X-Men: the Last Stand dir. by Brett Ratner
In this, the third X-Men film, there are two main plot lines. One concerns Jean Grey and her return from death in the form of the ultra powerful Dark Phoenix. The...
11 June 2006
Poseidon dir. by Wolfgang Petersen
You know this was a surprisingly entertaining film. Okay, so the plot was wafer-thin, and the characters not so defined, and the opening shot of the boat incredibly boring, but ignore...
9 June 2006
Mission: Impossible III dir. by J.J. Abrams
The trouble with M:I3 is that it is in essence a meh film. We all go knowing what to expect; gadgets, stunts, and Tom Cruise coming out a winner. And that...
7 June 2006
Chronicles of Riddick dir. by David Twohy
I’m a big fan of Pitch Black, that low budget horror in space. And I used to be a big fan of Vin Diesel’s but recent film-roles have made me all...
6 May 2006
Underworld: Evolution dir. by Len Wiseman
I’ll admit to being a fan of the first Underworld film. Not that it was a great film or anything, but it had style and an interesting premise. Although the execution...
24 January 2006
Rome 1.11 & 1.12 dir. by Alan Taylor, Mikael Salomon
Double episode tonight, so I’m guessing that the BBC have cut a few scenes out of both episode 11 The Spoils and episode 12 Kalends of February. Ah well, we’ll just...
6 January 2006
Rome 1.09 – Utica dir. by Jeremy Podeswa
Last week we had a quick year, and between that one and this it appears yet another has gone by. Caesar and all our soldier-boys have come home to Rome. A...
22 December 2005
Rome 1.08 – Caesarion dir. by Steve Shill
As viewers we may know Pompey’s fate[1] but Caesar is still in hot persuit, and turns up in Egypt, and is, well, lets just say a little upset to discover that...
14 December 2005
Rome 1.07 – Pharsalus dir. by Timothy Van Patten
Well if Chicken has learned anything it may be not to curse the gods, but somehow I doubt it. After the storms of the last episode he and Lamb are left...
14 December 2005
Doom dir. by Andrzej Bartkowiak
I wasn’t hoping for great things, and all my hopes were met. Not good at all. The basic plot is that some sort of problem sends a group of marines up...
10 December 2005
Rome 1.06 – Egeria dir. by Alan Poul
Rome ep1.06 – Chicken, Lamb, Anto, very little Caesar.
1 December 2005
Rome – 1.04: Stealing from Saturn dir. by Julian Farino
Episode: 1.04 -because I’m sticking with the HBO episode numbers from now on, although this is the third shown on the Beeb. In this episode Julius finally makes it back to...
17 November 2005
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