The Pact, 2012. Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy. Starring Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Samuel Ball and Mark Steger. SYNOPSIS: Following her mother’s death, a young woman returns to her childhood home and struggles to come to terms with memories of the past, her troubled sister’s disappearance […]
DVD Review – Casa de mi Padre (2012)
Case de mi Padre, 2012. Directed by Matt Piedmont. Starring Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Génesis Rodríguez. SYNOPSIS: When their father’s ranch encounters financial difficulties, two scheming brothers set out to make some quick cash, only to find themselves at war with a feared Mexican drug lord. Casa de mi Padre, the […]
DVD Review – The Harsh Light of Day (2012)
The Harsh Light of Day, 2012. Directed by Oliver S. Milburn. Starring Dan Richardson, Giles Alderson, Sophie Linfield, and Paul Jaques. SYNOPSIS: After an attack that leaves him paralysed and his wife murdered, an author is offered the chance to get revenge. I’ll be honest. I’m struggling on how to start this particular review. It’s […]
DVD Review – The Landlord (1970)
The Landlord, 1970. Directed by Hal Ashby.Starring Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Marki Bey, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey and Louis Gossett, Jr. SYNOPSIS: Elger Enders (Beau Bridges) buys an apartment block in Brooklyn with plans to renovate it, atlhough ,uch to his annoyance the tenants refuse to be evicted and as he is forced to interact […]
DVD Review – Shifty (2008)
Shifty, 2008. Written and Directed by Eran Creevy.Starring Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Ganatra, Jay Simpson, Dannielle Brent and Francesca Annis. SYNOPSIS: A young British-Asian man firmly embroiled in the suburban North London drug trade falls foul of various heavy handed locals. An old school friend, plagued by his own unpleasant memories of […]
DVD Review – Oedipus Rex (1967)
Oedipus Rex, 1967. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.Starring Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene and Julian Beck. SYNOPSIS: Abandoned as a baby and raised by the childless King and Queen of Corinth, Edipo (Franco Citti) learns of a prophesy stating that he will kill his father and marry his own mother… Oedipus Rex […]
DVD Review – Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom, 2012. Directed by Wes Anderson.Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel and Jason Schwartzman. SYNOPSIS: A local search party sets out to track down two twelve-year-olds who have fallen in love and made a pact to run away together. Where to even begin with Moonrise […]
Can Marc Webb’s Spider-Man ever be Amazing?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… The internet is all-a-glow with news regarding the re-hiring of Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield for (what is rumoured to be-called) The Spectacular Spider-Man. Huffington Post writer Scott Mendelson says it best on his blog Mendelson’s Memos: “It’s a telling sign of behind-the-scenes tumult when it’s actually surprising […]
Thoughts on… Killing Them Softly (2012)
Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: Professional enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The crime genre is one which has […]
Second Opinion – Looper (2012)
Looper, 2012. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt and Tracie Thoms. SYNOPSIS: In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), […]
