Synopsis: The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul – a union that […]
Foxcatcher (2015) – *SPOILERS*
American Sniper (2015)
Synopsis: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, […]
Quickfire Review: West of Memphis (2013)
Synopsis: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three. My Take What is evident from early on in Amy Berg’s forensic dissection of the famous […]
Quickfire Review: Grand Piano (2014)
Synopsis: Moments before his comeback performance, a concert pianist who suffers from stage fright discovers a note written on his music sheet. My Take Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth was a high concept […]
Gone Girl (2014) *SPOILERS*
Synopsis: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent My […]
Fruitvale Station (2014)
Synopsis: The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. My Take In […]
Frank (2014)
Synopsis: Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank. My Take Frank, […]
Quickfire Review: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Synopsis: Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he’s forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still […]
Quickfire Review: Blood Ties (2014)
Synopsis: Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s. My Take The “siblings on either side of the law” story isn’t anything […]
Quickfire Review: Locke (2014)
Synopsis: Ivan Locke, a dedicated family man and successful construction manager, receives a phone call on the eve of the biggest challenge of his career that sets in motion a series of […]
Forgotten Films 1984 Blogathon Review: Revenge of the Nerds (1984…unsurprisingly)
Synopsis: At a big campus, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self respect. My Take As part of the 1984 movie blogathon so […]
Quickfire Review: Storage 24 (2013)
Synopsis: In London, a military plane crashes leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware that the city is in lock down, a group of people become trapped inside […]
Quickfire Review: Starred Up (2014)
Synopsis: A troubled and explosively violent teenager is transferred to adult prison where he finally meets his match – a man who also happens to be his father My Take It’s fair […]
Quickfire Review: Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
Synopsis: A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world. My Take The last entry in this documentary […]
Quickfire Review: The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
Synopsis: The true and incredible story of the Portland Mavericks, baseball’s ultimate underdogs and Bing Russell, the man that showed the establishment that Baseball still belonged to the people My Take The […]
Quickfire Review: Particle Fever (2013)
Synopsis: Physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time — or perhaps their greatest failure. My Take Particle Fever is the first in a three part review […]
In Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – Monkey See, Monkey Kill
Synopsis: In the wake of a disaster that changed the world, the growing and genetically evolving apes find themselves at a critical point with the human race. My Take As a massive […]
In Review: Robocop (2014)
Synopsis: In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop – is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for […]
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, […]
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 […]
London Boulevard (2010) – Dull, Dated and….Did I Say Dull?
Synopsis: An ex-con hired to look after a reclusive young actress finds himself falling in love, which puts him in direct confrontation with one of London’s most vicious gangsters My Take Given the […]
Quickfire Review: Arbitrage (2013)
Synopsis: A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help My Take While not […]
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) (Spoiler) – Fun proof we will never get another die hard
Synopsis: Terrorists attack the White House, with REMARKABLE ease. Gerard Butler goes on a one man mission to stop them; refuses to wear a vest. My Take Have you ever watched a […]
Polypore (2013) – Big ambition let down by lack of focus
Synopsis: A young man must cope with involuntary telepathy, a potion-induced transformation, teleporting agents and a clone reincarnation, all while dodging an evil corporation that wants to harvest his brain for knowledge. My […]
Quickfire Review: Shame (2011)
Synopsis: In New York City, Brandon’s carefully cultivated private life — which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction — is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. My Take […]
Quickfire Review: Side Effects (2013)
Synopsis: A young woman’s world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects. My Take Few directors working today can run the gauntlet of genre cinema like Steven Soderbergh. […]
Quickfire Review: Low & Clear (2013)
Synopsis: A documentary about the divergent styles of two fly fisherman and what the act of fishing means to them My Take Low & Clear is a gentle and thoughtful documentary that […]
True Romance (1993) – You caught me in a vendetta kind of mood
Synopsis: Boy meets girl. Girl is a hooker. Girl falls for boy. Boy kills her pimp. They steal some coke and flee to Hollywood. A love story for the ages, with a […]
Primer (2004) – Now I Can’t Remember How To Drive
Synopsis: Two part time inventors, working from their garage, accidently create something more powerful than they are able to comprehend……..I think. I’m not entirely sure My Take The fact I had a […]
Hans Zimmer To Score Interstellar
Chris Nolan has announced his first major off screen collaborator to join an impressive cast of Matthew McConnaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine in front of the lens; Hollywood score […]
Bernie (2013 UK Release Date) – Black is Back
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 […]
Deadfall (2013) – Snow Dull
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 […]
Safety Not Guaranteed (2013) – Seeking A Friend For The Beginning Of Time
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 […]
Anne Hathaway To Go Interstellar?
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 […]
The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) – Something something indie something
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 […]
Trance (2013) – Inception at Sotherbys
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 […]
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – Apocalypse Scout
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 […]
Take Shelter (2011) – Foreboding Raindrops
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 […]
Cockneys Vs Zombies (2012) – Brown Bread Rising
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 […]
Texas Killing Fields (2011) – There’s Disappointment In Them There Fields
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 […]
