The boys are back in town; this time BIGGER, XXL in fact. Returning to our screens for the much anticipated sequel to Magic Mike are Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash and Joe Manganiello. Its full on man candy and set three years after Magic Mike bowed out of The Tampa Kings. Continue reading
I’ve never seen Despicable Me 1 or 2 so I was happy to see Minions can be viewed as a standalone movie. The movie starts by filling in their back story and we meet the characters Kevin, Bob and Stuart, who lead the Minions on their quest to find a new leader. They are fiercely entertaining and never before have single-celled yellow organisms been so 3 Dimensional. Continue reading
Forget everything you think you know about Sherlock Holmes. Forget Baker Street, forget the deerstalker hat, forget the pipe and forget the action packed sleuth brought to a new generation by Guy Ritchie. Director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) gives you a Sherlock Holmes that is fragile, short-tempered and losing his intellectual prowess. Based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, aging and looking back are very much the prominent themes in Mr. Holmes. Continue reading
‘A proper laugh out loud comedy from start to finish’
Melissa McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a deskbound CIA analyst who works as the eyes and ears of the suave Bradley Fine (Jude Law). Prompted by her infatuation with him, when Fine disappears during a mission and the agents identities are compromised, Cooper steps forward to go undercover and gather intel on an arms dealer. Continue reading
The original version written by Steven Spielberg and starring Heather O’Rourke as Carol Anne came out in 1982. It spawned two sequels and a TV series called Poltergeist: The Legacy, which ran for 87 episodes. Not a bad legacy to have ! Continue reading
Bigger, bolder, better. Pitch Perfect 2 puts a whole lot more Ahhhhhhhhhhh in acapella. It’s Acca Amazing. The Barden Bella’s have risen to new heights, literally, from the very start of the movie. Fat Amy’s (Rebel Wilson) take on Miley Cyrus will have you rolling in your seat laughing. Continue reading
“In those earlier days she had always nourished a secret contempt for girls who were the slaves of the first good-looking young fellow who should choose to salute them… she had felt herself sufficient to herself” Thomas Hardy Continue reading
The found/reality footage led movies such as Paranormal Activity which have dominated the thriller/horror market so successfully over the last number of years have been stepped up a notch further with the introduction of Unfriended. Continue reading