Au Revoir les Enfants, 1987 Directed by Louis Malle. Starring Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Philippe Morier-Genoud and Francine Racette. SYNOPSIS: Julien (Gaspard Manesse) is an ordinary boy. He’s not particularly different to the chatty children that run around the playground today. Though kicking each other with stilts would be a little risqué in this modern day and age. […]
Movie Review – A Most Violent Year (2014)
A Most Violent Year, 2014. Directed by JC Chandor. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks and Elyes Gabel. SYNOPSIS: In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city’s history. Opening with an explosive piece of violence, JC Chandor’s […]
Movie Review – The Loft (2015)
The Loft, 2015. Directed by Erik Van Looy. Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eric Stonestreet and Isabel Lucas. SYNOPSIS: Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city–a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a […]
Arrow Season 3 Episode 11 Review – ‘Midnight City’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eleventh episode of Arrow season 3… Alright hardcore Arrow fans, prepare to lynch me: I’m really digging Laurel now. All the crying, sudden motivational and character mood swings, it’s all lead up to this: her falling on her leather-clad ass onto the back of a van. No, but seriously, the dual […]
Video Game Preview – Resident Evil Revelations 2
Alan Heath previews Resident Evil Revelations 2… After a couple of action orientated instalments in the franchise, Resident Evil Revelations on the 3Ds (and later PC, 360, PS3 & Wii U) was a breath of fresh air for fans of the classic Survival Horror games. Now, Capcom are doing a sequel in the form of the […]
Agent Carter Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Blitzkrieg Button’
Amy Richau reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s Agent Carter… The fourth outing of Marvel’s Agent Carter is one of the series’ busiest episodes yet. It’s also the most entertaining episode so far. Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) makes a lengthy appearance in The Blitzkrieg Button, as he is desperate to get one of his inventions out […]
The Flash Season 1 Episode 11 – ‘The Sound and the Fury’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eleventh episode of The Flash… This week’s previews didn’t get me all fired up like many previous weeks before it; a nerdy looking guy in a black cloak with sonic gauntlets mad at the world spelled out “Villain of the Week” but Hartley Rathaway, otherwise known as the Pied Piper, was […]
Movie Review – The Drift (2014)
The Drift, 2014. Directed by Darren Scales. Starring Jonny Black, Victoria Hopkins, Vin Hawke and Peter Revel-Walsh. SYNOPSIS: After the catastrophic Dark Wave damaged every faster-than-light crystal, leaving thousands of ships stranded and drifting, a small salvage vessel arrives at a spaceship graveyard. But the crew soon discover that not everything on this Drift is […]
Movie Review – Big Hero 6 (2015)
Big Hero 6, 2015. Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. Featuring the voice talents of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., James Cromwell and Alan Tudyk. SYNOPSIS: The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group […]
Movie Review – The Gambler (2014)
The Gambler, 2014. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, Michael K. Williams and John Goodman. SYNOPSIS: Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk […]
