The third of the Thor solo movies, sees a notable shift in the positioning of the character and style, with enjoyable results. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is back in his 5th outing, this time directed by Taika Waititi. The film finds Thor, following on from the Avengers : Age of Ultron and sees him taking on the mysterious Hela, and setting out
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Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective with the ‘little grey cells’ is back on the Big Screen! This time in the form of actor / director Kenneth Branagh, the 2017 film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express is a sold enough version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Originally written in 1934, Christie’s novel takes to the screen with an all
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Wonder Woman represents the fourth film in the DC Universe, and follows the appearance of Diana Prince in the Batman vs Superman film from last year. Directed by Patty Jenkins, the screenplay is written by Allan Heinberg. The story begins on the island of Themyscira, forged by the God Zeus and hidden from the God of War – Ares, who
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For years, I have been clear I had never seen a good Goldie Hawn film. Before you say it, no Private Benjamin isn’t a good film. Nor is Overboard, nor is Death Becomes Her. If I’m honest, that view spread a couple of times to ‘Goldie Hawn has never made a good film’. Give this I was recently surprised to find
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2016’s Nine Lives, sees Kevin Spacey starring in a family comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (wh0se most notable work as a director was the Men In Black trilogy). Spacey stars as Tom Brand – workaholic CEO of Sports company FireBrand. Brand tightly controls the activity of the company due to his 51% stake, and is in the process of building a
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War Dogs, the 2016 film by director Todd Phillips (Old School, Due Date, The Hangover Trilogy), is the true story of two twenty something Americans who managed to work their way into the world of arms trading during the late 2000’s. It is partly based on the book Arms and the Dudes by Guy Lawson. Somewhat of a comedy drama,
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ARQ is a 2016 timeloop sci-fi thriller written and directed by Tony Elliott and distributed through Netflix Studios. Set in a dystopian future where food is now scarce and a company called Torus operates with huge levels of control, with the only resistance is through a group known as the Bloc. Its stars Robbie Amell as Renton, a former military weapon designer, who has
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The latest film by director John Lee Hancock (previously directed Saving Mr Banks and The Blind Side) is the 2016 biopic drama The Founder. The film is written by Robert D. Siegel whose most known work was 2008’s The Wrestler. The tells the story of Ray Kroc played by Michael Keaton, a middle aged milkshake machine salesman in 1950’s USA,
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After Earth is a 2013 science fiction drama starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith. The film is both written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan based on a story by Will Smith. The film is based in the future where humanity have fled planet Earth to live on Nova Prime having experienced environmental disasters. On Nova Prime a
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Passengers is the 2016 science fiction thriller directed by Morten Tyldum (best known for his Cumberbatch film The Imitation Game) and written by Jon Spaihts. Spaihts is one to watch given his previous films include Prometheus, and Doctor Strange (so he’s had some big profile work) and has the Tom Cruise Mummy film coming soon as well. The film stars
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