Tag Archives: Film

Review: Lucy (2014)

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Sam S-P

Well, I guess I should be grateful that it was all in focus and the film itself was mercifully short. Aside from that, LUCY, Luc Besson’s latest attempt to return to his 1990s form fails in spectacular fashion. Lucy (Scarlett … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Action, Choi Min-Sik, Dredd, Film, From Paris with Love, Luc Besson, Lucy, Morgan Freeman, Movies, Scarlett Johansson, Sci-fi, Taken, Taken 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Family | Leave a comment

Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014/15)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Sam S-P

Matthew Vaughn has delivered another very enjoyable action-comedy that never quite reconciles certain tonal dissonances, but makes up for it with energy, style and confidence in abundance. Eggsy (Taron Egerton) has a tough life. His dad died when he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Action, Al Gore, Bourne, Colin Firth, Comedy, Film, Geoff Bell, Harry Palmer, James Bond, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Mark Strong, Matthew Vaughn, Movies, Roger Moore, Samantha Womack, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Spy Film, The Avengers, The Ipcress File, Tyron Egerton, X-Men: First Class | 3 Comments

Review: Maleficent (2014)

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Sam S-P

MALEFICENT’s opening narration: “Let us tell an old story anew and see how well you really know it” might as well be the House of Mouse’s filmmaking mantra at this point in time, and basically gives them license to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Angelina Jolie, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Disney, Elle Fanning, Fantasy, Film, Imelda Staunton, Jaws, Juno Temple, Kenneth Cranham, Linda Woolverton, Maleficent, Movies, Robert Stromberg, Sharlto Copley, Sleeping Beauty, The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 3 Comments

Snowpiercer: A Continuing Frustration for UK Bong Joon-ho Fans

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Sam S-P

Film fans who reside in the United Kingdom are still yet to be allowed watch Bong Joon-ho’s English-language directorial debut – the dirty, violent dystopian sci-fi parable SNOWPIERCER – without dealing with the frustration of DVD imports lacking English subtitles … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment | Tagged Bong Joon-ho, Film, Harvey Weinstein, Movies, Sci-fi, Snowpiercer, Song Kang-ho, The Weinstein Company | Leave a comment

Review: Foxcatcher (2014)

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Sam S-P

Director Bennett Miller’s movies tend to take a sideways view on real life. Everything about his filmmaking style is restrained, but the stories he chooses to tell (or re-tell) are so odd and remarkable you really couldn’t make them up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Bennett Miller, Biopic, Channing Tatum, Dave Schultz, Drama, Film, Foxcatcher, John du Pont, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Schultz, Movies, Sport, Steve Carell, The Silence of the Lambs, Vanessa Redgrave | 1 Comment

Review: Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Sam S-P

Often the films that are not entirely successful end up being the most interesting, especially when they are attempting something new. BIRDMAN is one such creature, an ambitious and sometimes jarring exploration of the id and the ego filmed as … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough, Armando Bo, Batman, Birdman, Comedy, Darren Aronofsky, Drama, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Emmanuel Lubezki, Film, Gravity, Michael Keaton, Movies, Naomi Watts, Nicolás Giacobone, Robert Downey Jr, Spike Jonze, Zach Galifianakis | 2 Comments

Review: The Theory of Everything (2014)

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Sam S-P

How do you sum up the life of such an extraordinary human being? Director James Marsh, writer Anthony McCarten and principle actors Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones prove that you have to start from a place of emotion, and THE … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Anthony McCarten, Biopic, Charlie Cox, David Thewlis, Drama, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Film, Harry Lloyd, James Marsh, Jane Hawking, Maxine Peake, Movies, Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything | 1 Comment

Review: The Expendables 3 (2014)

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Sam S-P

The opening sequence of THE EXPENDABLES 3 sees Wesley Snipes kill a military despot-type baddie by running an armoured train into him. This sets the tone for the film, that basically if this franchise ever took itself remotely seriously, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Action, Antonio Banderas, Arnold Swarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Film, Harrison Ford, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Movies, Patrick Hughes, Ronda Rousey, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables 3, The Raid, Wesley Snipes | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sam S-P

Well, it’s been an interesting year on the Big Screen. Last year, I said that 2014 would be the cinematic pits. I’ll admit that I wasn’t entirely correct. Some of the films I dreaded did indeed turn out a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Adam Wingard, Bill Nighy, Birdman, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chris O'Dowd, Dan Stevens, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney, Dylan Moran, Film, Foxcatcher, Frank, Gareth Edwards, Gareth Evans, Gladiator, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Frankenstein, John Michael McDonagh, Kelly Reilly, Life Itself, Marion Cotillard, Marvel, Michael Bond, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Paddington, Paul Verhoeven, Paul W S Anderson, Pompeii, Resident Evil, RoboCop, Roger Ebert, Sony, Steve James, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Guest, The Raid, The Raid 2, Toby Kebbell, Two Days One Night | 3 Comments

Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sam S-P

It’s at an end. Peter Jackson has left Middle-Earth behind. For real this time. Probably. THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES gives the lengthiest chapter in Jackson’s career so far an appropriately grand ending, but wisely he doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Aiden Turner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Connolly, Blockbuster, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lilly, Fantasy, Film, Graham McTavish, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Martin Freeman, Mikael Persbrandt, Monty Python, Movies, Oliver!, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Ryan Gage, Stephen Fry, Stephen Hunter, Sylvester McCoy, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Tolkien, Weta Workshop | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Film

Review: Lucy (2014)

Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014/15)

Review: Maleficent (2014)

Snowpiercer: A Continuing Frustration for UK Bong Joon-ho Fans

Review: Foxcatcher (2014)

Review: Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Review: The Theory of Everything (2014)

Review: The Expendables 3 (2014)

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2014

Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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