Catfish has become a cultural phenomenon, being made famous as a MTV reality TV show. The term itself is now a common expression; meaning a person who pretends to be another person to trick, deceive or manipulate over the internet. It has gotten … Continue reading Catfish (2010) Review
Maze Runner was a pleasant surprise from last year, managing to offer something slightly different in the Young Adult genre with a thrilling, original take on the dystopia theme we’ve already seen with The Hunger Games and The Divergent series. Luckily, The Scorch Trials … Continue reading Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) Review
You’d never guess that Jesse Eisenberg could be an effective action hero but the moment he begins to dispatch enemies, you won’t help but smile. It is actually quite impressive how Eisenberg convincingly takes out faceless henchman after faceless henchman. It … Continue reading American Ultra (2015) Review
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! Not many people will be aware that political drama House of Cards was aired as … Continue reading House of Cards (BBC) (Season 1) TV Review
One of the hardest things to capture in any film about teenagers and high school is realistic characters. It is very easy to fall into the trap of having teenagers fit into prescribed groups, the usual clichés like Geek, Goth, Jock … Continue reading Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) Review
You can’t ever say that Disney aren’t ambitious. Or that Disney doesn’t have the imagination and creative drive to build and develop new worlds and amazing ideas. In fact, this is the central key theme to all of Tomorrowland and when … Continue reading Tomorrowland (2015) Review
Fargo falls into the same traps that a few of the Coen Brothers movies do – it feels incomplete. From Burn After Reading to No Country for Old Men, I always feel like there should be more. The story that is … Continue reading Fargo (1996) Review
I have mentioned before that I’m not a fan of Wes Anderson as a director. I just don’t get the appeal of his style. The long cuts, the holding scenes on one location and the over-detailing of aspects like symmetry do … Continue reading The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Review
I’m not sure you could get away with the central premise of You Only Live Twice today. It isn’t the death of Bond so he can go undercover or even the heavily stereotyped Japanese characters which I will get to in … Continue reading You Only Live Twice (1967)
I review a whole season rather than individual episodes, so there is a chance of spoilers. If you haven’t watched the whole season yet, stop reading now! I remember when Heroes was must watch TV. Alongside Lost, 24 and Prison Break, … Continue reading Heroes (Season 1) TV Review
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