & Stephanie Rothman. Starring William Campbell, Marissa Mathes, Lori Saunders, Sid Haig, Roger Corman, Biff Elliot, Carl Schanzer and Patrick Magee. SYNOPSIS: A crazed artist believes himself to be the descendant of a vampire and goes on a killing spree murdering young women and drinking their blood. You’ve got […]
Movie Review – X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse, 2016. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Olivia Munn, Lana Condor, Evan Peters, Josh Helman, Lucas Till, and Hugh Jackman Synopsis: With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men […]
Movie Review – Me Before You (2016)
Me Before You, 2016. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Starring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Jenna Coleman, Brendan Coyle, Samantha Spiro, Matthew Lewis, Stephen Peacocke and Charles Dance. SYNOPSIS: A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralysed man she’s taking care of. Many filmgoers’ thoughts on a new lovey-dovey film […]
Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
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 […]
Movie Review – The Do-Over (2016)
The Do-Over, 2016. Directed by Steven Brill Starring Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn, Nick Swardson, Natasha Leggero, Michael Chiklis and Sean Astin. SYNOPSIS: Two down-on-their-luck guys decide to fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they’re pretending to be are in even deeper trouble. […]
Review – Jurassic Park live at the Royal Albert Hall
Sean Wilson reviews the concert performance of John Williams’ classic dinosaur blockbuster score… Assessing a film score is a tricky thing – does one applaud an orchestral soundtrack for drawing attention to itself, or for remaining steadfastly unobtrusive and part of the fabric of the movie in question? It’s especially tricky when assessing the work […]
Movie Review – The Conjuring 2 (2016)
The Conjuring 2, 2016. Directed by James Wan. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor, Madison Wolfe, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Simon Delaney, Franka Potente, Simon McBurney, Lauren Esposito, Patrick McAuley and Benjamin Haigh. SYNOPSIS: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits. […]
Person of Interest Season 5 Episodes 7 & 8 Review – ‘QSO’ and ‘Reassortment’
Ricky Church reviews the seventh and eighth episodes of Person of Interest season 5… Since Tuesday’s Person of Interest block was actually two episodes together, I’d thought it’d be better to review them as one since they both shared similar themes and focused heavily on Fusco’s investigation and Shaw’s escape from Samaritan’s clutches. ‘QSO’ and […]
Movie Review – Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016. Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, William Fichtner, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent Spiner, Joey King, Sela Ward, Vivica A. Fox, Angelababy, Nicolas Wright, Travis Tope, Judd Hirsch, and Deobia Opare. SYNOPSIS: Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with […]
Second Opinion – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, 2016. Directed by Dave Green. Starring Megan Fox, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Tyler Perry, Brian Tee, Gary Anthony Williams, Stephen Farrelly, Tony Shaloub, Brad Garrett and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: The Turtles face off against Shredder, who this time has […]
