There are very few horror locations able to live up to the unsettling air that surrounds the “little house on the prairie”. The claustrophobic density of trees engulfing a cabin in the woods is one thing but there’s nothing quite like the vast plains reaching out to horizon, impenetrable walls of crops for miles around…
Ted is back in the sequel that no-one was particularly begging for, as its distinctly average figures at the US Box Office will attest. Sharing the meandering style of plot, Seth MacFarlane’s follow-up is even less consistent than its predecessor, weakly structured across nearly 2 hours of run time. To call the narrative “thin” is…
Despite the smooth polish of its trailers and the flashy on-set stills teased through the Summer, Spectre has been a production mired in difficulties and put together more hastily than you’d imagine considering its mammoth budget (estimated at $300-$350 million, the second most expensive film ever made). Filming commenced in December 2014 during the height…
As the lights dim and the journey begins the BBFC certificate warns that Sicario contains “images of dead bodies”. And they’re not lying. The opening scene sets the grisly tone for Denis Villeneuve’s cartel thriller with a precise execution, as an FBI Kidnap Response Team storm an Arizona bungalow and makes a chilling discovery. Leading…
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. Written and directed by Tobias…
After being plucked from the battlefields of WW2 Europe (Saving Private Ryan) and reawakened on a faraway ice world (Interstellar), Matt Damon is back and in need of rescue once again. Stranded on the red planet after a surface evacuation goes wrong, Mark Watney (Damon) must use all of his mechanical and botanical prowess to…
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. Wet Hot American Summer is…
Following the success of Wild, Reese Witherspoon’s introspective expedition along the Pacific Crest Trail, there was an excitement surrounding the long-awaited release of A Walk In The Woods. Producer and star Robert Redford has been working for a decade to bring Bill Bryson’s 1998 memoir to the screen, finally attaching co-star Nick Nolte and director…
A famed mountaineer once said “Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous” and there are few more perilous than the King of the Seven Summits, Mount Everest. Baltasar Kormákur’s new film takes audiences back almost 20 years to the fateful events that would later become known as the 1996 Mount Everest disaster;…
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. Opening like an outrageous episode…
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. Recently applauded by Quentin Tarantino…
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…
