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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
28 August 2011
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