Category: Reel Steel
The Girl With All The Gifts
2016 – UK Director – Colm McCarthy Starring – Gemma Arterton, Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Fisayo Akinade Words – Joe H. This British zombie film is an adaptation of the book of the same name – written for the screen by… Continue Reading “The Girl With All The Gifts”
Hell or High Water
2016 – USA Director – David Mackenzie Starring – Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges Words – R. Topham Two chalk and cheese brothers raised in the poverty-stricken suburbs of West Texas turn to robbing banks in pursuit of the idyll so many… Continue Reading “Hell or High Water”
Kubo and The Two Strings
2016 – USA Director: Travis Knight Starring: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes Words: N. Scatcherd From Laika Entertainment – the stop-motion animation studio behind films such as Coraline and ParaNorman – comes the charming Kubo and the Two Strings.… Continue Reading “Kubo and The Two Strings”
The Childhood Of A Leader
2015 – UK, France, Hungary Director: Brady Corbet Starring: Robert Pattinson, Stacy Martin, Liam Cunningham Words: R. Topham On paper, the origin story of a fictitious fascist leader loosely inspired by Mussolini sounds very straight-to-DVD, and, as a (kind of) adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s… Continue Reading “The Childhood Of A Leader”
The Funhouse
1981 – USA Director: Tobe Hooper Starring: Elizabeth Berridge, Kevin Conway, William Finley, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Largo Woodruff, Sylvia Miles Words: O. Innocent Tobe Hooper is, quite rightly, regarded as one of the most revered, influential horror filmmakers of all time. Emerging from… Continue Reading “The Funhouse”
Suicide Squad
2016 – USA Director: David Ayer Starring: Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis Words: S. Nix After DC’s deeply divisive Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad seems to be following the same vein in terms of a critical… Continue Reading “Suicide Squad”
Jason Bourne
2016 – USA Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassell Words: C. Abbott Let’s get something out of the way right now; this film has no reason to exist. Bourne’s story is over; he knows his true identity,… Continue Reading “Jason Bourne”
Star Trek Beyond
2016 – USA Director: Justin Lin Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg Words: C. Abbott Since the reboot of the franchise was announced with J.J. Abrams at the helm, Star Trek has been… Continue Reading “Star Trek Beyond”
Comic-Con 2016
So yeah, Comic-Con happened last week, and as usual we got a handful of brief glimpses of what to expect from the cinematic world of geek over the next 12 months or so. For all you super hero and fantasy addicts we’ve put together… Continue Reading “Comic-Con 2016”
Ghostbusters
2016 – USA Director: Paul Feig Starring: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth Words: R. Topham From the theme song to the iconic one liners, the original Ghostbusters was one of the 20th century’s most recognisable hits. But the dedication… Continue Reading “Ghostbusters”
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