Few Words, 2012. Directed by Matt Pain.Starring Candide Thovex. SYNOPSIS: A fresh insight into the illustrious career (and personality) of French Ski Legend Candide Thovex, from his triple gold X Games success to a major back injury and resulting World Freeride Championship glory. It’s been a long time coming. Two years, to be precise. Two […]
Colin Trevorrow denies Star Wars Episode VII directing rumours
Another day, another twist in the Star Wars Episode VII director saga… Fresh from the news yesterday that Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) had joined reported Lucasfilm targets J.J. Abrams (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) in denying any interest in helming Disney’s first voyage to a galaxy far, far away, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Man in the White Suit, 1951. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.Starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger and Howard Marion-Crawford. SYNOPSIS: A brilliant young chemist invents a fabric resistant to wear and tear, only for him to fall foul of the trade unions and mill owners who attempt to suppress his […]
Blu-ray Review – Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit, 1986. Directed by John Badham.Starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara and Tim Blaney. SYNOPSIS: An experimental military robot becomes sentient after being struck by lightning and befriends a young woman, who attempts to help him from being recaptured by the army. Let’s take a trip back […]
Blu-ray Review – Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Flight of the Navigator, 1986. Directed by Randal Kleiser.Starring Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff DeYoung, Sarah Jessica Parker and Howard Hesseman. SYNOPSIS: When a young boy is sent to fetch his younger brother he slips and is knocked unconscious. Awakening he returns home, only to find his parents have moved and aged by […]
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 breaks the bank at the North American box office
In what should surprise no one, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 opened up to monster numbers in it’s opening weekend with an amazing $141 million opening weekend, shy of the franchise record New Moon by just $1 million. Worldwide the final installment brought in nearly $340 million. It’s been a banner year […]
Second Opinion – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, 2012. Directed by Bill Condon.Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Mackenzie Foy, Ashley Greene, Maggie Grace, Jamie Campbell Bower, Michael Sheen, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz and Dakota Fanning. SYNOPSIS: The Cullens join forces other vampire clans in order to protect Edward and Bella’s daughter Renesmee from […]
Too Much for Tarantino?
Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Quentin Tarantino is getting older, and Russ Fischer for /Film writes that he “wants to age gracefully” and how doesn’t want to fall into “a trend… that of the once-great master who keeps working until his last days, with diminishing returns”. Fischer refers to an interview QT gave […]
Comic Book Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15
Chris Cooper reviews the latest issue of TMNT… “In the wake of their recent skirmish with the Shredder and the Foot Clan, Splinter has instructed his sons that they must take drastic action to protect themselves from mortal threats. Little do the Turtles know that new dangers will soon surface.” So, with issue #15 of […]
Movie Review – Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, 2012. Directed by John Hyams.Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Kristopher Van Varenberg, James Rawlings, Mariah Bonner and Sigal Diamant. SYNOPSIS: Waking from a coma as a result of a vicious home invasion that took the lives of his wife and daughter, a man sets out to track […]
