• Movie Musings… The Brat Pack

    Thinking of teen movies today, we consider grown up Disney stars, vampires in love, and of course kids killing one another in games of hunger. During the 80’s however, it was a whole different story. Before we get into these wonderful movies, let’s have a look at the face...
  • Trailer Watch – Steve Jobs

    It’s yet another Steve Jobs film, as apparently the world needs more of a man who is the embodiment of the marmite principle. This time it’s Michael Fassbender’s turn, and this first look trailer shows about five seconds of him in the title role. Adapting Walter Isaacson’s authorised 2011 biography of...
  • Film Review – Pitch Perfect 2

    Hollywood has an enduring love affair with American educational institutions. It romanticises all manner of sporting forwards and backwards, pays tribute to the myriad of social sects – helpfully arranged into frats and sororities – and now lavishes love on the (unnervingly) ebullient musical troupe. University acapella group the...
  • Trailer Watch – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

    With the maze trials now over and phase two beginning for Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and the Gladers, it’s time to enter the Scorch in this dystopian teen fiction sequel. Picking up straight from where last year’s The Maze Runner left off, we delve straight back into the action, and with...
  • The Future of Television: Breaking the Barrier Between Series and Cinema

    Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew McConaughey and Zooey Deschannel. What do they all have in common? Besides their curiously charming names, they’ve all made the jump from television to Hollywood, and then back again. This is part of a recent trend adopted by so called ‘A-list’ acting talent, as an increasing number are taking work on...
  • Film Review – Top Five

    Chris Rock shows off his inescapable charisma with his portrayal of Andre Allen, a world famous comedian trying to be taken seriously as an actor. With Andre’s upcoming marriage to reality star Erica Long (Gabrielle Union) fast approaching, he comes across Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson), a reporter with a lot to ask....
  • Film Review – The Age of Adaline

    Director Lee Toland Krieger’s latest picture has an interesting premise: a woman trapped at the age of 27 cursed with immortality, a goldmine for stories you’d think… but apparently not. The Age of Adaline trips at the first hurdle, only finding its footing half way through its two hour run...