COWBOYS & ALIENS

2011 DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection?  NO With a great title such as Cowboys & Aliens, is a fair to expect a great film which can live up to it? Possibly, but this doesn't as far as I'm concerned. Jon…

GHOSTBUSTERS

1984 DIRECTOR: Ivan Reitman May Contain Spoilers! Back in 1984, I was just six years old when the phenomenon that was Ghostbusters hit. It was far from supernatural though its record-breaking box office did hint at a deal or two having been made with the Devil or possible Gozer herself! But 28 years later, Ghostbusters still…

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES WITH 5 STARS

With just 4 days to go before the release of what may well be the film of the year, and possibly the crowning of Christopher Nolan's, Batman Trilogy as the best trilogy ever compiled, the reviews are in, as the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises head off to its premier tonight. Empire Magazine and Total Film…

STARSHIP TROOPERS

1997 DIRECTOR: Paul Verhoven May Contain Spoilers! January 1998: The mega-blockbuster that was Titanic had just arrived in cinemas, and I had seen it the night before. We wanted to see it again the next night but felt that was just a bit over the top, but it still didn't stop me seeing it a…

TOP 20 “TRUE STORIES” ON FILM

Here, I took a look at my personal take on the Top 20 so-called "True Stories" as seen on film. To keep the list as diverse as possible, the rules are that only ONE film from any given genre will be included, for example, only one film from World War 2, one from 9/11 or Tombstone…

FORREST GUMP

1994 DIRECTOR: ROBERT ZEMECKIS NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection?  NO The 1994 Oscar-winning tale of a man with learning difficulties who manages to not only overcome adversity, walking difficulties and social prejudice, but also manages to change the direction of U.S. politics and culture forever,…

THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT

2012 DIRECTOR: Nicholas Stoller CINEMA REVIEW May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? MAYBE Jason Siegel, who stars alongside Emily Blunt as the couple with The Five-Year Engagement seemed to have a lot to do with this. He has a screen-writing credit, as well as a Producer but this only serves to…

RETRO 3D COMING TO BLU-RAY 3D

Finally, after almost three years of Blu-ray 3D, the first wave of older 3D classics, such as Jaws 3-D, Creature From The Black Lagoon and the all but unseen in 3D, Dial M For Murder are due for release throughout the latter part of 2012. So far, the list includes: JAWS 3-D (TBA) DIAL M…

THE HARD WAY

1991 DIRECTOR: John Badham May Contain Spoilers! I first saw this film in what for me, was a golden year of cinema, 1991 . John Badham at his best, is one of my favourite 80's directors, with films such as War Games and Blue Thunder standing out as his best work. The Hard Way is…

MY SISTER’S KEEPER

2009 DIRECTOR: Nick Cassavetes NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection?  NO This weepy, directed by Nick Cassavetes, best known by myself as Dietrich Hassler from John Woo's, Face/Off, is a what it looks like. A sentimental tale of a dying teenager and the all the emotions there…