Review: Freeheld – “An emotional watch”
Oh dear… where are the tissues? If you like inspiring, emotional films, this one is for you. Freeheld tells the incredible true story of...
Read MoreReview: Triple 9 – “A muscular, but by-the-numbers, crime thriller”
Triple 9 is directed by John Hillcoat, who has enjoyed a rich and raw vein of form with Lawless, The Roadand The Proposition. His new film...
Read MoreReview: Deadpool – “True to Rob Liefeld’s comic book creation”
Is this funny? That’s the profound question I had to ask myself while watching Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpoollimp around because he’d just been...
Read MoreReview: The Survivalist – “A compelling look at what makes us human”
Whether zombies are involved or not, post apocalyptic survival tales have been a trend for a while now, especially in the indie scene, as...
Read MoreReview: The Scopia Effect – “The scare effects are subtle and creeptastic”
The Scopia Effect is written and directed by first-timer Christopher Butler, stars newcomer Joanna Ignaczewska, and is released on DVD in...
Read MoreReview: Goosebumps
Please don’t hate me for being indifferent to Goosebumps back in my days as a preteen. When R.L. Stine’s series of children’s horror...
Read MoreReview: Zoolander 2 – “A tragically unfunny cameo factory”
Ben Stiller returns to again co-write, star and direct the sequel to 2001’s Zoolander. Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell are also back,...
Read MoreReview: Deadpool – “Irreverent, ironic and iconic”
After the awful, awful presentation of the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine — sewing the “merc with a mouth”’s yap shut? Brilliant —...
Read MoreReview: The Finest Hours – Nautical Nausea in IMAX
It may surprise you to learn that I’m not a fan of 3D cinema. It gives me motion sickness. So imagine my delight when I discovered that my...
Read MoreDVD Review: The Walk
If you saw and loved James Marsh’s Academy-Award-winning documentary Man On Wire (2008), the possibility of the same story getting the...
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