It’s been getting rather positive reviews (read ours here), and now the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has become another big money-winner for Universal, who are already having a great year. Made on a reported budget of just $28 million, Straight Outta Compton went straight to the number one spot with a whopping $56.1 million […]
DVD Review – The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown, 2014. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Starring Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Edward Herrman, Travis Tope, Gary Cole, Spencer Treat Clark. SYNOPSIS: 65 years after a spate of murders in a small town the killings start up again, but how could it be the same killer? This trend of delving […]
Blu-ray Review – My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Darling Clementine, 1946. Directed by John Ford. Starring Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt and Ward Bond. SYNOPSIS : A Western retelling of the shoot-out at the OK Corral. John Ford’s classic Western gets a prestigious release on Blu-ray containing a stagecoach load of extras and features uncovering the […]
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. stumbles at the box office with just $13.5 million
Warner Bros. was probably expecting a warmer reaction to the big screen reboot of the classic TV show The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but sadly the film has under-performed at the box office. Opening on 3,700 screens, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. made just $13.5 million, opening third behind Universal’s Straight Outta Compton and Mission: Impossible – […]
Jurassic World passes $1.6 billion worldwide
It’s been a great year for Universal, with two of their movies passing the $1 billion mark (Jurassic World and Furious 7) and their animated outing Minions set to pass the billion dollar mark in the next couple of weeks. And one of those billion dollar movies is still making a lot of bank. Now in its […]
Movie Review – The DUFF (2015)
The DUFF, 2015. Directed by Ari Sandel. Starring Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Bianca A. Santos, Skyler Samuels, Romany Malco, Ken Jeong and Allison Janney. SYNOPSIS: A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend – by her […]
Blu-ray Review – La Grande Bouffe (1973)
La Grande Bouffe, 1973. Directed by Marco Ferreri. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Andrea Ferreol. SYNOPSIS: Four professional men retreat to a villa with the express aim of eating themselves to death… The elegiac chaos of La Grande Bouffe – literally the big eat – created something of a storm […]
BoJack Horseman Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Shot’
Jackson Ball reviews the ninth episode of Netflix’s BoJack Horseman season 2… After the high-paced nature of the previous episode, ‘The Shot’ takes the opportunity to slow things down again so everyone can recuperate themselves. The episode also acts as yet another reminder that BoJack Horseman is not only fantastic comedy show, but also a […]
Sony announces Darth Vader PlayStation 4 bundle, features four remastered classic Star Wars games
Sony has announced that it is launching a special Star Wars PlayStation 4 bundle this November, which includes a Darth Vader-themed console and Dualshock 4 and either Star Wars: Battlefront Deluxe Edition or Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition. Furthermore, both bundles will come with a digital voucher to download four remasters titles in Super Star Wars, […]
Why does every superhero movie feature the Military-Industrial Complex?
Anghus Houvouras on superhero movies and the military-industrial complex… To say that comic book movies have become formulaic is like saying that Michael Bay enjoys explosions and hot women. It’s painfully obvious and hardly a revelation. I sat through Fantastic Four last week, and like many of you checked out around the halfway point, and […]
