Review – Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
As we say farewell to the tale of the ‘Skywalker saga’, Episode 9 offers an enjoyable wrapping up of the story, even if not meeting everyone’s hopes.
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Trailer – Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
My tickets are already booked for the 3D IMAX version, the whole ‘watch all of the films before seeing the new one’ dates have been provisionally booked. It is of course nearly time for a new Star Wars film in the world of new movie releases. I can’t wait, and the new trailer hit today… It’s going to be a
Read moreReview – Star Wars : The Last Jedi
So, a few days since seeing the latest instalment of Star Wars, here we go with the review of Episode 8 or as I now shall refer to it in this – TLJ. Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, The Brothers Bloom), TLJ comes at easiest the longest film in the saga. It also comes off the back of
Read moreReview – Suburbicon
George Clooney returns as director for the first time since the 2014 critical and commercial disappointment The Monuments Men, in the new film suburb become. Set in 1959 in the fictional town of Suburbicon – a peaceful and idyllic community and the perfect place to raise a family – the film film follows lows the lodge family. In the lead
Read moreReview – A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac stars in this 2014 business / crime thriller set in 1981’s New York, directed by J.C. Chandor (whose two previous directing roles of Margin Call and All is Lost, are both worthy of viewing). The film centres on Abel Morales (Isaacs) and his wife (Jessica Chastain). We find Morales, an upcoming owner of an fuel company, taking on
Read moreReview – X-Men : Apocalypse
In a year that has already offered up a conveyor belt of comic book super hero movies, the latest, and last film in the X-Men theme month is X-Men : Apocalypse. With Bryan Singer once again directing, this offers a third in the new series of X-Men movies (aka the McAvoy / Fassbender ‘FassAvoy’ trilogy), and Simon Ginsberg returns to
Read moreReview – Star Wars : The Force Awakens
“There’s been an awakening. Have you felt it?”
Read moreReview : Ex Machina
‘Ex Machina’ is the directorial debut by writer Alex Garland, previously having written the novel of ‘The Beach’ and the scripts of ’28 Days Later’ and ‘Dredd’, who also penned the screenplay for it. In it we meet search engine programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) who at the outset of the film wins a trip to the home of the
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