Mud dir. by Jeff Nichols
Ellis (Tye Sheridan) live in Arkansas, on a boat-house, floating on a river1. His father earns a living from the river, catching and selling fish. Ellis’...
4 May 2015
The Expendables 3 dir. by Patrick Hughes
So once upon a time Sylvester Stallone thought it would be a great idea to get a load of 80s action stars, plus Jason Statham, and...
19 August 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy [based on comics] by Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett dir. by James Gunn
Twenty six years after the death of his mother, and twenty six years after he was abducted by aliens, Peter Quill is on the planet Morag,...
4 August 2014
Hercules [based on the comic] by Steve Moore dir. by Brett Ratner
Is Hercules the son of Zeus or is he just a man? This film takes a more realistic1 interpretation of the hero. Sure, he performed many...
26 July 2014
X-Men: days of future past dir. by Bryan Singer
Mutants throughout the world are being hunted down and murdered by the Sentinels. And not only mutants, but anyone with the gene that might result in...
24 May 2014
Godzilla dir. by Gareth Edwards
Is there a point to me doing a quick recap of a Godzilla movie plot? I mean, you all know that Godzilla means monsters and destruction,...
18 May 2014
Man of Steel dir. by Zack Snyder
This is a Superman film. And a Superman origins film at that, so you can guess at some of the plot. Clark Kent dealing with his...
15 June 2013
Oblivion [based on book by] by Arvid Nelson, Joseph Kosinski dir. by Joseph Kosinski
Jack is a drone repair man. Before his assignment on earth his memory, and that of his communications officer, was wiped, to protect the mission. 60...
14 April 2013
John Carter [based on the book by] by Edgar Rice Burroughs dir. by Andrew Stanton
In the 1880s a young Edgar Rice Burroughs is summoned to his uncle’s home. But when he reaches it he discovers that John Carter is already...
17 September 2012
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol dir. by Brad Bird
Ethan Hunt is in prison, but do not fear, an IMF team are here to break him out. No one seems quite sure of what happened...
31 December 2011
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [based on characters] by Arthur Conan Doyle dir. by Guy Ritchie
Based on books by Arthur Conan Doyle I really enjoyed the first of these “reimaginings”, although I don’t think that Robert Downey Jr.’s character is really...
20 December 2011
Rise of the planet of the apes dir. by Rupert Wyatt
Okay, so we all know what is going to happen in this film. Don’t we? I mean, we all have heard of Planet of the Apes...
28 August 2011