Sicario begins with a raid in Arizona – no knocking at the door, or even using a battering ram on it. They bash down the entire wall of the house! A grim discovery (which I …
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Sicario begins with a raid in Arizona – no knocking at the door, or even using a battering ram on it. They bash down the entire wall of the house! A grim discovery (which I …
Continue readingThe Martian is Matt Damon‘s character, Mark Watney, part of the six-strong Ares III mission, visiting the red planet to collect soil samples etc. Unfortunately, some planet seem to have worse weather than Greater Manchester …
Continue readingThe Walk tells the real-life tale of Philippe Petit, a high-wire walker who sets himself increasingly challenging goals, culminating in 1974 with walking across a wire that’s stretched between the top of the North and …
Continue readingEverest is the tale of how Ted Moult built up his famous double-glazing company… Well, at least that’s what I was led to believe… (not really). As of 1992, it had become a business for …
Continue readingHitman Agent 47 is the second attempt at bringing the big baldy bastard with his big Ballers to the silver screen. The key to being a good hitman is to appear ‘invisible’. That is, to …
Continue readingMission Impossible Rogue Nation is the fifth in the series which is now almost 20 years old, and I’m pleased to confirm that this is the best film in the series since the first one. …
Continue readingFantastic Four. Yes, it’s only been ten years since we last saw these four characters get their special powers, and then come together to sort out big baddie Dr Doom, followed by a lame sequel …
Continue readingAnt-Man is another movie in the seemingly never-ending Marvel canon. I’ve said before that I don’t follow the comic books so I only know of what is presented before me in movie form, and I …
Continue readingTerminator Genisys sounded like a bad idea the moment I saw the behind-the-scenes footage almost a year ago, first teaser, then the first trailer, then the ‘living one-sheet poster‘ then… and so on. Perhaps if …
Continue readingRuth And Alex, played by Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman, are about to sell up and move away, having spent almost all of their married lives in the same Brooklyn apartment for more than 40 …
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