Tag Archives: Movies

Review: Dead Man Down (2013)

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Sam S-P

Sometimes a really interesting central relationship is enough to elevate a pretty generic gangster movie, and DEAD MAN DOWN is a pretty generic gangster movie. Having a good director and a strong lead pair of actors on board doesn’t hurt … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Colin Farrell, Dead Man Down, Dominic Cooper, Film, Gangster Film, Hitchcock, Isabelle Huppert, Movies, Niels Arden Oplev, Noomi Rapace, Terrance Howard, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Thriller | 1 Comment

Review: RoboCop (2014)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Sam S-P

Is it bad to be annoyed that I don’t hate José Padilha‘s ROBOCOP remake quite as much as I expected to? Don’t get me wrong, it’s bad, but not THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 bad. In an updated take on the dystopian … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Abbie Cornish, Action, Film, Gary Oldman, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, Joel Kinnaman, John Paul Ruttan, José Padilha, MGM, Michael Keaton, Movies, Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop, Samuel L. Jackson, Sci-fi, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 1 Comment

The (Very Very Belated) Worst Films of 2013 List

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Sam S-P

I tend to be pretty selective in the films I choose to watch. I’m not one of those guys who has to see absolutely everything, and would probably never pay to see something that’s been universally panned on release. Yeah … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged A Good Day to Die Hard, A Haunted House, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Bryan Singer, Film, G.I. JOE: Retaliation, Jack the Giant Slayer, Jai Courtney, Marlon Wayans, Movie 43, Movies, Murder-mystery, Netflix, Oblivion, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Robin Hood, Sci-fi, Scott Walker, Sharknado, The Counsellor, The Frozen Ground, The Rock, World War Z | Leave a comment

Review: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Sam S-P

Not long now until DreamWorks’ much-anticipated animated sequel HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 is released. The filmmakers have hinted that THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was an influence in how they approached expanding the story in the second instalment, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged America Ferrera, Animation, Chris Sanders, Craig Ferguson, Dean DeBlois, DreamWorks, Fantasy, Film, Gerard Butler, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Jay Baruchel, John Powell, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, Movies, Pixar, The Empire Strikes Back, William Davies | 1 Comment

Review: Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Sam S-P

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR stole the show at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, with critics showering it with praise for the sterling work of writer-director Abdellatif Kechiche, and particularly the film’s two leads Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Abdellatif Kechiche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Film, Léa Seydoux, Movies, Romance, Shortbus, World Cinema | 2 Comments

Penny Dreadful’s Frankenstein: Faithful and Thoughtful

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Sam S-P

The following article contains spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of Showtime’s new television series PENNY DREADFUL, and for a 196-year-old novel. I’ll admit I’m a sucker for slightly trashy pseudo-historical romps on TV – THE TUDORS, DRACULA and now … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Television | Tagged Alex Price, Billie Piper, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Dracula, Eva Green, Film, Frankenstein, Gladiator, Hammer Horror, Harry Treadaway, Horror, John Logan, Mary Shelley, Movies, Penny Dreadful, Reeve Carney, Robert DeNiro, Rory Kinnear, Skyfall, The Exorcist, The Last Samurai, The Tudors, Timothy Dalton, TV, Universal | 1 Comment

Playing Catchup

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Sam S-P

I’ve loved films for a long time. All my life really. I try and see as many, and as varied movies as I possibly can. But you can only watch so much in a year, and there are still a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Action, Cult Film, Face/Off, Film, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Ichi the Killer, Jeffrey Combs, John Travolta, John Woo, Kathryn Bigelow, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty, Mary Shelley, Movies, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Swayze, Peter Jackson, Point Break, Re-Animator, Sam Raimi, The Crow, The Hurt Locker, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, W. Peter Iliff | Leave a comment

Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Sam S-P

It was a tall order for Bryan Singer – who returned to helm the film franchise he fathered after a decade’s absence – to bring together two ensemble movie casts in an ambitious (and perhaps foolhardy) time travel story that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adan Canto, Blockbuster, Booboo Stewart, Bryan Singer, Daniel Cudmore, Ellen Page, Evan Peters, Fan Bingbing, Film, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, JJ Abrams, John Ottman, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Nicholas Hoult, Omar Sy, Patrick Stewart, Peter Dinklage, Shawn Ashmore, Simon Kinberg, Star Trek, Superhero Movie, The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, X-Men, X-Men 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class | 1 Comment

Superhero Movies Before They Were Cool

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Sam S-P

Once upon a time, superhero movies were not the norm. They didn’t dominate. They certainly weren’t the most popular and profitable film genre on the planet. Hollywood had had dalliances with comic book adaptations, for sure – Christopher Reeve’s SUPERMAN … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Alex Proyas, Batman, Blade, Brandon Lee, Christopher Reeve, Dark City, Darkman, Evil Dead, Film, Frankenstein, Ghost Rider, Heath Ledger, Hellboy, John Leguizamo, Liam Neeson, Martin Sheen, Michael Jai White, Michael Keaton, Michael Wincott, Movies, Night Watch, Phantom of the Opera, Rochelle Davis, Sam Raimi, Spawn, Spider-Man, Superhero Movie, Superman, The Crow, The Dark Knight, The Invisible Man, The Matrix, The Mummy, The Shadow, Tim Burton, Universal Horror | Leave a comment

Review: Godzilla (2014)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Sam S-P

60 years ago, film studio Toho burst onto the international stage with GODZILLA, an astonishing fantasy analogy for the Japanese nightmares of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2014, a new version of the tale has emerged from MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alexandre Desplat, Blockbuster, Bryan Cranston, Carson Bolde, Cloverfield, Elizabeth Olsen, Film, Gareth Edwards, Godzilla, Guillermo del Toro, Ishiro Honda, Juliette Binoche, Jurassic Park, Ken Watanabe, Monster Movie, Monsters, Movies, Pacific Rim, Roland Emmerich, Sally Hawkins, Starship Troopers, Steven Spielberg, Toho, Warner Brothers | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Movies

Review: Dead Man Down (2013)

Review: RoboCop (2014)

The (Very Very Belated) Worst Films of 2013 List

Review: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Review: Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

Penny Dreadful’s Frankenstein: Faithful and Thoughtful

Playing Catchup

Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Superhero Movies Before They Were Cool

Review: Godzilla (2014)

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