CHAPPiE (2015) – REVIEW

2015 DIRECTOR: Neill Blomkamp 75/100 Robocop meets Short Circuit, Chappie is Neill Blomkamp's follow up to District 9 (2010) and Elysium (2012). Both of which have starred Sharlto Copley. Here, he voices Chappie, a defunct police robot which has been programmed with a new A.I. system. But soon, falls into the hands of some punk-ass…

CREED (2015) – REVIEW

2015 DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler 80/100 At first glance, this would seem to be jumping on then reboot bandwagon. Following the mixed reception for 2008's Rocky Balboa, Creed is accepting that Rocky has had his day, quite litterally. Rocky is no longer the titular character of what is essentially a soft reboot of the forty year…

WAS THE 3D WORTH WAIT? STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS COLLECTOR’S EDITION.

Take us back to December 2015. Star Wars bursts back on then big screen after a ten year hiatus and The Force Awakened for us at least, in IMAX 3D. Or so were were told. After paying a premium ticket price for "The IMAX Experience", disappointment was to ensue. Not with the movie itself, which…

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PARTS 1 & 2

Parts 1 & 2 - 2014 & 2015 (3D) DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence May contain spoilers! The Hunger Games (2012) and Catching Fire (2013) were both bold, ambitious and genre warping movies, both proving that you can make a genre film within a genre, rather than just a  simple box ticking exercise. The tone of the…

THE IMITATION GAME

2014 7/10 DIRECTOR: Morten Tyldum May Contain Spoilers! Oscar bait. Sorry, maybe not the best way to start a review but this is what is, pure and simple. That is not to say that this is a bad film because it is not but it also is not anything more than what I would expect…