The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, […]
Movie Review – Criminal (2016)
Criminal, 2016. Directed by Ariel Vromen. Starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Pitt, Amaury Nolasco, Antje Traue, Alice Eve, Jordi Molla, Scott Adkins, Natalie Burn, Robert Davi, and Ryan Reynolds. SYNOPSIS: In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted […]
Second Opinion – Eye in the Sky (2016)
Eye in the Sky, 2016. Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Aisha Takow, Phoebe Fox, Gavin Hood, Jeremy Northam, Monica Dolan, Kim Engelbrecht, and Iain Glen. SYNOPSIS: A terrorist group is on surveillance by the military. On this day, the fate of the group is in the hands […]
Second Opinion – Midnight Special (2016)
Midnight Special, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi thriller exploring the government’s interest in the power a kidnapped boy possesses, and his journey that reconnects him with his father. Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special, delves into territory unfamiliar to the director, […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Paradise Lost’
Danny Hale reviews the sixteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Going into Paradise Lost this week after the post-credits scene in Spacetime I felt Powers Boothe’s performance as Malick coming to an end. We had his daughter Stephanie introduced a few weeks ago, ripe to take his place and another ominous vision this […]
Comic Book Review – The Autumnlands #10
Zeb Larson reviews The Autumnlands #10… Things have gotten very bad, up the mountain. Very bad. Everybody knows the Arthur C. Clarke quote, his so-called third law, that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Maybe it’s just me, but in this issue, the lines between magic and technology are starting to blur in […]
TV Review – The Night Manager
The Night Manager Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, David Harewood and Hugh Laurie. SYNOPSIS: Night manager of a wealthy hotel in Cairo, charming ex-Special Forces veteran Jonathan Pine is unable to prevent the murder of a woman connected to the secret arms dealings of British philanthropist Richard Roper, a man Pine […]
Movie Review – The Brand New Testament (2015)
The Brand New Testament, 2015. Directed by Jaco Van Dormael. Starring Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve and Yolande Moreau. SYNOPSIS: God is alive and living in Brussels, but he’s not as you imagine him. Bad tempered, scruffy and more than fond of a drink, he locks himself away in a vast office in front of his […]
Movie Review – Emelie (2015)
Emelie, 2015. Directed by Michael Thelin. Starring Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Thomas Bair, Chris Beetem, Elizabeth Jayne, Sarah Poufar, Joshua Rush. SYNOPSIS: A last minute replacement babysitter turns out not to be who she says she is when a couple leave their three children in her care. Released as part of Icon Home […]
Video Game Review – Stories: The Path of Destinies
Emma Withington reviews Stories: The Path of Destinies… Ah, wouldn’t it be great if, in real life, when you simultaneously destroy the one you love and fling yourself into battle and imminent death – that you could learn from this mistake and think, ‘well, better luck next time, eh!’ Stories: The Path of Destinies is […]
