Matt Damon has become an acting heavyweight without anyone noticing. Where you can watch a film starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, knowing that it will probably be of decent quality because of their status in the … Continue reading The Martian (2015) Review
How do you follow a classic film like the first Back to the Future? The simple answer is that you go bigger, bolder and (slightly) more complicated. Not just one travel through time but three. A 30 year future, an 80s … Continue reading Back to the Future Part II (1989) Review
Moonraker is everything that is wrong with Roger Moore’s Bond. It has silly in abundance, some bizarre set-pieces, a strange story for one of the best Bond henchman and then the worst finale that has ever involved the super-spy. It is … Continue reading Month of Bond: Moonraker (1979) Review
They don’t make movies like Robocop anymore. They tried and failed to capture the classic, original magic of the 1987 film and after watching the debut of Robocop, you can see why. Robocop is an ultra-violent satire of the crime-ridden, commercially … Continue reading Robocop (1987) Review
It is some feat that Neill Blomkamp has managed to create a modern, lovable robot that will rival even the droids from Star Wars. Chappie is adorable, cute and will have audiences both laughing and crying in equal measure as he … Continue reading Chappie (2015) Review
Sunshine is not the movie I expected it to be. It wasn’t an Event Horizon horror or a space disaster movie like Apollo 13 or Gravity. Sunshine was much more about humans and how they would cope with close quarters, … Continue reading Sunshine (2007) Review
They don’t make movies like Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure anymore. There isn’t a huge bad guy, it’s science-fiction without being too complicated or serious and considering it deals with the future, time travel and such, it’s a very light-hearted, … Continue reading Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) Review
Interstellar suffers from overreaching with it’s grand idea. It tries to be very clever and make a bold statement. There is nothing wrong with this but when it is realised and executed as poorly as it is here, you end … Continue reading Interstellar (2014) Review
It’s amazing how one moment in film history can become so famous, that it tricks you into thinking you know the movie. Planet of the Apes “suffers” from this issue because the ending is so iconic. I knew what was coming … Continue reading Planet of the Apes (1968) Review
I really wanted to like After Earth. I feel like the two people involved, Will Smith and M. Night Shyamalan were due a win. It has been a while since Will Smith has really demonstrated his skill as either a decent … Continue reading After Earth (2013) Review
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