INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (3D)

2016 DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich Twenty years have past since the alien invaders destroyed The White House and one of cinema's most outstanding and timeless special effects was premiered to the world. Two decades have also passed since we, the cinema going public, were exposed to Roland Emmerich's disaster movie meets alien invasion masterpiece. And for…

OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS (THE THREE MESQUITEERS SERIES) (1938) – REVIEW

1938 DIRECTOR: George Sherman The umbrella series of the Mesquiteers would feature 51 films from the mid 1930's to the mid 40's and amongst it's many and varying stars over the series, was a young and up and coming John Wayne. Clocking in a just 55 mins, this B-movie has all the hallmarks of what…

FOLLOWING

1999 DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan's début... Whether it is considered to be a cult classic or more likely then forgotten début movie of Christopher Nolan, this 1999 feature, though only clocking in at just 70 minutes is Nolan at his best. A small British noir thriller, told none-chronologically, though not with the narrative reasoning…

BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (3D)

DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder Contains Spoilers! Panned by critics, loved by fans of the early showings, how does the second entry of DC's revival and answer to Marvel's domination of the Comic book box office really hold up? The answer: Very well. It may not be perfect, in fact, far from it, failing to live up…

FROZEN FEVER (SHORT)

2015 DIRECTOR: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee May contain spoilers! These Disney short follow-ups to their major hits always fill me dread. This case in particular, where Frozen (2013) is a genuinely great movie, one which has now been followed up with this seven minutes cartoon was a little worrying as it had a lot to…

THE CANDIDATE

1972 DIRECTOR: Michael Ritchie May contain spoilers! For those West Wing fans amongst us, here it is. This little remembered 1972 satire is clearly the basis for the final two seasons of the hit TV show, one which I am personally very fond of. Maybe it could be argued that any film dealing realistically with…

MALEFICENT (3D)

2014 DIRECTOR: Robert Stromberg May contains spoilers! Beginning the Disney trend of remaking and re-imagining their classic animations into to live action blockbusters, Maleficent is Angelina Jolie's take on classic villain. But in a well conceived twist, the iconic villain, made more so by Disney in the 1955 animated classic, Sleeping Beauty, is fleshed out into…

BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)

2014 DIRECTOR: Alejandro G. Iñárrit May contain spoilers! Taking the awards season by storm in 2014/2015, Birdman is a film which is launching an unremitting assault on modern cinema, as well as the cult of celebrity. It all begin with the casting of Michael Keaton, who let us face it, has not really reached the potential…

THE MAZE RUNNER

2014 DIRECTOR: Wes Ball May contain spoilers! Simply put, this is The Hunger Games - lite. Offering little in way of a plausible explanation of motivation, we are introduced to a group of teenage boys in "The Glade", the centre of a huge maze complex, a maze with changes it's configuration each night. The maze is…

THE FORCE DOES NOT AWAKEN IN 3D JUST YET…

With yesterday's announcement of the Blu-ray, DVD and Digital editions of Star Wars The Force Awakens, the glaring omission of the 3D version has really p**sed me off! I was hoping that all this bull***t would have gone the way of the do-do after Lucas gave up his control of Lucasfilm but no, Disney are…