Slow West. 2015 Directed by John Maclean Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann, and Caren Pistorius SYNOPSIS: A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide. Slow West is a methodically paced Western […]
Movie Review – San Andreas (2015)
San Andreas. 2015 Directed by Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Colton Haynes, Matt Gerald, Will Yun Lee and Kylie Minogue SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his […]
DVD Review – Spring (2015)
Spring, 2015. Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. Starring Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Vanessa Bednar, Shane Brady, Holly Hawkins, Kenzo Lee. SYNOPSIS: A troubled young man flees the US to Italy but gets more than he bargained for when he meets the alluring Louise. When Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci – Evil Dead) has had enough of […]
Blu-ray Review – The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, André Morell, John Le Mesurier, Helen Goss, David Oxley, Marla Landi, Francis de Wolff and Miles Malleson. SYNOPSIS: Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson are called upon to investigate the Baskerville family curse as the aire to the estate […]
Halt and Catch Fire – Season 2 Episode 1 ‘SETI’ Review
Amy Richau reviews the season two premiere of Halt and Catch Fire… The second season of AMC’s retro tech drama Halt and Catch Fire jumps forward 20 months and throws the main characters in different and sometimes surprising directions. However it’s not clear from the first episode where the series is actually going and if […]
Second Opinion – San Andreas (2015)
San Andreas, 2015. Directed by Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffud, Paul Giamatti, Hugo Johnstone-Burt and Art Parkinson. SYNOPSIS: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his daughter. When going into a disaster movie […]
Second Opinion – Man Up (2015)
Man Up, 2015. Directed by Ben Palmer. Starring Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Harriet Walter and Ken Stott. SYNOPSIS: A single woman who’s mistaken for a stranger’s blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend. Nancy (Lake Bell) and Jack (Simon Pegg) meet under the […]
Wayward Pines Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Our Town, Our Law’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Wayward Pines… Wayward Pines is turning into some sort of twisted Alice in Wonderland. There are now so many levels of weird involved that David Lynch might bulk. This week it really is about finding out how far down that rabbit hole goes, if I can para-phrase Morpheus […]
Movie Review – Aloha (2015)
Aloha, 2015. Directed by Cameron Crowe. Starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin. SYNOPSIS: A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him. We […]
Movie Review – Area 51 (2015)
Area 51, 2015. Directed by Oren Peli. Starring Reid Warner, Jelena Nik, Darrin Bragg and Ben Rovner. SYNOPSIS: Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government’s secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets. In 2009, Oren Peli all […]
