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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Beautiful rendered, but with the majority of the animal cast seemingly phoning their parts in they seem so disinterested, the first half is pretty dull and boring. And Idris Elba just isn’t very convincing at all. I seem to be the only person in the world who just doesn’t rate him… And then Baloo shows
I saw this movie earlier in the year but it had such an effect on me at the time I thought I’d add my thoughts here now… I’m sitting in my local cinema waiting for a secret screening to start. A lot of people are expecting Deadpool. A member of staff comes out to welcome
My little brother would have absolutely lost his geeky shit over this movie. That thought continued to pop into my head as I watched and enjoyed Civil War. He was a massive superhero and comic nerd who sadly lost his battle with cancer shortly before the release of Age of Ultron last year, a movie
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Tension slowly builds as we’re introduced to all the wonderful toys and technology that give us our eyes in the sky for the movie. We’re tracking some bad men and women, who turn out to be suicide bombers. The decision is made to take them out. Shit, there’s a little girl selling bread right outside
Laura has over 800 friends on Facebook. Her timeline is full of pictures and status updates all showing what a fun life she has. Marina is fairly new in school and likes to pull her hair out. Her timeline is full of dark imagery and artwork and she has zero friends. She sends Laura a
