100 Words or Less – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Title – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Released – 2004 Director – Kerry Conran Starring – Jude Law, Gywneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi. Review – Sky Captain is certainly something. Slowly becoming a cult classic, it’s one of a few films to feature actors on CGI backgrounds (like Sin City) and it’s awesome. It’s pulpy with elements of sci-fi and […]

100 Words or Less – Duel

Title – Duel Released – 1971 Director – Steven Spielberg Starring – Dennis Weaver Review – The first ‘real’ film of Spielberg’s career, Duel is a great little movie. There’s not much to it, it’s only 90 minutes long and the plot could fit on a postage stamp; an evil trucker torments a man along a remote American road, but it works. […]

100 Words or Less – Pain and Gain

Title – Pain and Gain Released – 2013 Director – Michael Bay Starring – Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Dwayne Johnson. Review – Directed by Michael Bay, Pain and Gain may be his best film. Based on the violent true story of Miami body builders committing a viscous crime, the film is actually a great comedy and satire. It contains excellent performances from […]

100 Words or Less – Speed 2: Cruise Control

Title – Speed 2: Cruise Control (Get it?!) Released – 1997 Director – Jan De Bont Starring – Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe. Review – Basically 1994’s Speed in which Keanu Reeves is replaced by Jason Patric, which should give you a good idea about the quality of the film. The action has moved from a bus to a cruise liner. It is […]

100 Words or Less – Insomnia

Title – Insomnia Released – 2002 Director – Christopher Nolan Starring – Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank Review – Christopher Nolan’s follow up to his brilliant first film Memento is perhaps his best ever. Unlike most Nolan films there’s no gimmick to Insomnia, and at first it seems like a standard police procedural. But things soon go wrong for city cop Pacino as […]

100 Words or Less – Identity

Title – Identity Released – 2003 Director – James Mangold Starring – John Cusack, Ray Liotta, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina Review – At first Identity appears to be a simple, old school, who-dunnit thriller with a great cast. Ten strangers are trapped in a Nevada Motel and slowly start getting picked off one by one, but things soon take an unusual twist. Director […]

100 Words or Less – In Bruges

Title – In Bruges Released – 2008 Director – Martin McDonagh Starring – Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. Review – In Bruges is a black-comedy thriller from playwright Martin McDonagh. Two hitmen hide out in Bruges (Belgium) after a job gone awry. Advertised as more of a comedy, it’s much darker than it first appears and gives Colin Farrell plenty of […]

100 Words or Less – Event Horizon

Title – Event Horizon Released – 1997 Director – Paul W.S. Anderson Starring – Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Jason Issacs Review – After a special ship, the Event Horizon, goes missing a group of diverse characters are sent to find out what happened. Event Horizon has a really interesting Sci-Fi/Lovecraftian horror theme throughout, making it feel very unique. That’s not to […]

100 Words or Less – Trespass

Title – Trespass Released – 2011 Director – Joel Schumacher Starring – Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn. Review – As a huge fan of Nicolas Cage I had to watch this sooner or later. It is easily the worst movie he has been in over the last 20 years. It is abysmal, even the few “Cagey” scenes can’t hope […]

100 Words or Less – Three Kings

Title – Three Kings Released – 1999 Director – David O. Russell Starring – George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze Review – Directed by the nicest man in Hollywood, Three Kings concerns a group of soldiers as they hunt for Saddam’s gold. The film is darkly funny and a hell of a lot cleverer than most war movies while also containing […]