Macbeth, 1971. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Selby, Francesca Annis and Terence Bayler. SYNOPSIS: Macbeth craves, and kills, for the role of King but his demons haunt him as he slowly loses his mind… After last year’s vivid depiction of Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender, it is worth turning back the clocks […]
Movie Review – Sisters (2015)
Sisters, 2015Directed by Jason Moore Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, John Cena, John Leguizamo, Bobby Moynihan, Greta Lee, Madison DavenportSYNOPSIS: Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.Since the release of Bridesmaids a few years back, there has been a […]
FrightFest Presents Review – AfterDeath (2015)
AfterDeath, 2015. Directed by Gez Medinger & Robin Schmidt. Starring Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher and Lorna Nickson Brown. SYNOPSIS: Five strangers wake up on a beach in some sort of netherworld and have to figure out why they are there and what is the mysterious creature that is tormenting them. Another […]
Blu-ray Review – It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night, 1934. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Kerns and Jameson Thomas. SYNOPSIS: Ellen ‘Ellie’ Andrews, a spoiled heiress, runs away to elope with her handsome pilot fiancee. Along the way, she meets down on his luck reporter Peter Warne, and realises maybe her future isn’t […]
Comic Book Review – Think Tank: Creative Destruction #1
Andrew Newton reviews Think Tank: Creative Destruction #1… An unknown enemy destroys the technological infrastructure of the United States. Panic and conspiracy theories spread as David Loren and his misfit science team continue work on the TALOS project, trying to make “Iron Man” suits a reality in California. It’s been a while since the last […]
Second Opinion – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johnasson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by a panther and a pack of wolves, is forced to travel to a man village when Shere Khan, a […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 19 Review – ‘Myriad’
Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Supergirl…Mass extinction has always been a good subject for drama, because historically people have killed, maimed, destroyed and segregated without compunction. Sparing you the lecture let’s just say cultures have done, will do and continue doing heinous things under the misguided belief that they are right. Supergirl has […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 17 Review – ‘Into The Woods’
Martin Carr reviews the seventeenth episode of Gotham season 2…Episode seventeen entitled ‘Into The Woods’ has nothing to do Sondheim. There is no warbling, no Meryl Streep and mercifully no Johnny Depp looking shifty amongst the undergrowth. Instead we get gothic melodrama, boatloads of crazy and a showdown which is more Millers Crossing than DC […]
Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Nailed’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Better Call Saul season 2…By Christ Odenkirk is one complex actor. Now I don’t mean to blaspheme because such things are unnecessary until provoked and genuine in their delivery, but come on. If anything or anyone manages to blindside you more than Jimmy McGill then I want pointing […]
Movie Review – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016.Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken.SYNOPSIS:The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also […]
