With Disney’s $250m-budgeted space fantasy John Carter rapidly slipping down the charts – having banked a global haul of just $184m to date – the studio have released a statement via Deadline confirming that they expect to make a major loss on the Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation: “In light of the theatrical performance of John […]

High School Musical 3: Senior Year, 2008. Directed by Kenny Ortega. Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Olesya Rulin. SYNOPSIS: The Wildcats of East High School are now seniors and with graduation fast approaching they have to make some serious decisions about their future. High School Musical 3: Senior […]

High School Musical 2, 2007. Directed by Kenny Ortega. Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu. SYNOPSIS: It’s summer vacation for the Wildcats at East High School, but with the pressures of summer jobs weighing down on them will they be able to work it out? I’ll be the first […]

Wrath of the Titans, 2012. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Édgar Ramírez, Rosamund Pike, Toby Kebbell, Bill Nighy and Danny Huston. SYNOPSIS: Perseus (Sam Worthington) must travel into the underworld to save his father Zeus (Liam Neeson) from the combined threat of Ares (Édgar Ramírez) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes). […]

Swinging with the Finkels, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Newman. Starring Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore, Melissa George,Jerry Stiller, Jonathan Silverman and Angus Deayton. SYNOPSIS: A London couple take up swinging in an effort to save their failing marriage. It is a big year for Martin Freeman. This could well be the defining year of his cinematic […]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, 1991. Directed by Michael Pressman. Starring Kenn Scott, Lauri Faso, Michelan Sisti, Robbie Rist, Leif Tilden, Adam Carl, Mark Caso, Brian Tochi, Ernie Reyes Jr., Paige Turco, François Chau and David McCharen. SYNOPSIS: The teenage mutant ninja turtles must face their past and fight against […]

The Deep Blue Sea, 2011. Written and Directed by Terence Davies. Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson, Ann Mitchell, Sarah Kants, Harry Hadden-Paton and Jolyon Coy. SYNOPSIS: In 1950s London, the wife of a British high court judge walks out on her husband after falling passionately in love with an ex-RAF […]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, 2011. Directed by Lasse Hallström. Starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Catherine Steadman, Tom Mison, Rachael Stirling and Kristin Scott Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A fisheries expert is employed by a wealthy Sheikh to help bring salmon fishing to Yemen. On the way he has a journey encompassing the all-important things […]

Murder by Decree, 1979. Directed by Bob Clark. Starring Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Donald Sutherland, John Gielgud, Anthony Quayle, Geneviève Bujold and Frank Finlay. SYNOPSIS: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves on the trail of Jack the Ripper as they investigate the notorious Whitechapel murders. Sherlock Holmes has offered a […]

The Hunger Games, 2012. Directed by Gary Ross. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland and Woody Harrelson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl must compete in The Hunger Games – a televised event where ‘Tributes’ must fight to the death. This is a film review, not a book […]