THE HUNGER GAMES (UNSEEN VERSION)

2012 DIRECTOR: Gary Ross May Contain Spoilers! The trailer didn't really appeal to me, but the reviews were good, both from professionals and the paying public alike so we gave it a go. Was it worth it? Absolutely! The Hunger Games is simply a grown up teen drama, playing around with ideas and inspiration from…

THE HELP

2011 DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor May Contain Spoilers! Whilst I was watching this drama, set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960's unfold, I found myself thinking back to another film which I reviewed back in July, The Women. Not as a direct comparison and certainly not to malign this with The Women's quality, but the tone had…

FILM OF THE MONTH ~ AUGUST 2012

August was another tricky month for choosing the best of best, with both Duncan Jones’ Moon and Mark Herman’s The Boy In Striped Pajamas making an impact on me, both scoring 10/10. But in the end, I went with my first choice, Moon. Both surprised me with how good they were and how good I thought they were. But I feel that Moon crept under the…

SCARFACE (1983)

1983 DIRECTOR: Brian De Palma May Contain Spoilers! Someone once told me, back when I was 19 years old, that I wasn't a real film buff if I hadn't seen Scarface. I took offence at that and as a result, when I eventually saw the film, I was 33! Was it worth the wait? Yes.…

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (EXTENDED EDITION)

2001/2002 DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson May Contain Spoilers! The Fellowship Of The Ring was the long, long-awaited first installment of the legendary Lord Of the Rings trilogy to be committed to celluloid. But, unless you were a fantasy geek, who cared? I can't say that I was too bothered at the time, and was often left…

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…

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…

IRON MAN

2008 DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau May Contain Spoilers! 2008 saw the first wave of the Marvel films in the build up to this years Avengers mash-up. This, along side The Incredible Hulk, would kick-start the four-year project and introduce some of the lesser known and less bankable characters, such as Iron Man, Thor, Hulk (Reboot) and controversially named,…

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

2009 DIRECTOR: Steven Sommers NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? MAYBE I'm not sure that G.I. Joe was ever going to translate well into a summer blockbuster, but it didn't stop the effects mad Steven Sommers from trying. And it seems to have worked!…