Alphaville, 1965. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff and Howard Vernon. SYNOPSIS: Tasked with an undercover investigation in Alphaville, a private investigator from The Outlands realises the computer that controls the city needs to be destroyed… Jean-Luc Godard’s sci-fi film noir, on a budget, is Alphaville. Pre-dating 2001: A Space Odyssey’s unforgettable HAL9000, […]
BFI Review – Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction, 1994. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Rosanna Arquette. SYNOPSIS: Three stories play out in expert fashion in LA, with drugs, money and guns all at play in Quentin Tarantino’s incredible second film. It truly is a testament to Pulp […]
Movie Review – Band of Robbers (2016)
Band of Robbers, 2016. Written and Directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee. Starring Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress, Daniel Edward Mora, Eric Christian Olsen, Johnny Pemberton, Beth Grant, Cooper Huckabee, and Stephen Lang. SYNOPSIS: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure […]
Movie Review – Lamb (2015)
Lamb, 2015. Written and Directed by Ross Partridge. Starring Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower, Scoot McNairy, and Lindsay Pulsipher. SYNOPSIS: When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey […]
Book Review – Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
Michelle Herbert reviews Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan… Whilst reading Occupy Me, I really enjoyed how indescribable it is. An Angel and a man that may or may not have split personality issues set themselves on a path that may or may not help humanity. There is time displacement and higher dimensions that sit outside […]
Movie Review – 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 2016 Directed by Michael Bay Starring John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Toby Stephens, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Furnusa, Max Martini, Alexia Barlier, David Costabile, Peyman Moaadi, and Matt Letscher SYNOPSIS: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security […]
Movie Review – Ride Along 2 (2016)
Ride Along 2, 2016 Directed by Tim Story Starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Olivia Munn, Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Tika Sumpter, Sherri Shepherd, and Bruce McGill SYNOPSIS: As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who’s supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product. […]
Movie Review – Dragon Blade (2015)
Dragon Blade, 2015. Directed by Daniel Lee. Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody. SYNOPSIS: Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An (Chan), an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. Soon thereafter, however, he meets a Roman soldier in Cusack’s Lucius and the […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2015)
The Revenant, 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820’s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Cinema can be a beguiling, beautiful […]
Second Opinion – Creed (2016)
Creed, 2016. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashād and Tony Bellew. SYNOPSIS: Apollo Creed’s illegitimate son, Adonis, aspires to be a boxer like his father. Trained by Philadelphia legend Rocky Balboa, achieving his dreams will be the toughest challenge yet… Like Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the new […]
