Insurgent begins with the kids from Fame – all running and smiling after escaping the evil Jeanine (Kate Winslet) – going to Amity to hide out for a while, but all is not plain sailing, …
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Insurgent begins with the kids from Fame – all running and smiling after escaping the evil Jeanine (Kate Winslet) – going to Amity to hide out for a while, but all is not plain sailing, …
Continue readingFifty Shades Of Grey is the film I never saw at the cinema, based on the book I never read. But then I don’t read books, anyway. And I didn’t go to see it at …
Continue readingLove 3D begins with the onscreen announcements: “The theater management warns you” and then the screen changes to “Put your glasses on. ‘Love’ will start in a few seconds”. But then surely if you’re watching …
Continue reading45 Years is nearly the amount of time since Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff Mercer (Tom Courtenay) have been married and they’re now preparing for their anniversary celebrations, which are just a few days away …
Continue readingSnoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie was originally billed with a title comprised of just the last three words, but was changed to the longer one as if the studio had zero confidence that …
Continue readingAmy Winehouse is someone whose music I – and I know I’m possibly in a minority – never really cared for. There were a couple of decent songs, such as Back To Black, and she …
Continue readingThe Hateful Eight starts with two of the octet, hangman John Ruth (Kurt Russell) taking his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), to Red Rock to hang. What’s her crime? Well, you’ll find that out …
Continue readingAmerican Ultra had one of the best trailers of 2015 (below), building the tale slowly of Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg), a regular stoner working in a convenience store, daydreaming of a better life as a …
Continue readingDope begins by telling us the title can be described in three ways – something that’s excellent, someone who is an idiot, or slang for recreational and illegal drugs. Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is a typical …
Continue readingStraight Outta Compton is a film I very much wanted to see at the cinema, but before I did, I learned there was a Director’s Cut due out on Blu-ray in due course. For purists, …
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