I genuinely thought it was a joke when someone told me that they were actually working on a sequel for 1996’s Independence Day. A film that I wasn’t a big fan of at the time, but I could appreciate its commercial successes and did enjoy the charismatic performance of Will Smith punching an alien (“Welcome to Earth!”). It was of a
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Based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins, our latest review is of Girl on the Train, a psychological drama directed by Tate Taylor with Emily Blunt in the lead role. Taylor’s best known previous work was the 2011 The Help and the 2014 Get on Up. Blunt plays Rachel, a single divorcee whose marriage fell
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2016’s Captain Fantastic is a relatively low budget yet incredible ‘comedy drama’ film starring Viggo Mortenson in the lead role as a father of a large family, who having abandoned ‘modern life’ a number of years ago, find themselves taking a road trip to attend their mother’s funeral in New Mexico. The film is both written and directed by Matt
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The new film starring and produced by Michael Fassbender and Marianne Cotillard is Assassin’s Creed – and directed by Justin Kurzel whose previous work includes the 2015 version of Macbeth that had Fassbender in the lead role. The film is based on the Ubisoft game (that led to a series of games) with the same title. The film sees Callum
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Tom Ford’s first return to directing since 2009’s A Single Man, is the 2016 dark psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals. Ford also wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. The film stars Amy Adams as Susan Morrow, a successful art gallery director who is in a struggling marriage with business man Armie
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The combination of director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks reaches film number 5 with the 3rd film of the Robert Langdon series, Inferno, based on the works on Dan Brown. Waking up in a Florence hotel room, dazed and confused, Robert Langdon finds himself on another race against time in a historic city. In Inferno we find Langdon trying to
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So. We’re fast approaching 2017. Lets review some of the films coming out next year, and 10 which we’re most looking forward to, and which 10 we fear the worst for…. Hopes Dunkirk – World War II epic tale could be a huge success for director Christopher Nolan Star Wars : Episode VIII – Disney have shown that they can
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The heist thriller Triple 9 was released earlier this year, with director John Hillcoat whose prior film has been the crime drama Lawless, and was written by Matt Cook. The film is set in Atlanta, Georgia telling the story of a gang of thieves who are operating on behalf of the Russian Mafia ruled by matriarch Irina (Kate Winslet). The
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In what feels like a year in which a disproportionate number of our favourite stars have left us this year, the pattern continued with the news that Carrie Fisher passed away yesterday at the age of 60. Daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and the actress Debbie Reynolds, Fisher’s role as Princess Leia in 1977’s Star Wars is the one that effectively
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Hell or High Water is the latest film from Scottish director David MacKenzie, whose previous work includes Young Adam, Starred Up, and Spread. The writer is Taylor Sheridan who previously wrote Sicario (which is a good sign in itself). The film focusses on the tale of two brothers in Texas, Toby Howard (Chris Pine – Star Trek franchise) and Tanner
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