I still can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the first Independence Day hit our cinema screens. And 1996 was an amazing year for movies too with Twister, Mission Impossible, The Rock, The Frighteners – all out in that year! Apparently, Independence Day had mixed critic reviews back then, with many unable to comprehend what […]
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Back in 2013, The Conjuring was like a breath of fresh air. Despite being similar on paper to so many other ghost films of its kind, there was something about it which elevated it way beyond those. Much of this was attributed to director James Wan, who has a real knack for ramping up the
Every once in a while I think it’s only fair that I go with my wife to see a movie which is more in line with her taste than mine. She dutifully came along to see Captain America: Civil War with me recently, despite not being the big superhero fan that I am. So, now
I went into The Nice Guys not knowing too much about it. Sure, I knew that Shane Black was behind it. I knew that Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe starred and that it was a buddy crime comedy. But I hadn’t even properly seen the trailer, and only seen a clip on a talk show
This is a truly wonderful movie. Theodore is a lonely writer, separated from his wife. He installs an OS with artificial intelligence called Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) and she begins learning about his life and communicating with him regularly. This seems to be a world, similar to our own but with some very different
I first saw The Force Awakens at a midnight screening, the day before general release. It was a magical evening, with many people dressed in costume, and the anticipation was intense. But, I’m sorry to say, I actually fell asleep during the middle of the movie! I know, hang my head in shame! My only
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After revisiting ‘Timecrimes‘ recently, I was reminded of another movie that I first watched around the same time as that one, and which was similar in a lot of ways – a movie called Triangle. Like Timecrimes, Triangle involves a mysterious attacker who has their head covered, but Triangle stuck with me afterwards for a
Probably the best time travel movie that isn’t Back to the Future. It’s been a while since I first watched ‘Timecrimes’ (the English title for this Spanish movie) but repeat viewings only make the experience more enjoyable. The first half plays like a horror drama. A middle aged man spots a girl alone in the
The original trilogy of X-Men movies, along with any of the Wolverine films, are all pretty average in my opinion. I remember enjoying the first X-Men when it was released, but that was mainly because we were finally getting to see such well known and well loved comic book characters brought to life on the
If you’ve ever wondered how many phone calls a man can make in one single car journey, then Locke is the film for you. In what is a pretty bold piece of film making, Locke is entirely set in the confines of a car as it drives along the motorway at night. Tom Hardy is
Came across this while browsing through Netflix. I vaguely remembered hearing good things about it around the time of its initial release, so I thought I’d give it a try. Wow, what a pleasant surprise! Slowly building dread and tension and with a great soundtrack and some good action scenes, this was thoroughly enjoyable. Once
Well, I seem to be in the minority of people who really enjoyed this… I enjoyed Man of Steel too. I remember going on the day of release – I’d had a particularly bad day, filled with car trouble, and Man of Steel was the perfect bit of escapism. I particularly enjoyed the earlier half
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Midnight Special quickly sets us up with a heck of a lot of questions needing to be answered. Slowly we’re fed small pieces of information, which begin to answer some of them, but more and more questions follow right behind and the movie ends up riding high on the vague-ometer way too long for my
I am such a big fan of the original Poltergeist movie and I was amazed when I heard this remake was being made. The trailer looked interesting enough for me to want to give it a chance, but I missed it when it came out at the cinema, only now catching it on Netflix. The
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Had me on the edge of my seat, heart in mouth, more than any other home invasion movie I’ve seen. My nerves are shot to shit right now and I just need someone to give me a big, big hug. Lee BoardmanWeb developer by day, with a movie and TV watchlist that continues to grow
“I can’t sunbathe, I can’t watch daytime TV. My favourite food, I can’t eat chips. I’m over being a vampire, it’s shit. Don’t believe the hype.” I was in stitches at this point. Such a refreshingly funny movie about vampires. The hilarious Rhys Darby and his gang of werewolves was just the icing on the
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