Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington and Naoko Mori. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. The fascination with climbing Mt. Everest is one that has been marvelled at […]
Movie Review – How to Change the World (2015)
How to Change the World, 2015. Written and Directed by Jerry Rothwell. SYNOPSIS: A documentary concerning the formation of Greenpeace and the individuals that motivated the world’s first environmental-peace movement during the early 70’s. From British director Jerry Rothwell (Deep Water, Town of Runners), comes his latest documentary How to Change the World, a film […]
Movie Review – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass, 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll and Kevin Bacon. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant […]
Movie Review – Everest (2015)
Everest, 2015. Directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Clive Standen, Michael Kelly and Sam Worthington. SYNOPSIS: A climbing expedition on Mt. Everest is devastated by a severe snow storm. Mother Nature is a bitch – words that consistently kept coming to mind […]
Video Game Review – Mad Max
Kris Wall reviews Mad Max… There was a time when the mere mention of a licensed game or a movie tie in was enough to strike fear into the hearts of all gamers, it was once synonymous with the worst that video games had to offer. So you really have to hand it to Warner […]
Movie Review – Demon (2015)
Demon, 2015. Written and directed by Marcin Wrona. Starring Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Zulewska, Andrzej Grabowski and Tomasz Schuchardt. SYNOPSIS: When he finds buried human remains on the eve of his wedding, a groom decides not to let it ruin the fun. As the festivities start and the vodka flows, his decision proves to have terrifying […]
Blu-ray Review – Zardoz (1974)
Zardoz, 1974. Directed by John Boorman. Starring Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, Bosco Hogan and Niall Buggy. SYNOPSIS: In the distant future a barbarian finds himself in the realm of the elite and immortal Eternals. Originally released in 1974, John Boorman’s Zardoz is the movie equivalent of a prog rock band being […]
Second Opinion – Legend (2015)
Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: A biopic on the infamous twins, The Krays, charting their life of crime in the 1960’s. Ronnie and Reggie Kray have become the UK equivalent of Al Capone. East End gangsters, Brian […]
Movie Review – Goodnight Mommy (2015)
Goodnight Mommy, 2015. Written and Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. SYNOPSIS: Twin boys move to a new home with their mother after she has face changing cosmetic surgery, but under her bandages is someone the children don’t recognize. Goodnight Mommy definitely has a tonal identity […]
This Is England ’90 Episode 1 Review – ‘Spring’
Tom Beasley reviews the first episode of Shane Meadows’ latest, and possibly final, return to the This Is England universe… From the moment we’re tossed back into the world of This Is England ’90, it’s as if we’ve never been away. Shane Meadows’ captures the milieu of working class Britain and the lives of his […]
