The audacious story of the meteoric rise and calamitous fall of BlackBerry, the very first smartphone. Opening in 1996 BlackBerry introduces us to Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Doug Fregin (Matt Johnson - who co-writes and directs) as they attempt to pitch their new cellular device to businessman Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton). The pitch goes … Continue reading BlackBerry
The artificial intelligence known as ‘The Entity’ has slowly but surely taken over cyberspace since the events of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Truth no longer exists and political and social stability is collapsing. Can Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team stop ‘The Entity’ before it takes control of the world’s nuclear missile arsenal? … Continue reading Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
In 1942 a group of soldiers are sent on an unofficial and fully deniable operation behind enemy lines. Led by Major Gus March-Phillips (Henry Cavill) the team will have to overcome insurmountable odds to turn the tide of the war. Loosely based on the real life Operation Postmaster, Guy Ritchie’s latest film may well give … Continue reading The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… only kidding. Rebel Moon was originally conceived as Zack Snyder’s Star Wars story but fate decided otherwise and it is now his attempt at creating a science fiction fantasy epic birthing a new universe in which many stories can be told. Kora (Sofia Boutella) is … Continue reading Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire
Super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) and his team are on a mission to stop an arms dealer selling a dangerous item in Guy Ritchie’s latest. Guy Ritchie is a writer/director with a very particular style that can hit (Lock, Stock…, Snatch, Sherlock, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) as often as he can miss (Revolver, Swept … Continue reading Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
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