Baymax brings the best medicine a healthcare robot could provide: laughter. Well, it was about time that Walt Disney made its own Marvel film, seeing how Disney did in fact bring us Marvel Entertainment. And here we have it – Big Hero 6, which puts aside the conventional Disney fairy tale for an exciting super hero adventure full of…
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…
Frankly first-rate. Directed by American independent filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson, an aspiring musician, Jon (Domnhall Gleeson), experiences a journey of self-exploration after joining a band led by the eccentric and mysterious Frank (Michael Fassbender), whose face is permanently covered beneath a comically oversized mask. Not only is Frank is a good character study; weird behaviour and out-of-control situations are depicted throughout…
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…
Hidden among all of the good films from last year are also a selection of bad films, some of which I have included in this post. Last year there certainly were a handful of awful films, therefore I couldn’t help myself, and decided to create a list. You may not agree with my list, but that doesn’t matter as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But I…
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…
A Most Violent Year revels in it’s own self importance. Set in New York City in 1981, Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is on the verge of closing a huge expansion deal for his fuel business. With only 30 days to close the deal, he strives to hold fast to his ideals but is forced by reason of…
Plot twist – the story is told in flashbacks. Initially drawn in by one of my favourite actresses, Ruth Wilson, I had quite high expectations for The Affair, as Ruth is one to only settle for the (best) and most compelling roles, nothing less. And she doesn’t half deliver – certainly one of the most heartfelt and enthralling…
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