(500) Days of Summer, 2009. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler and Clark Gregg.SYNOPSIS:Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t.(500) Days of Summer is a nice little film I recommend to all my friends simply by calling it ‘a lad’s chick flick’. […]

The Paperboy, 2012.Written and Directed by Lee Daniels.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, John Cusack, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn and Macy Gray.SYNOPSIS:Tipped off by the enigmatic Charlotte (Nicole Kidman) that a local loner on death row (John Cusack) has been framed for the murder of the corrupt sheriff, they see a prize-winning piece in […]

Robb Ghag reviews Age of Ultron #2… “For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth – that day has arrived.“ We went out with a […]

Piers McCarthy reviews the thirteenth episode of The Walking Dead season 3….Two fierce, angry men are planning war against one another. Both have a team of loyal and dedicated soldiers ready to fight the opposing side. As well as this rivalry, there is a seemingly never-ending hoard of the undead that always need to be […]

Person of Interest: The Complete First Season Created by Jonathan Nolan.Starring Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman and Michael Emerson. SYNOPSIS: A software genius and an ex-CIA operative work together to prevent violent crimes before they can happen. From Jonathan (brother of Christopher) Nolan and Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams, Person of […]

Welcome to the Punch, 2013. Written and Directed by Eran Creevy.Starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Jason Flemyng, Peter Mullan, Johnny Harris and Daniel Mays. SYNOPSIS: A police officer with physical and mental scars is forced to confront his past pain as well as corruption in his city when the criminal who […]

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, 2013 Directed by Don ScardinoStarring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Alan Arkin SYNOPSIS:When a street magician’s stunt begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton look to salvage on their act – and their friendship – by staging their own daring […]

Chris Cooper reviews Dead Space 3… As I sit down to write this I am filled with conflict. To say it’s driving me mad could be a push, but maybe I’m starting to feel like Isaac Clarke as I figure things out. The first Dead Space was amazing. It not only filled the hole left […]

Paul Risker reviews the sixth episode of Sons of Anarchy season 5… The curtain rises amongst the episode best described as the bloodbath of season five… And so the season five body count rises. As I write this I have no idea of the total number of souls mowed down by the pen of Kurt […]

Tom Jolliffe looks at the possibilities for The Expendables 3…The dust had barely settled from the first time eyes were laid upon a print of The Expendables 2 before rumours of the third film started flying around. Long before the final box office takings had been registered it seemed that the third was more or […]