Disgraced former Secret Service Agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett) is given a shot at redemption when a Government Agency finds themselves desperately in need of a highly skilled agent in a location where they are suddenly bereft of them. If Lucas can board a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco, locate a criminal known only … Continue reading Fight or Flight
Cooper (Josh Hartnett) takes his teenage daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) to see the biggest Popstar on the planet perform live at a local arena. However the FBI have decided to use the gig as a trap for a serial killer known as “The Butcher” who they believe will be there. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest movie … Continue reading Trap
Last year the television shows that I watched were so insanely good that I created a Top 20 list and had 5 special mentions. This year, with the exception of my favourite 3 shows I am not sure anything would jostle last year's top 10 for position. Which is a shame. Or perhaps I watched … Continue reading 2023 – Year In Review – Television
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) known as "the father of the atomic bomb". Christopher Nolan's biopic of Oppenheimer is typically not a straightforward telling of the man's life. In fact it eschews any efforts to tell you about his life prior to being a noteworthy physicist aside from a few scenes where … Continue reading Oppenheimer
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
Ridley Scott released his debut film The Duellists at the age of 40 in 1977. Since then he has worked at quite a fast pace, averaging more than 1 film every 2 years in his 40 year career. Interestingly only making 1 sequel (to a film he did not make) and 2 prequels, something worth … Continue reading Ridley Scott Retrospective
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