Catch-22 is a famous novel, and as it’s a book, I’ve not read it, but now it’s been made into a “limited series”, which means it’s a one-off series that won’t spawn a second… …Well, author Joseph Heller wrote a sequel in 1994, Closing Time, so if this is successful, I expect we’ll also see […]
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Early Man takes us back to the dawn of man, with lead character Dug (Eddie Redmayne) looking very much like the cheese-loving Wallace with his goofy teeth. Baddie of the piece goes to Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) wanting to mine the ground, and it becomes a cross between the dawn of time and ancient Rome. […]
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The Father Thing is – on Channel 4 at least, as the series returns after a four month gap, the seventh episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, although all ten episodes have since aired on Amazon Prime where this became the final episode. The series has also had a bump to a later, weekday […]
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The Commuter is the third episode in Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams and is set in an era that feels like a mixture of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, with decor jumping between all three. Having worked in a dank railway ticket office or 20 years, Ed Jacobson (Timothy Spall) knows every stop on each train […]
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The 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 (yes, I know, it’s a rarity) and the upshot is that Watney is marooned on Mars after being assumed dead. […]
Posted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Aditya Sood, Aksel Hennie, Andy Weir, Benedict Wong, Chen Shu, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Drew Goddard, Eddy Ko, Enzo Cilenti, Geoffrey Thomas, Gruffudd Glyn, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, Jonathan Aris, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Huffam, Matt Damon, Michael Peña, Michael Schaefer, Naomi Scott, Nick Mohammed, Ridley Scott, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Simon Kinberg, The Martian No Comments » The 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 (yes, I know, it’s a rarity) and the upshot is that Watney is marooned on Mars after being assumed dead. […]
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is long-awaited, but has arrived not quietly and all stealth-like, but instead has kicked the door in and demanded you show it some love. The question is… does it deserve it? I’m about to commit sacrilege to all the MGS fans, but after finishing and loving the first […]
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Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is set in 1975, one year after Peace Walker, where Paz Ortega was missing and considered presumed de ad. Snake’s backstory in graphic novel-style format with text, and you’re tasked with heading to Camp Omega, on Cuban soil, to find her – as she has information on someone or […]
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Total Recall – Where to begin? I could go into detail about the basics of the plot, but if you’ve seen the original several times then this will feel mostly like a bog-standard retread. Oh, go on then. In short, Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) hears about a place called Rekall that will give you the […]
The Replacement Killers is the Hollywood film debut for acclaimed Hongkong action star Chow Yun-Fat. He plays John Lee, a cold-blooded assassin who will kill anyone for a price…until now. When he is sent to kill cop Michael Rooker to avenge his son’s death, something inside stops him at the critical moment. Not completing the […]
