Roxanne (1987) Steve Martin was in fine form for the most part but unfortunately he wasn’t enough to rescue Roxanne from mediocrity. He was charming, witty and had some great comedic scenes with Daryl Hannah but where Roxanne went wrong was about 30/40 minutes in. The opening was really good and had me chuckling often […]
At the beginning of the 2018 I really didn’t know what to expect when I relaunched my blog as I had attempted to do it the previous year but fell behind and was always playing catch up so just knocked the project on the head. This year I was determined to make it the entire […]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore and David Kelly Directed by: Tim Burton Willy Wonka, a master chocolatier, runs a competition where 5 lucky people who find his golden tickets will be invited to explore his chocolate factory. As a child I used to really love the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as any […]
I’m almost certain I say this in every monthly review but I’ll say it again, I can’t believe another month has gone by so fast, we’ll soon be approaching both Christmas and 2019. September started off very poorly indeed but thankfully the month did improve as early on I watched the monstrosity that was Sharknado […]
Starring: Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse and Stephen Dorff Directed by: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury A group of teenagers escape from a mental hospital with a hostage in tow as they are being pursued by a vengeful sheriff. They start to run rampage through Texas as we bare witness to the origins of the legendary […]
Starring: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick and Alice Krige Directed by: Mick Garris Charles Brady and his mother Mary are sleepwalkers, they are able to change their appearance and need to feed on young, pure women in order to stay alive. They have recently moved to a small town in Indiana and have hand picked high […]
We are now half way through the year and so far I’ve managed to watch 152 new movies. Just for the benefit of new followers who may not have ventured as far back as January, I’m challenging myself to watch as many movies as I can this year and probably for the foreseeable future too […]
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger and Patrick Warburton Directed by: Simon J. Smith and James Hickner Barry B. Benson is a Bee who has just graduated college and is a little disillusioned with the idea of working one job for the rest of his life in the honey making process. Upon travelling outside of the […]
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas and Frances McDormand Directed by: Kayrn Kusama After a virus had destroyed most of the world and with only 1% of the population surviving, a new safe haven was created for the survivors known as Bregna. With mysterious disappearances, Aeon Flux is given the job to assassinate the chairman when […]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Marty McFly is a seventeen year old high school student who accidentally gets sent thirty years into the past. With no way of getting home he must find Dr. Emmett Brown and convince him to help. He must try and make sure […]
Starring: Chris Evans, Jessica Biel and Jason Stathom Directed by: Hunter Richards This story follows Syd who has been binging on drugs and alcohol since he and his girlfriend London broke up. After six months separated she is leaving for LA and he crashes her going away party for one final attempt at winning her […]
We’re here again, another month down as the year just seems to be flying by. The month of May was certainly a mixed bag as towards the beginning I was feeling constantly disappointed with my movie choices but gradually the quality started improving and May turned into a pretty solid month. Good Will Hunting was […]
Starring: James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood and Scott Haze Directed by: Dan Bush Two estranged sisters must work together to rob a bank in order to help their brother who has a large debt to payback to the wrong kind of people. As the robbery progresses they soon find out that this is no […]
Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen and Jürgen Prochnow Directed by: John Carpenter After the sudden disappearance of horror writer Sutter Cane, an insurance investigator (John Trent) is brought in to see whether the vanishing is legitimate or just a publicity stunt to sell more copies of his latest book. Shortly after taking the case he […]
Starring: Johnny Depp, Al Pacino and Michael Madsen Directed by: Mike Newell Donnie Brasco is the true story of FBI undercover agent Joe Pistone, who used the name Donnie Brasco to infiltrate the mafia in New York in the 70’s. As he got deeper into his life as a mafioso he found himself torn between […]
Last year I started writing small reviews about the movies I had been watching for the first time. I started off well but as the year progressed and I became increasingly busy with work & planning my wedding I ended up putting this on the back burner and never got round to starting it again. […]
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