100 Words or Less – The Voices

Title – The Voices Released – 2015 Director – Marjane Satrapi Starring – Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick. Review – The Voices is likely to be the strangest film you’ve seen in a long time. A black comedy of the most morbid variety, Ryan Reynolds plays Jerry. A man who hears voices that occasionally tell him to kill. Reynolds […]

The Five Things You’ll Need To Survive Halloween

Halloween is upon us and with it comes scary movies. We watch them from the comfort of our own homes, enjoying the discomfort, pain, and even death inflicted upon the unlucky characters. We scream, we laugh, but at the end of the day we forget about it and move on. I mean, it’s only […]

100 Words or Less – 3000 Miles to Graceland

Title – 3000 Miles to Graceland Released – 2001 Director – Demian Lichtenstein Starring – Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater Review – In a word: unpleasant. 3KMTG is weird, horrible in every way yet exceptionally entertaining. The cast is amazing, the action is hyperviolent and explosive and the Elvis impersonations are spot-on. It’s over the top and unsure what […]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Review

“My name is Max. My world is fire. And blood.” A lot has changed since George Miller’s first Mad Max film back in 1979. Firstly, Mel Gibson is no longer the star in the latest film in the ozploitation franchise that kick started his career. Instead he’s been replaced by Tom Hardy who does the whole tough […]

CeX Review – Fury

This is my review of the excellent Fury I wrote for CeX. Fury (2014) Review Out now on DVD and Blu-ray we have Fury. A film the quote on the case says is “the best war film since Saving Private Ryan and Platoon”. That’s lofty praise. Does Fury live up to it? Fury follows an American tank crew […]

CeX Review – Dying of the Light

The blog has been a little empty as of late. It’s the essay writing time of year. Here’s a review I wrote of the interesting Dying of the Light for CeX. I couldn’t help but post it. Enjoy! Dying of the Light (2014) Review Things have been going in a strange direction for Nicolas Cage as of late. The […]

CeX Review – Horns

Horns (2014) Review (This is an excerpt from a review I wrote for CeX UK) Out now on Blu-Ray and DVD comes Horns,the tale of a young man who, after being accused of killing his childhood sweetheart, suddenly wakes up horns growing out of his forehead and rocking a devilishly persuasive attitude. Directed by schlock director Alexandre […]

100 Words or Less – Basic

Title – Basic Released – 2003 Director – John McTierman Starring – John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson Review – Basic should have been awesome. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson? John McTierman? At least it should have been goofy fun. And it is for the most part, at least up until the last 15 minutes. Never before have I […]

CeX Review – The Guest

The Guest (2014) Review (This is an excerpt from a review I wrote for CeX UK). Directed by Adam Wingard and out now on Blu-Ray and DVD comes The Guest, the latest film from the brilliant minds behind one of 2011 best films; You’re Next. And like You’re Next, The Guest is both brilliantly made and cleverly subversive. The film follows a […]

100 Words or Less – Blue Ruin

Title – Blue Ruin Released – 2013 Director – Jeremy Saulnier Starring – Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves Review – Blue Ruin is a fantastic example of cheap indie filmmaking done right. The film is a grim piece of Americana following ordinary man Dwight as he avenges the murder of his parents through a blood soaked neon America. Through it’s […]