• Back to the Future

    Back to the Future

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    Micheal J.Fox is Marty Mcfly, a high school student who’s friends with the brilliant but slightly insane Doc.Brown and the Doc has built a Time Machine in the shape of a Delorian. Marty is accidentally brought back to 1955 where he has to go see Doc. Brown to help him back to his time of 1986, only Doc has never met Marty at this point. bully Biff. Marty has to convince Doc that he has been set back…

  • The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    This is the touching story of John Merrick who’s a man who’s severely deformed and has been treated like an animal in a West London Circus until Dr. Frederick Travers sees him and believes he can help him Travers and Merrivk form a bond together. The film is perfectly suited to its bleak black and white setting. Hopkins is of course superb as Travers and John Hurt is brilliant as Merrick using only his voice and his performance…

  • Road House

    Road House

    ½

    SPOILER FREE 

    We have legendary bouncer Jason Dalton who is hired by a club owner of the name of Double Deuce. Dalton of course starts to clean up the bar and enhance its image. But guess what? Theirs the evil businessman Brad Wesley played by Ben Gazzara that wants this club closed down as it’s affecting his finances. Queue a war between Dalton and  Wesley’s army. You have Kelly Lynch as Daltons love interest and Sam Elliott as Daltons tough…

  • The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    The plot here revolves around Captain Matgan Aldren who’s a soldier haunted by what he has seen and done and has become a bitter alcoholic. He is asked by his former superior office to train a new Chinese army of villagers that can take on the legendary Samurai army led by Katsumoto. Aldren leads his army of villages into battle against the Samurai, and he is the only one to survive as Katsumoto spares his life and brings…

  • The Expendables 2

    The Expendables 2

    ★★★★

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    So Barney Ross and the boys are back causing more mayhem than ever. From the first minute this is insanely action packed with explosions, gunfights and punch ups to a maximum. Theirs no doubt the action set pieces are incredible. This time you have Liam Hemsworth as an elite sniper Billy and Maggie who is a CIA agent played by Yu Nan joining the gang. The plot involves them working for Mr Church (Bruce Willis) to get possession…

  • RoboCop

    RoboCop

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    This is an ultraviolet masterpiece. Peter Weller is Officer Alex Murphy who has been transferred to Detroit Central which is the worst hell hole in America. Crime is rampant and one of the top gang leaders in the city is Clarence Boddicker who is eerily played by Kurtwood Smith. He and his motley crew Rob the city’s bank transport and in the process kill an officer. The dead cop is turned into the cyborg that is Robocop. You…

  • Iron Man

    Iron Man

    ★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    Tony Stark is a billionaire who is having a great time being a playboy bedding women and drinking martinis in the morning while driving his Ferrari in the afternoon until while he’s doing an advert for his new tech missile in Afghanistan is taken hostage by the local rebels. Tony is put in a cave and told to help another scientist Yinsen build a missile for them. Of course Tony has other ideas and his time in the…

  • Hostiles

    Hostiles

    ★★★½

    Christian Bale is Captain John Blocker who’s a man who’s haunted by the things he’s seen and done. He’s given a mission to escort the cancer-stricken Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk and his family back to their tribal lands. Of course Blocker is none too happy about this after his history with Native Americans. Along the way they run across Rosalee played superbly by Rosamund Pike who’s husband and children have been killed. Their is an incredible supporting cast here including…

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    I loved Batman Begins, and this sequel while being completely different to the original is just as great, perhaps  even better. From the first frame where we see an ingenious bank robbery being pulled off by The Joker and his crew, you know this is special. The camera work is brilliant showing you the city from above. Now all the villains are so afraid of Batman crime is down and the city seems to be moving forward which…

  • A Quiet Place

    A Quiet Place

    ★★★★½

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    I definitely wasn’t expecting this. From the very first scene there is a tension to the movie that’s palpable. The plot revolves around a family trying to survive aliens that have ultra sensitive hearing. John Krasinski and Blunt do amazingly well with barely any dialogue. Their daughter played by Millicent Simmons is fascinating character in her own right. This doesn’t pull any punches and is incredibly touching in  parts. It’s fantastically well filmed and it genuinely has some…

  • Shotgun Wedding

    Shotgun Wedding

    ★½

    SPOILER FREE 

    This is pretty awful stuff with Jennifer Lopez as Darcy and Josh Duhaamel as her fiancé Tom who are about to get married on a beautiful island in the Philippines. Unfortunately these pesky terrorists arrive just as proceedings are about to get under way. We now have Tomand Darcy running around the island killing terrorists and saying some of the worst one-liners ever. The idea here isn’t bad but Lopez is awful and Duhamel seems like he’s disinterested…

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

    ★★★★★

    SPOILER FREE 

    Here you have Bradley Cooper as the completely self destructive rock star Jackson Maine who is addicted to alcohol, drugs and pretty much anything that can kill you. On his travels he ends up randomly meeting Ally who is a waitress with a great talent played incredibly well by Lady Gaga. They instantly hit it off and end up falling for each other. Cooper has never been better adding a real depth to Maine and he and Lady…