Synopsis: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. My […]
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2015) – Flight of Fancy
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Gravity Trailer: Early Oscar Buzz Seems Deserved
The first trailer I saw for Gravity was about 6 weeks ago when I was sat waiting for the ultimately disappointing Pacific Rim to start. It was the first I had heard […]
Quickfire Review: Moneyball (2011) – Home Run Fun
Synopsis: Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. My Take There is no way that […]
Flight (2013) – Crash Bang Wallow
Synopsis: An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation threatens to unravel his secret shame My Take Robert Zemeckis has a tendency to […]
