Midway… not the videogames company from the ’80s, but the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers […]
The Intruder is a psychological thriller which has similar echoes to 1990’s rather excellent Pacific Heights, starring Michael Keaton, but can ’90s nostalgia make this genre great again? It centres around newly-married couple Scott Russell (Michael Ealy) and his wife, Annie (Meagan Good), who buy a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land, […]
strong>Kin centres around a recently released ex-con (James Franco) and his adopted teenage brother, the latter of whom comes across a sci-fi weapon that shows how much this is aimed at kids and looks quite reasonable as a result. Chased by a vengeful criminal, the feds and a gang of otherworldly soldiers, the pair are […]
Dreamscape is an early ’80s movies I thought I didn’t catch first time round, even on VHS – although I realised I did see it on DVD in 2001, where it had a bit of a crappy print. However, it takes Dennis Quaid in an early lead role as Alex, a smart-ass man gambler and […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews 
Tags: Bruce Cohn Curtis, Chris Mulkey, Christopher Plummer, Chuck Russell, Cory Yothers, Craig Reardon, David Loughery, David Patrick Kelly, Dennis Quaid, Dreamscape, Eddie Albert, Eric Gold, George Wendt, Jana Taylor, Joseph Ruben, Kate Capshaw, Kate Charleson, Kendall Carly Browne, Larry Gelman, Madison Mason, Maurice Jarre, Max von Sydow, Peter Jason, Redmond Gleeson 
No Comments »
Fortitude Season 2 Episode 5 is where I am this increasingly ridiculous series part ways. I have tried, but while the first series was occasionally “so bad it’s good”, this one has stumbled along like a lame calf being led to the slaughter, desperate to be put down. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexandra Moen, Ben Frost, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Daniel Cerqueira, Dennis Quaid, Edvin Endre, Eloise Smith, Eloise Smyth, Fortitude, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Gilly Gilchrist, India Brown, Jaiden Keen, Jessica Henwick, Joi Johannsson, Jude Akuwudike, Ken Stott, Kieron Hawkes, Luke Treadaway, Mark Field, Mia Jexen, Michelle Fairley, Parminder Nagra, Richard Dormer, Robert Sheehan, Rune Temte, Sienna Guillory, Simon Donald, Sofie Gråbøl, Steve Toussaint, Trevor Hopkins, Verónica Echegui No Comments »
Fortitude Season 2 Episode 4 is the point where I’m still wondering why I’m bothering and I’m going to give this show one more episode after this before I consider calling it a day. Series 1 was similarly (and to coin a term from Dame Denise van Outen) “Mental, mental, chicken oriental”, but at least […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexandra Moen, Ben Frost, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Daniel Cerqueira, Dennis Quaid, Edvin Endre, Eloise Smith, Eloise Smyth, Fortitude, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Gilly Gilchrist, India Brown, Jaiden Keen, Jessica Henwick, Joi Johannsson, Jude Akuwudike, Ken Stott, Kieron Hawkes, Luke Treadaway, Mark Field, Mia Jexen, Michelle Fairley, Parminder Nagra, Richard Dormer, Robert Sheehan, Rune Temte, Sienna Guillory, Simon Donald, Sofie Gråbøl, Steve Toussaint, Trevor Hopkins, Verónica Echegui 2 Comments »
Fortitude Season 2 Episode 3 felt like rather a filler episode where not an awful lot happened, even if what did happen was very weird. After seeing PC Ingrid’s taking Rene Lennox (okay, he’s called Rune, but I’m renaming him Rene after the late, great Gordon Kaye’s character in Allo Allo) into the clink because […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexandra Moen, Ben Frost, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Daniel Cerqueira, Dennis Quaid, Edvin Endre, Eloise Smith, Eloise Smyth, Fortitude, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Gilly Gilchrist, Hettie Macdonald, India Brown, Jaiden Keen, Jessica Henwick, Joi Johannsson, Jude Akuwudike, Ken Stott, Luke Treadaway, Mark Field, Mia Jexen, Michelle Fairley, Parminder Nagra, Richard Dormer, Robert Sheehan, Rune Temte, Sienna Guillory, Simon Donald, Sofie Gråbøl, Steve Toussaint, Trevor Hopkins, Verónica Echegui 2 Comments »
Fortitude Season 2 Episode 2 begins with an unknown drifter talking incoherently while staring at something in the distance… a bear… carrying something… a reindeer calf, but…. he’s got no eyes! How does he smell? TERRIBLE! (or something) Meanwhile, Dan is in hospital with acute alcohol poisoning, possibly antifreeze! Has he been drinking Bart Simpson’s […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexandra Moen, Ben Frost, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Dennis Quaid, Edvin Endre, Eloise Smith, Eloise Smyth, Fortitude, Gershwyn Eustach Jnr, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Gilly Gilchrist, Hettie Macdonald, India Brown, Jaiden Keen, Jessica Henwick, Joi Johannsson, Jude Akuwudike, Ken Stott, Luke Treadaway, Mark Field, Mia Jexen, Michelle Fairley, Parminder Nagra, Richard Dormer, Robert Sheehan, Rune Temte, Sienna Guillory, Simon Donald, Sofie Gråbøl, Steve Toussaint, Trevor Hopkins No Comments »
Fortitude Season 2 comes two years after the first one with which I had a love/hate relationship – hardly anyone could act, hence why I dubbed it ‘Eldorado In The Arctic‘ as well as ‘Nordic Noir meets Acorn Antiques‘. However, being shot in Iceland, the scenery was gorgeous and hypnotic and in 1080p high definition, […]
Posted in Reviews, TV Series Tags: Alexandra Moen, Ben Frost, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Dennis Quaid, Edvin Endre, Eloise Smyth, Fortitude, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Hettie Macdonald, Jessica Henwick, Joi Johannsson, Ken Stott, Luke Treadaway, Mark Field, Mia Jexen, Michelle Fairley, Parminder Nagra, Richard Dormer, Robert Sheehan, Rune Temte, Sienna Guillory, Simon Donald, Sofie Gråbøl, Trevor Hopkins No Comments »Truth tells the story of The Killian Documents controversy (a.k.a. “Rathergate”) in the days leading up to the 2004 presidential election. When veteran newscaster Dan Rather (Robert Redford) and CBS News head Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) choose to air a segment on 60 Minutes falsely accusing President George W Bush of avoiding being drafted to […]
