Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – I’ll start this review by the admission that I have never seen the original series, so cannot compare Gary Oldman to Alec Guinness, even though it feels like the former …
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – I’ll start this review by the admission that I have never seen the original series, so cannot compare Gary Oldman to Alec Guinness, even though it feels like the former …
Continue readingThe London Korean Film Festival 2011: As any movie aficionado knows, the most exciting films are coming in from all over the world right now – just check out Argentina, Mexico and Hong Kong for …
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The Woman begins with the appearance of a grubby woman’s midriff onscreen and her stroking her blood-smeared stomach. As the camera zooms out we see she’s been stabbed and is trying to clean the wound. …
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Submarine, set in Wales during the 1980s, is a comedy drama featuring Craig Roberts as Oliver Tate, a 15-year-old who finds it difficult to mix with others and tries to disconnect himself from reality to …
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Life by Keith Richards: Don’t be daunted by the huge size and duration of this audiobook, and don’t neglect it if you’re not a huge fan of Keith Richards’ band, The Rolling Stones – because …
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Unknown stars Liam Neeson as Dr Martin Harris, a man who’s taken a trip to Berlin for a biotechnology summit so he can give a presentation, with his wife, Elizabeth (January Jones), accompanying him on …
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Red Faction Armageddon sees you back on Mars, 50 years after the last game, as Darius Mason, grandson of Alec Mason and Samanya, the heroes of the revolution from Red Faction: Guerilla, finding that the …
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Apocalypse Now Redux: Bizarre and captivating are two words I can use to describe this film. Francis Ford Coppola‘s contribution to the Vietnam war films which has neither opening, nor official closing credits. In fact, …
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The Mechanic: Now, are you familiar with the works of Oscar Wilde? Because Jason Statham isn’t. He plays Arthur Bishop, a cold, emotionless hitman who does his best to make the hits look like accidents, …
Continue readingMy Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher – Audiobook Review I apologise right now. For those new to the audiobook experience, I am afraid that this is precisely the kind of story that …
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