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 […]

Artz in Books: The Miniaturist

This review looks at another debut novel: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. This book may have received high praise from The Guardian and The Independent but one questioned it’s authenticity, and the other found the references to modern issues of sexuality jarring with the 17th century setting. I felt these criticisms were a little harsh. […]

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 […]

Artz on Books: Should Self-Publishing Exist? (A Review of Origins by S.E. Meyer)

As part of my attempt to make the most out of my new kindle, I checked out a site that presented a list of the best free kindle books. I’d always been unsure about free fiction, but with help from the site I chose a book that had promise: Origins by S.E Meyer. A quick […]

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 […]

100 Words or Less – Kill Bill Volume 2

Title – Kill Bill Volume 2 Released – 2004 Director – Quentin Tarantino Starring – Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, David Carradine Review – Kill Bill Vol. 2 is more of a Tarantino movie than the first. Long scenes of his unique dialogue and more substance to equal the abundance of style. Kill Bill Vol.2 follows The Bride as she […]

100 Words or Less – Kill Bill Volume 1

Title – Kill Bill Volume 1 Released – 2003 Director – Quentin Tarantino Starring – Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah Review – Kill Bill Vol. 1 is not director Quentin Tarantino’s best film, but it is still great and occasionally excellent. Kill Bill is a story of revenge centred on Thurman’s ‘The Bride’ as she enacts vengeance on The […]

Artz on Books – Elizabeth is Missing

Hey! I’m Rebecca and I’ll be reviewing some books for you! I will be reading a variety of novels (classic and modern) so if you like reading keep watch and see what comes about. Hope you enjoy. First off, we have winner of the Costa Prize 2014, Elizabeth is Missing. This debut novel by Emma […]

The 10 Best Movie Shootouts

The movie shootout might be one of the most popular and recurring scenes in movie history. Any genre of film can contain a shoot out and most of the time movie shootouts are pretty poor. It might just be one dude shooting at another dude without any energy or life to it, or worse, it’ll have […]

100 Words or Less – Constantine

Title – Constantine Released – 2005 Director – Francis Lawrence Starring – Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf Review – Constantine is an underrated supernatural film staring the incomparable Keanu Reeves. Reeves brings his own unique acting style to the film, and along with other great actors like Peter Stormare Constantine becomes something really special. Sure, it isn’t faithful to its comic […]