TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (2019) – ANALYSIS & REVIEW

2019 DIRECTOR: Tim Miller 70/100 A lot has been said about this film and indeed, the franchise's return as a whole. Following on from the soft, in more ways than one, reboot that was Terminator: Genisys back in 2015, this is one of those sequels which are really starting to piss me off! Not a…

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…

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…

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 WICKER MAN (1973) – REVIEW

  1973 DIRECTOR: Robin Hardy "Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man." Though we never even lay eyes on it until the final few moments of the film, the Wicker Man, both as pagan image and classic horror flick, has become an icon of the genre. But if you are…

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) (REVIEW)

The Star Wars Story that nobody asked for, but was is a story worth telling?
In short, NO.

MGM’s “TARZAN” SERIES (Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan)

1932 - 1942 OVERALL RATING TARZAN THE APE MAN 1932 With this classic, Johnny Weissmuller is introduced to the world as Tarzan. Already well known as an Olympic swimming star by 1932, whilst Johnny was not the first on screen Tarzan, his has become the most famous. Playing the role as a naive childlike action…

THE BIG TRAIL (FOX GRANDEUR) (1930) – REVIEW

1930 DIRECTORS: Raoul Walsh &  Louis R. Loeffler "The Indians are my friends..." Breck Coleman - John Wayne Not exactly a statement that would exemplify the Career of a man rightly or wrongly associated as being the Cowboy of the Cowboy and Indian movies. But there is no doubt that John Wayne was certainly one…

AVATAR 2, 3, 4 & 5 -WHY THE DELAY?

After watching Avatar in 3-D for the first time since theatres in 2009, I began to think about the long delay in the production of the sequels. I remembered how long it took to bring the original to the screen, a decade to be precise, with talk of "developing something new and innovative". It was…

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…