Stronger is emotionally potent true-life cinema, a cautiously inspiring film about grotesque physical and mental tragedy, and a film that resists easy sentimentality which would have cheapened the overall package. Directed with a strong sense of focus by the eclectic filmmaker David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Snow Angels, Joe), the film was written by first-time…
The latest prequel that no-one really wanted in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Leatherface. We are catapulted back to the early days of the Sawyer family where Verna Sawyer (Lili Taylor) is playing happy families with her weird little children. After murdering a Texas Rangers daughter the boys are committed to a mental home and…
This movie is cold, hard, steely, lethal, terse, and most especially – REAL. This may well be the last, truly great car-chase movie, if for no other reason than the fact that almost every single bit of action was done on location, by real stunt men and women driving actual cars on actual city-streets and…
“And the thing about a shark is he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin’. The ocean turns red, and…
Sometimes, girls just want to have fun. In these eight films, we will highlight some of the best sex scenes both guy/girl and girl/girl. Several of these films were winners during award season either for best film or best actress. Cruel Intentions This movie is just full of sexual tension. The all-star cast: Sarah Michelle…
Andrew Niccol is a very smart guy. He wrote The Truman Show, the first draft of The Terminal for The Beard, and wrote and directed the supreme sci-fi noir Gattaca, which has to be one of the most prescient pieces of entertainment of the last 20 years. In 2005, he released Lord of War, which…
An eerily familiar premise to this Groundhog Day inspired story in the Netflix comedy Naked. Rob (Marlon Wayans) is about to get married yet he has to keep reliving the same day over and over again until he gets it right. Each and every time his day resets he wakes up naked in a lift….
Fear, Inc is a blend of comedy and horror that revolves around the character of Joe Foster (Lucas Neff) a man obsessed with horror movies and always wants to be scared. Fed up of haunted houses and spooky locations Joe is met by a mystery man who hands him a card for a company called…
For the Tibetan Mastiffs living on Snow Mountain, a dog’s life has a simple riff; Guard a peaceful village of wool-making sheep from the thuggish wolf Linnux (Lewis Black; Inside Out, The Aristocrats) and his rabid pack. To avoid distractions, Mastiff leader Khampa (J.K Simmons; Whiplash, Spider-Man) forbids all music from the mountain. But when…
Stephen King is one of modern American literature’s most adept writers who gets prolific and at times rather mediocre adaptations of his most seminal works. More times than not, King’s works are best adapted to the long form of television. Think Tobe Hooper’s Salem’s Lot, The Stand, and the original miniseries event of IT directed…
It’s true that Francis Ford Coppola had a rough time after the first two Godfather films and Apocalypse Now, but that’s not to say that the films that would follow would all be without merit or importance. 1988’s deeply underrated Tucker: The Man and His Dream deserved to do better than it did at the…
Tom Cruise joins forces with director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) for their second collaboration in American Made. Cruise plays Barry Seal, paycheque former TWA pilot who is recruited by the CIA for reconnaissance missions over Central America. Fed up with the pay cheque and not by choice, Seal starts to sideline in smuggling drugs…
Damn. Shot Caller is a piece of hard-as-nails cinema. I’d love to see the expression on Walter Hill’s face after viewing this testosterone drenched display of movie machismo; the fact that it’s basically air-tight from a conceptual level only helps to make the film feel all the more spectacular overall. Written and directed by Ric…
When I was handed yet another found footage movie to review I judged it before I even pressed play. So many of these found footage movies play like replicas of one another with no emotional connection to the character. The films get so dull and tedious you try to guess what kind of camera’s they’re…
Trainspotting 2 (I simply refuse to refer to this film as T2 as there is only ONE T2) works way better than I ever expected. I am very wary of long-lead sequels, especially sequels to masterworks, so this one had a lot to prove. The story is really good, the performances are all excellent, it’s…
Boobs, beach and Baywatch. The movie adaptation of the 1990’s TV series certainly brings home a modern comedic touch, cheesy over the top (heavy on the CGI) action scenes and bromance comedy between our leads Mitch (Dwayne Johnson) and Brody (Zac Efron). These guys have great chemistry on-screen and help the plot to drive along…
