DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott NOW FOR THE REVIEW… The story of Moses is arguably one of the most famous ones in the Old Testament, up there with the likes of Noah’s Ark, Adam and Eve, and Joseph and his infamous Technicolor Dreamcoat (which doesn’t really factor much into...
WORST OF 2014: #5-1
So, out of everything this year, what made it into the top five stinkers of the year? Which were so underwhelming, so anger-inducing, and so lazily put-together that they deserve their place at the stinking bottom of the list? Be warned: some of these are so...
WORST OF 2014: #10-6
We’re into the top 10 now, so let’s see which cinematic turds made the cut… 10 – TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION [youtube id="3jyck58pgiE?feature=oembed" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"...
WORST OF 2014: #15-11
It’s that time of year again, where we count down our top and bottom films of the year! As always, we begin with the lowest stinkers that Hollywood has concocted from its nether-regions and unleashed onto the public over the past twelve months. We should point out,...
Annie (Review)
DIRECTOR: Will Gluck NOW FOR THE REVIEW… You have to feel bad for Sony Pictures right now. No matter how you view their handling of recent events, it’s undeniable that they’re not in the best place right now, with most of the world looking down on them with disgrace –...
Dumb and Dumber To (Review)
DIRECTORS: Bobby and Peter Farrelly NOW FOR THE REVIEW… It’s stupid. Of course it is. Hell, the name of the film is Dumb and Dumber To; if you go in expecting high art after knowing what it’s called, we honestly don’t know what to tell you. This is a stupid, silly and...
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Review)
DIRECTOR: Shawn Levy NOW FOR THE REVIEW… The second of two trilogies concluding this Christmas, the Night at the Museum films have had their ups and downs with its plotting and humour, but have always managed to keep that sense of fun for the sake of their younger...
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Review)
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson NOW FOR THE REVIEW… This will be a review that, much like the Hobbit films, will be divided into separate parts. The first shall analyse the third and final film in the trilogy, subtitled The Battle of the Five Armies (changed late in the game...
Black Sea (Review)
DIRECTOR: Kevin Macdonald NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Exploring the depths of our many oceans has always been a fascinating topic for filmmakers, and over the years we’ve gotten some classic examples of underwater chaos like Das Boot, Crimson Tide and 20,000 Leagues Under The...
Get Santa (Review)
DIRECTOR: Christopher Smith NOW FOR THE REVIEW… With Christmas just around the corner, families everywhere are starting to put into their DVD players all of their favourite holiday-related films, from Elf to The Snowman to Arthur Christmas to whatever incarnation of A...