A pleasant surprise… Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, The Angry Birds movie is based on the popular gaming app, becoming the latest video game to film adaptation. A game that requires aiming birds at pigs with a giant slingshot doesn’t consist of much in terms of narrative, but unlike the majority of video game adaptations,…
And we thought Man of Steel was a mediocre superhero film… Directed by Zack Snyder, the film centrals on Superman’s (Henry Cavill) battle against General Zod (Michael Shannon). Batman (Ben Affleck) soon decides to take on the Man of Steel himself, killing lots of innocent people in the process. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new…
Hail, no! Hollywood fixer, Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), works for the studios, attempting to keep scandals out of the press. He must cover up leading lady DeeAnna Moran’s (Scarlett Johansson) pregnancy, and play ‘matchmaker’ for actor, Hobie Doyle (Alden Ehrenreich), who Hollywood want as their next big star. This is all in a day’s work… The film offers a…
Who wanted a remake of The Jungle Book?…Nobody. Mowgli (Neel Sethi), the ‘man cub’, is raised by Raksha and Akela and the rest of the wolf pack in the jungle. Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), guides Mowgli to get to grips with the jungle, but soon finds himself on the run from predators; other animals. Shere Khan (Idris Elba), smells the man cub from a…
Here are ten films that I like but aren’t so popular with the mainstream. These films tend not to get noticed, despite how wonderful they actually are. I could list many, but I selected a few which come to mind as of late. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below! Do you agree with my choices? 10. Like Sunday, Like…
Merely a long, drawn-out science lesson. When a storm hits Mars, Astronaut, Mark Watney (Matt Damon), is left stranded, and presumed dead after being hit by flying debris. Alive and well, he must now find a way to contact NASA. The Martian isn’t particularly “dreadful”, but it certainly didn’t live up to the overwhelming hype set before us. The amount of critics that…
Merely a montage of scenes where the Bennets’ shoot guns, perform karate and swing swords in pretty dresses. In 19th century England, zombies appear to be ‘the norm’. The Bennet sisters: Elizabeth (Lily James), Lydia (Ellie Bamber), Jane (Bella Heathcote), Kitty (Suki Waterhouse) and Mary (Millie Brady) are not your conventional ladies, in this case. They are trained in the art of cooking,…
Bloggers beware, you’re in for a scare! After the death of his father, Zach (Dylan Minnette) has moved house from New York City to Madison, Delaware with his mother who is hoping for a change of scenery. Zach befriends the girl living next door, Hannah (Odeya Rush). Her father however, keeps her locked in her house a lot of the time. Having…
A half-hearted horror. Directed by William Brent Bell, The Boy follows Greta (Lauren Cohan), an american woman who has accepted a job in England as a babysitter. However, upon arrival she finds Brahms (the boy) is a porcelain doll of which the family believes to be alive. When she is left to care for him alone, she begins to believe that the doll may…
Spotlight diverts from the conventional route in this serious, but enthralling crime drama. Based on a true story, Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, consisting of Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton), Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James), dig deep to solve the shocking scandal of child molestation allegations within the Catholic church in 2001, spanning as far back as…
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