If you’re a fan of entertaining espionage and exciting escapades, it’s been a banner year; 2015 has already seen the carefree fun of Mission:Impossible, the risqué rampage of Kingsman, and the playful parody of Spy. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. borrows a little from each of these categories, aiming to create a 60’s-infused action movie that…
If you’re looking for a film to stream this weekend, look no further than Back To The Movies’ new weekly feature. Every Thursday we’ll be serving up hot tips on the best that Netflix has to offer, from forgotten gems and timeless classics through to modern masterpieces and essential documentaries. After opening to critical acclaim…
Forget terrible Rotten Tomatoes scores and damning editorial pieces, nothing is quite as worrying as going to see a movie and having the cinema staff beg you not to buy a ticket. When “hello mate, one for Fantastic Four” is met with a desperate plea of “please sir, I cannot in good faith recommend that…
Joel Edgerton looks to shrug off his “oh what have I seen him in before?” status and prove himself as a Hollywood triple-threat by writing, directing (for the first time) and starring in The Gift. A quietly disconcerting thriller, the movie centres around Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall), an apparently contented couple who…
One of the big questions regarding Tom Cruise (excluding queries about his personal life) has to be: how long can he continue to up the ante on performing his own stunts as he gets older? The 51-year old returns to lead the franchise that he essentially owns, this time displaying his “balls of steel” in…
If you’re looking for a film to stream this weekend, look no further than Back To The Movies’ new weekly feature. Every Thursday we’ll be serving up hot tips on the best that Netflix has to offer, from forgotten gems and timeless classics through to modern masterpieces and essential documentaries. The enthralling charm of McCullin…
Great Scott! In 1985 Director Robert Zemeckis, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg and Producer/Screenwriter Bob Gale embarked on a three-part journey through time that broke box-office records worldwide and catapulted Back to the Future into one of the most beloved trilogies in motion picture history. Now, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment celebrates this once-in-a-lifetime date, as well…
Manchester MCM Expo has been a great, smaller convention to attend in the past and this year was no exception. It may have nowhere near the epic scale of the London MCM event, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable, quite the opposite! The event takes place at Manchester Central Convention Centre, which is…
Touted by its marketing materials as “the best boxing movie since Raging Bull”, Antoine Fuqua’s sports-drama has generated considerable expectations for itself. Jake Gyllenhaal’s “beast-mode” physique and tales of production meetings taking place inside the gym have been all over the movie press in the build-up for Southpaw, but does the film live up to…
Warning: if you thought the opening scenes of Up were heart-wrenching, then get ready to cry yourself into dehydration during Inside Out – you may even consider catching it in 3D so that you can use the glasses to hide your embarrassingly watery eyes. Pete Docter’s newest animated feature is the raw definition of bittersweet…
If you’re looking for a film to stream this weekend, look no further than Back To The Movies’ new weekly feature. Every Thursday we’ll be serving up hot tips on the best that Netflix has to offer, from forgotten gems and timeless classics through to modern masterpieces and essential documentaries. The Mist is Frank Darabont’s…
Tarsem Singh continues in his apparent quest to never quite strike a suitable balance between style and substance; Self/Less, his latest directorial project, fails to find either concept over 116 minutes of unremarkable storytelling and uncharacteristically weak visual appeal. The story, which bears more than a passing resemblance to 1966’s Seconds, centres around New York…
Ant-Man is a must-see for those who prefer zany and absurd action in their comic-book adaptations. If The Dark Knight is the king of gritty superhero stories then Ant-Man is its polar opposite; rather than trying to mix a dark atmosphere with witty quips (e.g. The Avengers), director Peyton Reed has gone all-out to create…
Brought to you by Asmodee we got our hands on Timeline Music & Cinema a simple yet addictive card game that tests your knowledge and educates you at the same time. The object of the game is simple, you are presented with a group of cards and you have to guess the dates of each…
So the time had finally come for London Film and Comic Con with a stellar line-up announced which included Michael J Fox, Christopher Lyoyd, Sigourney Weaver, Neve Campbell, Robert Englund and more. Naturally the Back to the Future cast sold my interest immediately and I was on the first train down there. My driver (part…
If you’re looking for a film to stream this weekend, look no further than Back To The Movies’ new weekly feature. Every Thursday we’ll be serving up hot tips on the best that Netflix has to offer, from forgotten gems and timeless classics through to modern masterpieces and essential documentaries. Adapted from the 2008 novel…
