Film

Review: The Hangover III**

Review: The Hangover III**

If your idea of humour is a giraffe causing chaos on a motorway then continue… If, as Phil (Bradley Cooper) puts it, “what am I watching?” soon pops into mind, revisiting the Wolfpack on another trail of carnage may make you wish you’d stayed at home. In episode III, writer-director Todd Phillips tries in vain … Continued

Avengers Director Talks Sequel Casting: ‘New characters won’t make things any easier’

Avengers Director Talks Sequel Casting: ‘New characters won’t make things any easier’

Avengers director Joss Whedon has spoken about the casting of new characters in the blockbuster film’s upcoming sequel. Whedon has recently confirmed that both Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch are currently pencilled into the film’s current script draft, and progressed to claim that the new faces won’t be making it easy for Thor and the … Continued

Review: Fast & Furious 6****

Review: Fast & Furious 6****

Like the characters in the franchise, director Justin Lin reassembles his trustworthy team of writers Chris Morgan and Gary Scott Thompson to pen another episode of the adrenaline-pumping, big-action smashing and testosterone-dripping Fast & Furious mayhem that throws reality and caution to the wind in Version 6. Rio’s favelas played host last time in 2011 … Continued

Review: The Great Gatsby***

Review: The Great Gatsby***

You can imagine that a literary adaptation set in the self-indulgent Roaring Twenties about a fateful love story that’s given the Baz Luhrmann touch would be as extravagant as ever. Think Moulin Rouge. Indeed the flamboyant director does not hold back with his version of The Great Gatsby and even tries to shoehorn in a … Continued

Review: A Hijacking****

Review: A Hijacking****

Having not necessarily seen the poster, the film title automatically assumes a plane takeover at several thousand feet, like so many films before. However, this is a story of ‘terrorists at sea’ with writer-director Tobias Lindholm of recent The Hunt fame putting to bed the romantic notion of swashbuckling pirates with a frank and tension-pounding … Continued

Star Trek Into Darkness Is Latest In A Long Loved Sci-Fi Franchise

This month will see the twelfth cinematic release of one of the most famous and beloved sci-fi franchises. Star Trek Into Darkness will be beaming it’s way on to the silver screen on Thursday 9th May, with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto returning as Captain Kirk and Spock respectively. Both will be starring alongside Benedict … Continued

Fast And Furious – All Roads Leads To This

Fast And Furious – All Roads Leads To This

With Fast and Furious 6 being released at the end of May, it is definitely a film on everyone’s mind. This instalment is the first film in the series that has decided to move away from being completely about the underground car-racing theme which was considered to have restricted the audience it could reach. The … Continued