STAR WARS: PREQUELS Vs SEQUELS…

After watching this video from the rather dubious movie rating site Rotten Tomatoes, a site who's impartiality has been called in to question in recent years, I felt the need to compose a short response... https://youtu.be/FzNZS7-Hsdc "It's a tough one. Whilst would I concur with his choices generally, I also agree that the Prequel's crowd…

KURSK (2019) – REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg 70/100 I, like many people, remember this as it was happening at the time back in 2000. The Kursk, a state of the art Russian nuclear submarine sinking in the Black Sea, was left on the sea bed just long enough for whole crew to die, seemingly because the Russian navy…

SERENITY (2019) – QUICK REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Steven Knight 50/100 This! From the man who brought us British television hit Peaky Blinders! This! A mediocre film noir which is almost saved by a bizzare yet intriguing left turn twist half way through, which up until this point, was an unremarkable chiche-fest about fish... The fact that the twist kind if…

LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) – REVIEW

2003 DIRECTOR: Sofia Coppola 80/100 This is a gentle, sincere and mature exploration of loneliness, overtly about being lost in a strange city but really about being lost in yourself. Following Bill Murray's fading actor who spends way too much time away from his family, Bob Harris is visiting Tokyo to promote a brand of…

STAR TREK: PICARD – Why all the hate?

Season One weekly on Amazon Prime To all those fans who go on that Picard isn't Star Trek anymore… well… It is! It's Trek for the 21st century. Star Trek has always been produced for the time that it is aired and this is coming off the back of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead…

ALIEN: DIRECTOR’S CUT (1979/2003) – QUICK REVIEW

1979/2003 DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott 80/100 Alien is Ridley Scott's first major hit after The Duelists (1977), and one which probably more of a impact if we are honest. This arogorical take on the haunted house set in space where "no-one can hear you scream", the former advert director, probably best known for his Hovis ad…

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…

SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD (2015) – QUICK REVIEW

2015 DIRECTOR: Bharat Nalluri 60/100 An decent enough episode of the Popular BBC TV show, but as with many TV shows which have made the jump to the big screen, it feels like the TV episode. The performances are good, Kit Harrigton bringing his broody Stark persona as usual; the plot is interesting though to…

THE COLDEST GAME (2019) – REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Lucasz Kosmicki 29/100 Netflix may have had unprecedented success at this this year's award season, but films like this certainly are not the way forward... Contrived? This is the best word to describe this so called Cold War thiller. At face value it is an intriguing concept. Whist East and West are embroiled…

THE DUELLISTS (1977) – REVIEW

1977 DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott 60/100 Recounting either the anecdotal or true story of two French army officer's 16 year series of duels during the Napoleonic Wars (Spanning 1800 - 1816), Ridley Scott's first real feature film left me wanting. Wanting for drama for a start. Following a duel in which Harvey Keitel's, Feraud was victorious,…