13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, 2016. Directed by Michael Bay. Starring John Krasinski, Max Martini, James Badge Dale, Freddie Stroma and Toby Stephens. SYNOPSIS: Over the course of one hot, desperate night, a team of covert American military defence contractors must protect a secret CIA compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi from […]
Game of Thrones Season 6 – Episode 6 Review – Blood of My Blood
Blood of My Blood Directed by Jack Bender Written by Bryan Cogman Bran Now Hodor-less, Bran is now being dragged by an exhausted Meera, though he is unaware of this fact as he’s darting through key moments of time, visions smashing into each other from his father’s beheading to the Mad King demanding that they, […]
Second Opinion – The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys, 2016. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Kim Basinger and Margaret Qualley. SYNOPSIS: When a debt collector catches up with his latest target, a hard-up private detective, they discover they’ve both been hired to find the same woman. As their paths keep crossing, they decide to […]
Bloodline Season 2 Episode 1 Review
Gary McCurry reviews the first episode of Bloodline season 2… The haunting opening credits gives life to season two of Bloodline. Questions remain unanswered while new ones pile up as we take a trip to Florida Keys and are Welcomed, once again to Rayburn House. The visual style is as distinctive as always, using lens […]
Blu-ray Review – It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space, 1958. Directed by Edward L. Cahn. Starring, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Paterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton, Robert Bice, Richard Benedict, Richard Harvey, Thom Carney, Ray Corrigan. SYNOPSIS: An alien only known as It terrorises the first manned expedition to Mars. 1973: Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson) […]
Wayward Pines Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Enemy Lines’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Wayward Pines season 2… There are a few problems following success. First thing is how to repeat that without copying beat for beat whatever came before. Your options are limited and involve calculated risk, plain risk or reinvention. From a network perspective the latter is a non-starter as […]
Gotham Season 2 Episode 22 Review – ‘Transference’
Martin Carr reviews the season 2 finale of Gotham… With a fire and ice standoff, Russian roulette question and answer sessions and Gordon bound in the basement, Gotham’s finale ‘Transference’ was shaping up to be an interesting proposition. What felt a bit odd though was the lack of finality about the season closer, bearing in […]
Blu-ray Review – Blood Bath (1966)
Blood Bath, 1966. Directed by Jack Hill & Stephanie Rothman. Starring William Campbell, Marissa Mathes, Lori Saunders, Sid Haig, Roger Corman, Biff Elliot, Carl Schanzer and Patrick Magee. SYNOPSIS: A crazed artist believes himself to be the descendant of a vampire and goes on a killing spree murdering young women and drinking their blood. You’ve got […]
Preacher Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Pilot’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Preacher… If Tarantino did comic book adaptations Preacher would surely be at the top of his wish list. Frenetically shocking, blood soaked yet concise, what remains the biggest surprise in its opening minutes are Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg. For men who are more associated with Judd Apatow, […]
Movie Review – Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Richard Armitage, Andrew Scott, Lindsay Duncan, and Sacha Baron Cohen. SYNOPSIS: Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in […]
