Jackson Ball reviews the third episode of Orange Is the New Black Season 2 … Since its inception, Orange Is the New Black has been nothing if not a crowd-pleaser. It knows exactly what its fans want to see and it (usually) delivers as such. One such example of this sort of fan-pleasing is this […]
DVD Review – Cuban Fury (2014)
Cuban Fury, 2014. Directed by James Griffiths. Starring Nick Frost, Chris O’Dowd, Rashida Jones, Ian McShane, Olivia Colman, Kayvan Novak and Rory Kinnear. SYNOPSIS: Beneath Bruce Garrett’s under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire. Adequacy. Cuban Fury is not a […]
Sigourney Weaver talks Ghostbusters 3, confirms Oscar will be a Ghostbuster
Last weekend saw the 30th anniversary of Ivan Reitman’s comedy classic Ghostbusters, but the third entry in the franchise is perhaps one of the longest gestating movies in Hollywood development. Despite being in play since the early 90s, Ghostbusters 3 is yet to go into production. Ivan Reitman has ruled himself out of directing after […]
R.I.P Rik Mayall – 1958-2014
We are very sad to report that British comedy legend, writer and actor Rik Mayall has passed away at the age of 56. The news was confirmed by his management company, although no cause of death has been released. Mayall was a star of the small screen in the UK in the 80s and 90s and […]
Dave Franco to star in The Room movie, The Disaster Artist
Oh hai Dave. It’s been hailed as one of the worst movies ever made, but Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is cult smash that still sells out screenings a decade after its initial release. Last year, the movies co-star Greg Sestero released a “tell all” book called The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest […]
DVD Review – Delivery Man (2013)
Delivery Man, 2013. Written and Directed by Ken Scott. Starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrzej Blumenfeld and Simon Delaney. SYNOPSIS: An affable underachiever finds out he’s fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past crosses $600 million worldwide
Having become the highest-grossing instalment of the X-Men franchise in its second weekend, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Days of Future Past has now extended its lead this weekend, with the Bryan Singer-directed sequel crossing the $600 million mark, having pulled in $189.1 million domestically and $420.5 internationally for a total haul to date of $609.6 […]
Second Opinion – 22 Jump Street (2014)
22 Jump Street, 2014. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Nick Offerman, Amber Stevens, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Jillian Bell, Ashlyn McEvers, and Richard Grieco. SYNOPSIS: Following their successful high school undercover gig, Jenko and Schmidt go undercover at a State college to […]
Orange Is the New Black Season 2 – Episode 2 Review
Jackson Ball reviews the second episode of Orange Is the New Black Season 2 … After a tense but rewarding season opener, it’s back to prison-life reality as we return to the familiar stomping-ground of Litchfield Penitentiary. Piper’s back from Chicago, but how will her fellow inmates react to her following her brutal attack on […]
What’s Fact and Fiction at Fruitvale Station?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… The recent UK release of Fruitvale Station has inevitably provoked conversation on this side of the Atlantic, whereby re-reading articles from last year only seems to blur lines further: “Hoping to stir the public, though, the film dances around the facts. Its first problem is how to handle […]
