The past 5 or so years the money men of Hollywood have exploited the good nature of cinephiles from every possible angle thanks to cashing in on established franchises. Many of them suffered knockout blows, others pass and go, Creed may not be an outright sequel to Rocky but a farewell to a screen legend.… Read More Film Review – Creed (2016)
What makes a good horror movie? Scary Setting? Yes.Simple premise that plays on tension and your fears? Yes. Dumbass hapless victims, despite the blatantly obvious warning signs they still go in the building or perform the ritual that finds them sliced, diced or possessed. These are the basics of an any good horror movie, there… Read More Film Review – The Asylum (2015)
Divergent has been called many things sadly not always been positive but now Insurgent is ready for it’s home release can ‘the Poor cousin of The Hunger Games‘ deliver what lacked in the first film? In defence of Divergent, it wasn’t really a bad film, just a film with a confusing premise, even more, if… Read More Film Review – Insurgent (2015)
‘Girls to the front’ it’s revolution Riot Grrrl style as Sini Anderson‘s powerful razor sharp documentary The Punk Singer delivers the spirit of the Riot Grrrl movement and the feminist role model Kathleen Hanna. The question many people are asking what actually happen to Kathleen after 2006? It’s a question The Punk Singer attempts to… Read More Film Review – The Punk Singer (2013)
James Brown was the Godfather of Soul, Many regard Iggy Pop the Godfather of Punk, Marlon Brando was the Godfather, in Brazil Hiroito Joanides De Moraes was the Godfather of Sao Paulo and BOCA is his story…Sort off. Boca is based on the autobiography of the so-called main gangland boss of Sao Paulo’s notorious red… Read More Film Review – Boca (2010)
Christian E.Christiansen didn’t get off to the best of starts with his first outing into English Language films with his 2011 dud The Roommate, which was simply terrible. His venture sees him head back to his homeland of Denmark hoping for a little rub of the green of recent success of Scandinavian thrillers will help… Read More DVD Review – ID:A (2012)
The Grand old saying ‘never judge a book by its cover’ in regards to first impressions fit’s perfectly when talking about Joel Hopkin’s The Love Punch (2013). When you have Emma Thompson, Pierce Bronson, Celia Imrie and Timothy Spall in the cast you would expect a high standard of filmmaking, storytelling not a rejected episode… Read More DVD Review – The Love Punch (2013)
They say you should never go to work on an empty stomach, the same can be said about Jon Favreau‘s Chef. A film that sees the director actor go back to his independent roots instead of his recent formulaic blockbusters for something with a feel good feeling leaving you in a mood to eat and… Read More Film Review – Chef (2014)
The world was a completely different place before the birth of the internet, it’s now smaller place and how we think as well, the way see each other too has drastically changed. Once the favourite ‘passtime‘ of dirty old men in rain macs pornography has went from the seedy back street cinemas to your own… Read More Blu-Ray Review – Don Jon (2014)
