
Having just got back from the cinema at 0015hrs I want to allow the last 2 and a half hours to settle and percolate before I write my full review of Iron […]
Hooray For Movies! is an outlet for Dylan to impress on the world what films and television everyone should be watching or avoiding and why. Most of these views are developed from conversations with his best buddy Chris. All formed from their warped, pithy, self involved British viewpoints
Having just got back from the cinema at 0015hrs I want to allow the last 2 and a half hours to settle and percolate before I write my full review of Iron […]
Synopsis: When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events. My Take There was a point about 60 […]
Synopsis: The story of Scotty Pelk, a socially inept video store clerk who gets fired from his job and becomes a sensation as an online film critic. My Take I wont lie. I […]
Ok, are we the only ones getting kind of ridiculously geeky excited about the prospect of the Lego Movie next year? It seems like it has been swimmingly along quietly under the […]
Synopsis: When an alcoholic (Will Ferrell) relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbour might […]
I was over the moon when I heard Seth MacFarlane was to host the 2013 Oscars after so many bland flat hosts (still shudder at the Franco/Hathaway effort. Who thought that combo […]
Synopsis: Incompetent Private Investigator Rock Slyde (Patrick Warburton) must solve the mystery of who is following his client whilst keeping the evil Bartologist cult at bay My Take I have literally sat […]
Synopsis: High school nobody Scott Howard (Michael J Fox) discovers he has the one thing no other guy has in his school; the ability to transform in to a werewolf. Not just any […]
The secret to comedy is all ab…timing…… Fine, that joke works better when said out loud, but you get the point. Comedy is all about timing. The secret to TV comedy though […]
Dark synthy electro soundtrack? Check. Neon flushed sleazy cinematography? Check. Scenes of nailbiting violence? Check. Brooding Ryan Gosling sizzling through the screen like a muscular, handsome frying pan? Check. Must be the […]
Less Twilight, more 30 Days of Night. Vampires are back! Wooh!
For those of you that visit us regularly you may have noticed we have undergone somewhat of a facelift. We hope the new layout makes it easier to see both older posts […]
Synopsis: In small-town Texas, the local mortician Bernie (Jack Black) strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow (Shirley MacLaine), though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the […]
So, the lovely people over at Frame Rates have only bloody gone and nominated Shoving Buddies for The Versatile Blogger Award. While I have not a Scooby Doo (cockney slang, look it up people) […]
Synopsis: Aspiring supervillain Dr Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) must balance his career, his loathing of nemesis Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder (Felicia Day), through the medium of […]
Synopsis: A thriller [sic] that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family’s Thanksgiving celebration. My Take […]
Synopsis: Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. My Take Duplass? Plaza? Time travel? Indie comedy? Strap […]
I know we are a bit late with covering this story, but it has just been one of THOSE weeks here at Shoving Buddies HQ. Anyway, as the self confessed Nolan nuts we are […]
Synopsis: An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer (Chris Messina) and the soft spoken zoo worker (Jenna Fischer) who falls for him. My Take The Giant Mechanical Man: sad, lonely, street […]
Via the fine people at http://www.empireonline.com comes some casting news for the 2014 Godzilla reboot currently in the hands of Monsters director Gareth Edwards. Word has it that Happy Go Lucky’s Sally […]
Synopsis: An art auctioneer (James McAvoy) who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners up with a hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) in order to recover a lost painting. My Take As […]
Synopsis: A pair of 12 year old lovers flee their New England island town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them, including their scout leader (Ed Norton), the […]
Like a true auteur Sam Mendes has set a high watermark for the World’s most beloved movie franchise and then decided to walk away from the follow up gig. And who can […]
We’ve just learned of the death of Roger Ebert, who was a giant in film journalism. He never critiqued with the consensus and always spoke his mind. With Mark Kermode he has […]
Synopsis: Spanish language parody of low budget Mexican movies. Scheming on a way to save their father’s ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico’s most feared drug lord. My Take […]
Synopsis: A group of revolutionaries must battle a governing dictatorial militia 15 years after an instantaneous global shutdown of all electronic devices known as the Blackout Production Company/Network: Bad Robot for NBC Cast: Billy Burke, […]
Following House of Cards awesomeness we were already pretty bloody excited about the prospect of Hemlock Grove at Shoving Buddies HQ. Then I saw this…….. and my pants exploded
Via the fine people at http://www.deadline.com we’ve learned of the first proper casting news on Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, which starts principle photography this summer. Surprisingly it is not Michael Caine related. More […]
Synopsis: Plagued by visions of an impending storm and haunted by nightmares of his loved ones turning against him, Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) decides to renovate the storm shelter in his back garden […]
Fox released some mouth watering, fanboy bonerising news this morning outlining the details of their new channels, FXX and FXM. Via our buddies at http://www.wired.com here are the key points and our […]
If you read our previous article about Netflix making a statement of intent with the awesome House of Cards (http://wp.me/p32hec-om) then you’ll know our thoughts on the Netflix model being the future of original […]
In honour of Cockneys Vs Zombies that we reviewed this week we explore which other social groups should be pitted against evil foes for our entertainment pleasure: Hipsters vs Werewolves A bunch […]
At the beginning of two weeks vacation where I was not going anywhere and knew I would have time to kill around the house, I felt it an opportune time to root […]
Synopsis: When the dead start rising across the East End of London, a gang of inept bank robbers must fight their way back to save their Grandad and his friends who are under […]
Synopsis: In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders. My Take Don Farrarone is a man who […]
“Hello Dear, are you really visiting this site on a regular basis, if so afterward you will without doubt obtain pleasant experience”… Hello dear? It’s like being spammed by my Nan
Jurassic Park v Star Wars Trailer Mash-Up
Synopsis: When his mentor (Robert De Niro) is taken captive, a retired mercenary and assassin (Jason Statham) is forced into action. His mission: kill three ex-SAS soldiers accused by a disgraced dying Sheikh […]
Synopsis: Part found footage, part fly on the wall documentary, part standard cop drama, End of Watch follows the daily grind of two young police officers (Jake Gyllenhaal; Michael Pena) in South LA who […]
Synopsis: After his dad dies and he gets screwed out of his inheritance, loser Nick (Alessandro Nivola) finds himself getting deeper and deeper into trouble as he tries to fund his way […]
Synopsis: Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror…with hilarious consequences My Take So………… it turns out you can make a comedy about suicide bombers trying […]
Synopsis: When a street magician’s stunt begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carrell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) look to salvage on their act and win back […]
I laughed….I pee’d….I laughed some more
Synopsis: To protect his brother-in-law from drug lord Tim Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi), former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. My Take Mark Wahlberg […]
Synopsis: As an asteroid called Matilda nears Earth, Dodge (Steve Carrell) finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high […]
Synopsis: Francis “Frank” Underwood is the Democratic Congress Majority Whip. He has his hands on every secret in politics – and he’s willing to use them all to get what he wants. Network: House […]
The greatest living director in Hollywood is also becoming the hardest working man in Hollywood, with fingers in all sorts of exciting movie pies. Following on from his box office smashing, franchise invigorating Dark […]
I was super excited about Iron Man 3……then I saw this
Synopsis: An unemployed defense worker (Michael Douglas), frustrated with the various flaws he sees in Los Angeles society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them on his way to daughter’s birthday […]
Synopsis: Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) has no idea what he’s in for when he’s sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at an annual insurance convention, where he soon finds himself […]