“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather tells the story of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), the ageing don of the Corleone Family. His son Michael (Al Pacino), has just returned from World War II for his sister’s wedding, and has never been involved in the…
Us watching someone watch someone else… A week before scheduled to get out of a leg cast that has made him housebound, photographer L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) witnesses what he suspects to be a murder. He informs his nurse, who dismisses the idea, advising him to stay out of other peoples’ business. His girlfriend, Lisa (Grace Kelly), doesn’t believe…
Hitchcock at his glossiest. Set in the lavish Riviera countryside, notorious jewel thief, John Robie, otherwise known as ‘The Cat’ (Cary Grant), ‘retired’ from his occupation in France fifteen years ago. However, he is soon suspected of returning to his role. In attempt to prove his innocence, he must fish out the copy cat. Grace Kelly, as always,…
Game-over for Adam Sandler’s acting career. Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Tetris and Centipede are back; this time on the big screen. Unfortunately, they are not coming back for well…peace. Instead, they are sent by aliens to attack Earth. Brenner (Adam Sandler), one of the best gamers out there, along with his friends, try to stop…
A limited fairy-tale ridden with clichés. With horns and wings, Maleficent is a fairy who after being betrayed, curses a young princess, Aurora (Elle Fanning) in order to gain revenge of her father, King Stefan. She soon comes to regret this later on in life. The days of Alice and Wonderland and Snow White are long gone, eclipsed…
50 Shades of a Sperm Donor. Ted (Seth MacFarlane) and fiancée, grocery store co-worker, Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) finally get married. But, after a year of marriage, things aren’t going particularly well for the couple. Ted however, has a solution…to bring a child into the family in attempt to save their marriage. The slight problem being, Ted (obviously!) can’t biologically make a…
Tim Burton has created such a unique body of work, so much so that it’s very difficult to compare his work to any other films apart from his own. Honourable mentions: The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. Haven’t seen Mars Attacks! or Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, therefore it would not have been fair to rank them. Which one will…
Nature’s vengeance… a lot of talk, though very little action. A blossoming romance springs between Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a wealthy socialite, and a Lawyer based in San Francisco, Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor). They first meet in a pet shop, where they are both shopping for birds. Brenner is familiar with Melanie from a recent trial which she was…
Sequels are tricky territory. They either work, or they fall completely flat on their faces. I imagine there are ones that are worse that I haven’t seen (and certainly don’t intend to), but here is a list of the worst film sequels I have seen to date. Which film sequels are your least favourite? Comment below! 15. Cars 2 (2011) – I…
Keep a close eye out for this one. Working for the CIA as an intelligence agent, Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) is mapping out missions to field agent, Bradley Fine (Jude Law), assisting him in his job. However, Fine is assassinated, leaving Susan to go undercover to bring down Rayna Boyanov (Rose Byrne), before a nuclear weapon trade to the…
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