Utopia 2020 is the American remake of British drama Utopia, which had an excellent – and surprisingly violent – first series, but then threw out any semblance of plot for the second series. By the …
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Utopia 2020 is the American remake of British drama Utopia, which had an excellent – and surprisingly violent – first series, but then threw out any semblance of plot for the second series. By the …
Continue readingBeing John Malkovich: Even 20 years on, it’s hard to find a film that’s more bizarre in the entire history of the movies. Craig Schwartz (John Cusack, who had previously starred alongside the titular actor …
Continue readingSixteen Candles is one of those John Hughes ’80s comedies I saw at the time, but haven’t seen in a long time, and I never knew there was an extended version before this disc was …
Continue readingDistorted is one of those films with lots of weird stuff going on to the point where as soon as the film begins, Lauren (Christina Ricci) is a gibbering wreck for reasons not yet explained, …
Continue readingArsenal is nothing to do with the football team, comprising of men kicking a bag of wind about, this relates to an arsenal of weaponry. Nicolas Cage and John Cusack team up again for the …
Continue readingCell is what Americans call a mobile phone (also see the 2004 Kim Basinger/Chris Evans thriller Cellular, although, rather, don’t). A strange signal pulsates through all mobile (cell) phone networks worldwide, and starts a murderous …
Continue readingLove and Mercy has a situation I don’t ever remember coming across before – a biopic with two actors playing the same person across a period of time. Before watching this, I thought it would …
Continue readingDragon Blade is a forthcoming samurai-based sword-fighting epic due out later this year. A massive success this year in its native China, Dragon Blade brings action spectacle on a grand scale. Featuring an international cast …
Continue readingLove and Mercy begins in the 1960s, as Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson (Paul Dano) struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, as portrayed by John …
Continue readingDrive Hard is a new comedy/action film where a former race car driver turned driver’s training instructor (Thomas Jane) is abducted by a mysterious thief (John Cusack), and is forced to be the wheel-man for …
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