Thinker, layered, somber, dry: A Very Serious Spy Drama for Very Grown Up People…
In Cold War era Britain, Gary Oldman is tasked to root out a mole that’s infiltrated MI6. Through flashbacks and various interactions, we learn the story of this group of peers as well as the magnitude of the task Oldman must undertake [...]
You gotta Troll with it…(apologies)
3 college friends making a documentary about illegal animal killings in their native country Norway get more than they bargained for when the supposed bear poacher they’re secretly following turns out to be much more than that…
It’s hard not to be won over by the boldness and whimsy of this Scandinavian [...]
Carrie goes all Desperate Housewives…
Sarah Jessica Parker stars as a frazzled working mother trying desperately to juggle a high powered career, a demanding family and neglected husband. Living her life at 100mph (in heels no less), it’s not long before something’s got to give….
Sarah Jessica Parker (or SJP to gossip rag fans) is perhaps one [...]
Insillyous…
A seemingly normal American family move into a perfect new home only to encounter some spooky goings on. Not long after the move the youngest son falls in to a coma and the family experience some demonic disturbances. It’s not long before they call in the big guns to solve the link between the coma [...]
Fail as old as time…
In this teenage butchering of the Disney classic, Alex Pettyfer stars as a an egotistical high school student completely obsessed with his dashing good looks and the popularity it seemingly affords him. However his vanity becomes his downfall when he manages to peeve off a spooky Mary Kate Olsen (Ashley sold separately) [...]
The grating escape… Sucker Punched by a promising director
They say you can’t polish a turd, but here panifully trendy director Zack Snyder shows that if you throw enough money at it you can make said turd twirl through the air, sever the skulls of everything on screen with a samuri sword and take on armies of zombies, robots and [...]
Horrible Histories, horrendously done with heart throbs…
Channing Tatum stars as Roman Centurion Abercrombious Fitchious (not really, but this preposterous piece of eye candy is horribly miscast in this role) who travels to Britain to fight the Scottish savages, avenge his father’s death and recapture an ancient emblem of glory – The Eagle. However his only [...]
The tale of the blossoming romance between Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) showing glimpses of their changing fates on the same day over a 20 year period.
It’s a tragic romance story that starts out interesting but becomes increasingly harder to become invested in. Anne Hathaway becomes the latest graduate from the Dick Van [...]
A nip/tuck mind f*ck…
The Skin I Live In
Antonio Banderas stars in this unsettling Frankenstein tale of grief, vengeance, obsession and plastic surgery.
Laced with an air of mystery and a twist that defines the entirety of the film, the narrative becomes difficult to discuss without piercing or ruining the enjoyment of viewing. So without giving [...]
A hidden gem from the Emerald Isle…
Brendan Gleeson stars as The Bad Lieutenant of sleepy County Galway, an un-PC PC with some unorthodox behaviour. However his quiet existence is shattered when a local man is slain and the murder becomes linked to an international drug smuggling operation. Hot shot FBI agent Don Cheadle finds himself [...]