Black Butler (2014)
Occasionally a film comes along which throws caution to the wind – going straight out there to enjoy itself. Black Butler, the live action film of the bestselling Manga [...]
Action
Iron Sky (2012)
What if the Nazis had never been defeated, but instead had escaped in 1945 and set up a colony on the dark side of moon, spending the intervening years plotting their [...]
FEATURE – THE GAME’S AFOOT, HOLMES
In 2009 the ex Mr Maddonna (otherwise known as Guy Richie), used the unlikely pairing of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law to bring back to the screen two of crime [...]
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Brigand of Kandahar is a novelty where Hammer films are concerned – namely that it has seldom been seen. After viewing it you will understand why, as it [...]
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Some films are just too big. Take The Dark Knight Rises for instance. It’s been eight years since Batman was last seen, and the city of Gotham is in a state of [...]
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Just because fairytales are generally aimed at children, doesn’t mean that adults can’t enjoy them as well. Especially if they are given a new twist, as [...]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
Captain America (Chris Evans), along with his companions Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson), and newcomer The Falcon (Anthony Mackie), are [...]
Divergent (2014)
It’s a sign you’re getting old when you can sit through a screening of a film like Divergent (2014) – the high-tech adventure based on the [...]
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is, on paper at least, a film which shouldn’t work, and certainly not as well as it does. Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), unknown to even his [...]
Pacific Rim (2013)
In recent years Hollywood has come to believe that in order to satisfy the paying public it must give them more bang for their buck. If this is the case it would [...]
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness dispels the general misconception that Sci-fi is, on the whole, the domain of geeks and teenagers. Here is a thinking man’s blockbuster [...]
The Green Lantern (2011)
Somewhere, out there, beyond our solar system, exist other planets, other galaxies, other races. For generations an elite group of superheroes, made up of representatives [...]
