The House I Live In
When Colorado became the first state in the world to fully legalize recreational marijuana this week, some declared the war on drugs over. But what is the war on drugs? […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
Antiviral
When Duncan Jones, the offspring of David Bowie, made a low budget sci-fi film, it was met with some surprise. Less shocking is Brandon Cronenberg’s foray into the genre, as […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In part two of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, our merry band of dwarves continues its journey to The Lonely Mountain to reclaim their homeland from the mighty Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). […]
Oldboy (2013)
In the 1990s Joe (Josh Brolin) wakes up locked in a room where he is kept for 20 years. When he’s mysteriously released he goes in search of answers…and revenge. […]
Gravity
Three astronauts are doing a space walk on the exterior of a satellite orbiting the earth, but when a debris storm damages their craft they are sent adrift in space. […]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
I’ve never seen a Planet of the Apes movie before, put off by the dodgy rubber masks and by having watched five minutes of the Tim Burton one. Yet Andy […]
Blog: 5 Reasons Why Iron Man 3 Sucked
I recently re-watched Iron Man 3 in the hope of discovering its hidden brilliance that everyone seemed to see but me. I didn’t succeed in that, but what I did do is […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) and his friends are back for seconds in this family food-based caper. The island of Swallow Falls, left full of food at the end of the […]
Turbo
Turbo (Ryan Reynolds) is a snail who dreams of being a racing driver, but he’s just not fast enough. When he’s involved in a freak accident he gets the power […]
Escape Plan
I’ve not achieved much in my life, but one of those things I have achieved is watching every Arnold Schwarzenegger film, so obviously I had to see Escape Plan, where he joins forces (again) with […]
