Wonder Boys – Review

Wonder Boys is one of those very rare things. A perfect movie. That isn’t something I state lightly. A lot of people would disagree with this and point out that it was a box office failure upon both ...

Six Of The Best: Drugs On Film

Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms from February 1st is a visceral, unflinching portrayal of the war against drugs.  Critically lauded and impossible to tear you...

John’s Top Ten Of 2015

2015 was a year of contrasting fortunes for movies. On one hand it was spectacular for the bigger movies with the top nine films released this year making up for forty percent of the box office takin...

Beyond The Reach

The return of Michael Douglas continues. After his Emmy winning performance as Liberace in Behind The Candelabra he has taken on a number of major acting roles. This year we have already seen him as ...

Ant-Man – First Full Trailer

It looks as if Marvel have got it right again. There was a lot of discussion regarding just how good the Ant-Man film would be. With the recently released teaser trailer the jury was still out as the...

Ant-Man trailer

After the initial ant size teaser trailer last week, we now get a good look at what to expect from the forthcoming Marvel studios Ant-Man film. The film has had a bit of a controversial development. ...

John’s Top Ten of 2013

It was a bit of a hit and miss year for movies. Some of the most anticipated and heavily promoted films failed to live up to the hype. We had the now normal slew of Superhero movies of varying qualit...

Behind The Candelabra

The cult of celebrity appears to be dying. We are now at the stage where fame hungry individuals now have a lot less than the prophesied fifteen minutes of fame. Through the swamp of reality televisi...

Behind the Candelabra

Normally a new biopic of a long dead flamboyant entertainer would be dismissed as just another excuse for a cheesy, glossy delve into the past with little in the way of substance. Not in this case. T...