Sadly, they are sidekicks for a reason… First, The Penguins of Madagascar, now, we are presented with a spin-off of the small, yellow sidekicks from Despicable Me. Minions have lived since the prehistoric era; with the purpose of serving an evil boss. The boss has changed several times, from T-rex, Dracula, until Napoleon. The catch is, they always result in making their…
Catastrophically crumbling into the disaster genre. Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson), The Los Angeles Fire Department search and rescue helicopter pilot, is tasked with disaster rescue after an earthquake hits near the Hoover Dam, destroying it. An even larger series of earthquake shake the entire state of California soon afterwards. Ray is informed his soon to be ex-wife Emma (Carla Gugino) is in…
Just to clarify, to me, a ‘school film’ is not a film that has to be centered around the academic lives of its characters, but instead a film in the school setting and classroom environments. This isn’t my favourite ‘genre’ (if you’d call it that…) of film, but it certainly brings entertainment and comedy. In terms of honourable mentions, School…
Claire and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Are dinosaurs really mammals or simply theme park monsters? As a matter of fact, the answer is both, of course. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, Jurassic World is the fourth and fiercest instalment in the franchise yet. Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now embraces a fully…
A Bitter-Suite Love Story. Suite Française is a love story between Bussy resident Lucille Angellier (Michelle Williams) and Nazi officer Commander Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts). As the town of Bussy deals with the burden of Nazi occupation, Angellier finds herself coming to empathise with Bruno. As a result, an unlikely romance blossoms, along with all the complications that are to be…
A clever and chilling Sci-fi masterpiece. A young programmer named Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), working at a popular search engine company, BlueBook, is selected in a contest to spend a week with the company’s founder, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). When arriving at Nathan’s isolated estate, Caleb is introduced to the Nathan’s project ‘Ava’ (Alicia Vikander), an artificially intelligent android. It is Caleb’s…
Absolutely Barking-Mad! Directed by George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth installment to the franchise, though don’t fret – the last one was released in 1985 and take it from someone who hadn’t seen the other three, you will be able to watch this one without viewing its predecessors. When Max (Tom Hardy) encounters a group of women led by…
As with every other year, there are plenty of new releases that I am very much so looking forward to seeing in 2015. There are a whole host of exciting new and returning prospects awaiting us! Which films are you most looking forward to in 2015? Let me know in the comments below! I will start off by introducing my…
Once you’ve checked in, you won’t want this remarkable journey to end. Can you believe that three years have passed since the release of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a wonderful film which resulted in being a great hit, and not just for the older audiences. The film is about five pensioners who continue their Indian journey of…
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