Can you believe it’s been four years since J.J. Abrams triumphantly rebooted Star Trek? No. Me neither. I can clearly recount events of the day I saw the 2009 blockbuster, not least because the screening proceeded a successful date, from which I rushed, flushed and fleet-footed to the IMAX on London’s South Bank. Seated with [...]
I think that I should start this review by saying that Olympus has Fallen is not a bad film, vast swathes of the film are good, the main problem is that it now appears that hollywood has dried up completely because we no longer watch versions of Die Hard, we now have versions of films [...]
I found myself doing something I never thought I’d do, shouting at a man on the internet. I didn’t write it down and post a rude comment, which makes me better than 75% of Youtube, I just voiced my feelings to my laptop so not rude, just somewhat crazy. The offending internet man, or possibly [...]
Having seen the trailer for Trance only two weeks prior to the film, I had, until that point heard nothing of it before. Even once the promo was over, I was surprised to see it billed as the next Danny Boyle movie. Because I didn’t understand the trailer at all, when really, I should have [...]
One day, somebody will make a 3D film in which 90% of the scenes do not take place at night. That day is not today, and that film is not Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. I can only presume the vague blurry shapes darting around the screen were Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton, playing the [...]
