With Liam and Noel Gallagher announcing a reunion and world tour, cameras follow them on the journey to document events as they happened. It is hard to discuss my thoughts on this Oasis documentary without discussing my relationship with the music and the band. At the height of Oasis, in 1996 I was fifteen and … Continue reading Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger
Seventy-two hours before D-Day, Group Captain James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is summoned to Southwick House to provide General Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser) with perhaps the most important weather forecast of all time. Will conditions be suitable for the largest seaborne invasion ever assembled? Pressure is a well staged, taut drama that never really escapes its roots … Continue reading Pressure
After a virus has wiped out the majority of the population, the surviving members of the human race band together in different pockets of what is left of civilisation. Hig (Jacob Elordi) and his faithful dog Jasper live together with Bangley (Josh Brolin) on a remote airfield. Whilst Bangley is content with survival, Hig seeks … Continue reading The Dog Stars
Whilst working at her small town’s gas station, Caroline (Samara Weaving) watches on with bemusement as grifter Oliver (Kyle Gallner) cons his way to a few extra bucks by confusing the owner over changing some small bills. Meeting him later at a bar, their romance blossoms and Oliver soon finds himself teaching Caroline the tricks … Continue reading Carolina Caroline
On the night that Mike (James Marsden) plans to quit his life of crime and elope with Alice (Eiza González), he is asked to do one last job with Nick (Vince Vaughn). The issue is that Nick is married to Alice and there are also two of him. Nick from the present time wants to … Continue reading Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Rachel (Eiza Gonzalez) is a shadowy operative who works “in the grey” for the types of client who require assistance outside of the usual channels. Hired to recover a billion-dollar fortune stolen by a ruthless criminal despot, she sets in motion an impossible heist with the help of her team leaders Sid (Henry Cavill) and … Continue reading In The Grey
The Platt family live in what seems like a perfect slice of 1982 American suburbia, when they find their entire street transported millions of years into the past during a stormy night. The outcome is that the secretly fractious family have to pull together and fight for their lives against an array of fearsome dinosaurs. … Continue reading The End Of Oak Street
In 1972, Colonel Jason Rhodes' (Gene Hackman) son is declared missing in action in Vietnam, but Rhodes refuses to give up the search. Ten years later he assembles a team of ex-soldiers to rescue his son from a prisoner of war camp. Uncommon Valour piqued my interest when I was searching for a film to … Continue reading Uncommon Valour
Retired Special Forces Colonel John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is forced to go on a one-man mission to save his daughter when she is kidnapped by a former, disgraced member of his team. Commando is a quintessential 1980s action movie and is refreshingly straightforward. Running at a lean ninety minutes, it gets straight to the point. … Continue reading Commando
Matt (Matt Johnson) and Jay (Jay McCarrol) have dreamed of playing a show at The Rivoli their entire lives, and their latest hare-brained scheme to do so results in them accidentally travelling back in time. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a comedy where your enjoyment will depend almost entirely on how much … Continue reading Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
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