Synopsis: Beneath Bruce Garrett’s under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire. My Take Given the comedy pedigree […]
Quickfire Review: Cuban Fury (2014)
News: Did Edge Of Tomorrow cost Jupiter Ascending a 2014 release?
We loved Edge of Tomorrow here at H4M (as our review will testify http://wp.me/p32hec-Qz) but alas it appears not everyone outside of Europe is quite as excited. Despite strong numbers this side […]
News: Josh Brolin and George Clooney to star in Coen Brother’s ‘Hail Ceasar’
The Coen Brothers are going back to the source of two of their finest post Fargo outputs, O’Brother’s George Clooney and No Country’s Josh Brolin, for their next project; Hail Ceasar. Script […]
Edge Of Tomorrow (2014): Watch, Laugh, Repeat
Synopsis: An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war with an alien race. His skills increase as he faces the same brutal combat scenarios, and his union with […]
Quickfire Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Synopsis: Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack My Take 12 years after Ben Affleck nearly killed Tom […]
Quickfire Review: Pitch Perfect (2012)
Synopsis: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male […]
Trailer: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was one of my favourite films of 2011. After the phenomenal mis-step of Tim Burton’s 2001 reboot, it was a moving and well judged origin […]
Godzilla (2014) – Everybody’s Doing The Monster Mash #Possible Spoilers#
Synopsis: The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. Disclaimer: I don’t think I can write a spoiler free review […]
Quickfire Review: The Frozen Ground (2013)
Synopsis: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. My Take Sigh…. Ok, […]
Trailer: Hellion (2014)
Aaron Paul kinda came out of nowhere with Breaking Bad and quickly set himself out as a remarkable talent. Post Breaking Bad he can hardly be blamed for cashing in while his […]
Quickfire Review: All Is Lost (2014)
Synopsis: After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face My Take It takes a […]
The Rover (2014) – First Clip
In yet another move to distance himself from the tween roots that made him one of the most bankable stars on the planet, Robert Pattinson’s next major role is opposite Guy Pearce […]
Quickfire Review: Win Win (2011)
Synopsis: A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life My Take Thomas McCarthy is […]
Kickstarter Backing: Blue Mountain State
Following in the footsteps of Veronica Mars, college football fratboy comedy Blue Mountain State has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd fund a movie. Cancelled after three short but hilarious seasons on […]
WFT Podcast with Marc Maron
Hooray For Movies likes to think it is about more than just watching, digesting and spewing opinions about movies. We like to believe we are about all great forms of media. We […]
Quickfire Review: Nebraska (2013)
Synopsis: An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize. My Take Few contemporary American film makers […]
We’re still here….
Yo, just a quick update to let you know, if you indeed care, that Hooray For Movies is still here if somewhat pre-occupied with other creative projects. We aim to start publishing […]
Quickfire Review: Closed Circuit (2013)
Synopsis: A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team – testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy My Take While there have been […]
Oscar 2014 Predictions
I’ll be the first to admit I am not the biggest fan of the Oscars. They hold far to much influence for an awards ceremony that all to often rewards worthiness before […]
The Lego Movie (2014) – No story, no problem
Synopsis: An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together. My Take I am […]
The To Do List (2013)
Synopsis: Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall. My Take Anyone who has […]
Quickfire Review: In A World (2013)
Synopsis: An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé My Take Hollywood is in a golden era for strong, independent female […]
Lone Survivor (2014)
Synopsis: Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. When they are compromised Marcus and his team are […]
The Wolf of Wall Street (2014) – Greed might not be good but it is very entertaining
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. My Take Anyone […]
White House Down (2013)
Synopsis: While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of […]
Quickfire Review: Backwoods (2006)
Synopsis: An English couple’s holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin. My Take The Backwoods is a dark and engaging British/Spanish thriller that came and went […]
Hooray For Movies Is 1 Years Old
As the New Year dawned upon us to bring another 365 days of unprecedented joy (cough) it brought with it the 1st anniversary of Hooray For Movies being born into the heavily […]
American Hustle (2014) – Hair To Stay
Synopsis: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey […]
Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014: Looking ahead to this years top TV and cinema picks
2013 was a huge year for cinema; record numbers at the box office and a slew of critically acclaimed pictures at both ends of the financial and emotional spectrum, took care of […]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) – Stiller Grows Up
Synopsis: A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, he takes […]
Quickfire Review: The Way Way Back (2013)
Synopsis: Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend’s daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of […]
Anchorman 2 (2013) – Breaking News: Tries To Hard (possible spoilers)
Synopsis: With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm. My Take If ever there were a comedy since […]
Quickfire Review: Prince Avalanche
Synopsis: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other […]
Kick Ass 2 (2013)
Synopsis: The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will […]
Trailer: Interstellar (2014)
As anyone who has read this blog from the early days will know I am somewhat of a Christopher Nolan nerd. As a cinephile I regard him as one of the most […]
Shorts on Shorts: #2 Crestfallen (5 minutes)
Synopsis: A brief and haunting journey through the events that lead someone to take drastic steps to relieve their pain My Take The most complimentary thing I can say about Crestfallen, another […]
Shorts on Shorts: #1 Contact (11 minutes)
Synopsis: An unsettling insight into the drug induced experiences of two lovers My Take Utilising a mixture of stark monochrome textures, striking visual effects and an industrial strength score, Contact is as […]
Quickfire Review: Uncle Kent (2011) – Too much ninja penis
Synopsis: A pothead kid’s show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest – a woman from New York who he met on Chatroulett My Take […]
The Bling Ring (2013)
Synopsis: Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes. My Take Normally the words “inspired by real events” at […]
Quickfire Review: The Purge (2013)
Synopsis: In the future, a wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized My […]
Halloween Countdown: #6 Slither (2006)
Synopsis: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters My Take Marketing itself as “funniest horror comedy since Shaun of the […]
Captain Phillips (2013) – Possible Spoilers
Synopsis: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years […]
Halloween Countdown: #5 A Field In England (2013)
Synopsis: Fleeing for their lives, a small party abandon their Civil War confederates and escape through an overgrown field. Thinking only of what lay behind, they are ambushed by two dangerous men and […]
Halloween Countdown: #4 Friday The 13th (1980) – Skewered Bacon
Synopsis: Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child’s drowning My Take The countdown takes a turn […]
Halloween Countdown: #3 Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Synopsis: A sound engineer’s work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art. My Take After a comedy (Tucker & Dale) and a bit of B-Movie schlock (Event […]
Halloween Countdown: #2 Event Horizon (1997) – Silly space fun that doe….OH GOD MY EYES!!!!!!!
Synopsis: A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned…with someone or something new on-board. My Take I must have seen Event Horizon 5 or 6 […]
Halloween Countdown: #1 Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2010)
Synopsis: Tucker & Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids My Take Every year I like to delve into a […]
Quickfire Review: The Numbers Station (2013)
Synopsis: A disgraced black ops agent is dispatched to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator. Soon, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle to stop a deadly plot before […]
The Year That Was: 1994
In a nutshell, what was 1994 all about? Oscar arguments, the rise of Jim Carrey, the rise and rise of Quentin Tarantino’s ego, the rise and rise and rise of Miramax, Tom […]
The Last Stand (2013) – He said he’d be back
Synopsis: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of FBI custody and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff My […]
