Once, western films were the standard fare of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood was founded on the popularity of the ‘rootin’, tootin’ western one-reeler. Real cowboys were employed in the silent film era. They knew how to ride, how to shoot and rope, and a man had to do what a […]

Bruce Willis punches the laws of physics in the face in this thrilling tale of time travel, mobsters and blunderbuss wielding assassins. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a specialised hitman – a looper – living in 2044. His targets are sent back from the future, the year 2074, where time travel […]

Everyone loves television, that’s virtually a fact. For over fifty years this little box of technology has sat in people’s houses, entertaining and captivating audiences with an endlessly diverse array of shows. Television is a portal, offering an escape from everyday life into a fantasy world in which anything is […]

A fourth Jason Bourne movie without Jason Bourne ? Don’t frown, it’s possible ! Tony Gilroy, former screenwriter of the first trilogy, made it happen, replacing Paul Greengrass behind the camera. This time, Jason Bourne isn’t the main protagonist. The excellent Matt Damon is not part of the adventure, although […]

Steven Spielberg, director/producer of many classics including four of five Indiana Jones movies, Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler’s List, creates another withWar Horse. The story of Joey, a one of a kind horse that starts life separated from his mother, begins as he is noticed by young Albert Narracott, mesmerised by Joey’s beauty and innocence. Owners are soon […]

“All together now”, that seems to be the call from Hollywood at the moment with some great characters being thrown together to form something magnificent. That’s what most people seemed to be saying when coming out of the cinema after watching the ultimate superhero team-up ever. Well the word that […]

Of course, I don’t mean all of them. Jasmine was pretty feisty and she was probably taught etiquette and all sorts of fancy stuff. But I have to wonder … It was watching Tangled for the first time that set the alarm bells ringing. First things first; I LOVED IT. […]

Many of those who go to see Total Recall, a late contender in the annual summer blockbuster battle, will no doubt sympathise with the plight of Colin Farrell’s disaffected labourer Douglas Quaid. As they process the opening scenes of Len Wiseman’s latest offering, they may, too, be struck by the unsettling […]