Interstellar (2014) A Not Too Spoilery Review

“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.” Let’s get this out of the way first. I’m part of the minority of people who think that Christopher Nolan is ever so slightly overrated. Yeah The Dark […]

Doctor Who ‘Death in Heaven’ Review

“Hey Missy you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind, hey Missy!” What a downer ending. I mean I appreciate Doctor Who taking some risks but that ending leaves The Doctor and Clara in a very sad place. This was the second part of a morbid two-part finale. And is it satisfying? Yeah…for the […]

100 Words or Less – Once a Thief

Title – Once a Thief Released – 1991 Director – John Woo Starring – Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang. Review – A ‘crime caper’ by John Woo. Like The Killer or Hard Boiled but with more comedy. Comedy which often fails to translate. But even the failed jokes are hilarious in their own way. Seeing Chow Yun-Fat throwing a baby is funny […]

Doctor Who ‘Dark Water’ Review

“Do you really think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?” Doctor Who finales have a lot to live up to. While some recent ones have been a little disappointing, they’re usually some of the best parts of the series; series’ 2’s and series’ 3’s are particular highlights. This […]

100 Words or Less – Predator 2

Title – Predator 2 Released – 1990 Director – Stephen Hopkins Starring – Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ruben Blades Review – After the brilliant and highly regarded Predator, it was always going to be difficult to make a follow up film. And while Predator 2 does fail in some respects, it is mostly very successful. The film follows a group […]

Doctor Who ‘In the Forest of the Night’ Review

“Even my incredibly long life is too short for Les Misérables.” Well! This one is sure to become one of the more divisive episodes of recent Who. A fascinating concept handled in an…interesting way to say the least, although it was far from successful. The episode begins with a little girl finding the Doctor in the […]

Doctor Who ‘Flatline’ Review

“I am The Doctor and you are the Boneless!” These is getting embarrassing now. Every time it comes to me writing up the review for the latest episode of Doctor Who it seems to be one of the best episodes of the season. Apart from perhaps Kill The Moon and The Robot of Sherwood every episode of this series […]

Doctor Who ‘Mummy on the Orient Express’ Review

“I’m The Doctor and I will be your victim this evening, are you my mummy?” The Orient Express? In SPACE? How is that not awesome? It’s a train in space! Ok that’s a little silly. And I guess we’ve seen this idea of transportation in space before (Voyage of the Damned?) but this was pretty […]

Doctor Who ‘Kill The Moon’ Review

“I’ll smack you so hard you’ll regenerate!” Like Listen before it, Kill the Moon is certainly a love it or hate it kind of episode. In fact that’s the overall feeling of the series a whole – it’s the Marmite season. While I have enjoyed every episode of the series so far, I know people that have hated them […]

Doctor Who ‘The Caretaker’ Review

“I’m the one who carries you out of the fire. He’s the one who lights it.” This episode could really have gone either way. Episodes in the past which show The Doctor trying to ‘blend in’ with humans (The Lodger or Closing Time for example) have been somewhat of a hodgepodge. Also there’s always a worry when […]