One of my favourite movies of all time is Ghostbusters, and I am one of the few fans who actually prefer the sequel (along with my mate Chris). I remember being a kid and being jealous of my friends who had Ghostbusters merchandise. My dad went through a weird religious phase for a while and [...]
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Many years ago I was at Center Parcs with a friend, and for whatever reason we stayed in one day, all day, watching a Planet of the Apes marathon. By the end of the day I think we’d watched the 5 Apes films and seen more of Roddy McDowall then his own family probably did [...]
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An article I wrote for Empire film magazine last month during my work experience, which has not been published to date (and is unlikely to be). I did email the editor who okayed the article asking for feedback on it, and got no reply, so figured I might as well publish it on here.. Two [...]
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To some people it’s sinister, to some it’s just a bit of fun, to some it’s a genuine holiday with a history. Much like Valentine’s Day or even Christmas people either love it, or hate it for various reasons, usually commercialism. Personally, I love it, and actually wish it would become bigger. While I don’t [...]
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The Three Musketeers (PG13) Out October 12. Paul W.S. Anderson briefly left Resident Evil territory to film his take on Alexandre Dumas’s classic tale, making it mostly action (for a 3D audience) and adding a little steampunk fantasy. The adaptation stays fairly true to the book, but like most other films the story is changed [...]
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Source Code (12A) This intriguing sci-fi thriller stars Jake Gyllenhall (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain) as Captain Colter Stevens, a soldier who wakes up in the body of another man on a train that is about to blow up. Joined by the man’s unsuspecting work colleague Christina (Michelle Monaghan), he learns that he has 8 minutes [...]
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Film Review: Unknown (12A) Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List, Batman Begins) heads back into recently successful action drama territory as Dr. Martin Harris, a man whose identity appears to have been taken over by another man. Dr. Harris is involved in a car crash heading back to an airport to pick up a forgotten suitcase. [...]
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Limitless (15) Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, The A Team) stars as Eddie Morra, a scruffy writer whose life is instantly changed by a strange drug in this sci-fi thriller loosely based on the book ‘The Dark Fields’. Morra’s life is going nowhere as he struggles to meet deadlines for a book and is dumped by [...]
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Water for Elephants (12A) Directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the novel by Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants is a historical drama starring Robert ‘Twilight’ Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, a student vet who ends up with a travelling circus after a family tragedy. Set in the American Depression, Jacob heads off to a different [...]
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Inspired by a BBC ‘Mischief’ documentary with Alex Riley that I watched in 20o8 (and would recommend watching), I started to write an essay on food quality in supermarkets and restaurant chains. It was partly a review of the show and was also going to contain my own information. Unfortunately I was unable to get [...]
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