It's great news for film fans when a franchise's fifth installment is it's strongest. Some Mission Impossible purists might disagree with me, but I am convinced that Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is the best outing yet. Not bad for a franchise that started in 1996. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, putting to bed the rumours … Continue reading Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation review
This list by no means covers all the films that I'm excited for this year but it is a start and features the ones that reach the fan-girl squeal level of excitement. There is no particular order to this list, but I will admit that for the first film featured I am excited to the point … Continue reading Film’s I’m excited for in 2016
Following an impressive marketing campaign the question was could The Martian live up to the expectations it had built up? The simple answer...yes! Matt Damon excels in the role of Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded on Mars when his crew are forced to evacuate during a storm. It is always risky making a film, where … Continue reading The Martian review
In a galaxy far, far away... Star Wars was out in force at Disney's D23 expo this weekend, putting on quite a show and making some big announcements. While JJ Abrams and Harrison Ford took to the stage to promote Episode VII and revealing a brand new poster for the film, Disney's focus was definitely … Continue reading Weekly Round Up! – 19th August 2015
Has Seth McFarlane lost his magic touch? This is the question audiences are asking themselves as they leave the cinema after watching Ted 2! 2012 was McFarlane's year, Family Guy was as strong and as popular as ever and he had successfully made the transition to the big screen with Ted, the surprising comedic hit about … Continue reading Ted 2 review
Apologies for not posting the past few weeks, I am helping out on the media team for the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford and just haven't had the time. So in the spirit of aviation here is a story that grabbed my attention a few weeks ago. And We Have Lift Off... It has been confirmed that … Continue reading I Feel the Need, the Need for Speed…again!
Here We Go Again... Before we go any further, let me make it clear that I am not against remakes in general, in some cases they are actually better than the originals and I am all for opening a film up to new audiences. Having said that, however, there are some films that you just … Continue reading The Weekly Round Up! – 30th June 2015
R.I.P James Horner The Oscar-winning composer died in a plane crash on the 22nd June. His scores lifted already great films to another level, with the score for Titanic, in particular, capturing the audience's hearts, becoming the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. As well Titanic he composed the scores for Braveheart, The Boy in the Striped … Continue reading The Weekly Round Up – 23rd June 2015
So I have a plan that every week I will do a bit of a round up of the big Film and TV stories from the past 7 days, as well as highlighting some the smaller stuff that grabbed my attention. My aim is to post The Weekly Round Up every Tuesday if I can (I know … Continue reading The Weekly Round Up!
2015 is the year of the spy! At least at the cinema, with five big screen espionage films being released, including the much anticipated return of James Bond in Spectre and yet another impossible mission for Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Kingsman: The Secret Service got things off to a strong start in January with … Continue reading Spy review
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