DIRECTOR: Paul W.S. Anderson NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Paul W.S. Anderson’s action-heavy take on the tragedy of Pompeii can best be summed up as “Emmerich Lite”. But whereas the director of Independence Day, 2012 and other mindless action/disaster movies went all-out epic...
DIRECTOR: Wally Pfister NOW FOR THE REVIEW… There’s a line in an episode of Breaking Bad where a character says to another, “Just because you shot Jesse James, don’t make you Jesse James”. Truer words have never been spoken concerning Wally Pfister who, after years of...
DIRECTOR: Marc Webb NOW FOR THE REVIEW… As is common nowadays with superhero sequels, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – the second film in Sony’s rebooted Marvel franchise – goes bigger and darker than the first one. However, what sets this one apart from all the other...
Hossein Amini is a name you should be very familiar with if you truly know your way around modern film.
DIRECTOR: John Michael McDonagh
DIRECTOR: Darren Aronofsky NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Darren Aronofsky’s take on the timeless Biblical tale of Noah is a very strange beast – one that, unlike the pairs of animals that the Ark carries, cannot be matched up with another of its kind. It is truly a difficult...
DIRECTOR: Carlos Saldanha NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Between the release of this animated sequel and playing host to this summer’s World Cup, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is going to be firmly on the map within popular culture this year. And as a follow-up to the...
DIRECTOR: Neil Burger NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Divergent is to The Hunger Games what Pepsi is to Coca-Cola; an ambitious replica of an established formula, but at the same time a pale and soulless copy of what was already perfect. Based on the first book in a three-part...
DIRECTOR: Gareth Evans NOW FOR THE REVIEW… With a title like The Raid 2, the follow-up to the surprise 2012 action hit set entirely in a block of apartments during a police raid, you’d expect it to heavily rehash that same plot just in different settings, not unlike...
DIRECTORS: Anthony and Joe Russo NOW FOR THE REVIEW… <WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS FOR THIS FILM AND PREVIOUS MARVEL FILMS> We’ve reached the half-way mark of Marvel’s “Phase 2” line of films, which has thus far seen Tony Stark kind-of retire as...