As promised, Saving Mr Banks delivers a shiny and glossed Disney version of how author P.L. Travers fought against the making of a shiny and glossed Disney version of her beloved children’s novel Mary Poppins. It’s a fascinating story told…
Middle Earth is always a nice place to visit. For fans of High Fantasy, you could do a lot worse than The Shire, bellowing wizards and orcs ripped from glimpses of nightmares. Even though both films released so far in…
Alexander Payne thinks himself a comedian. The films he directs have comedy hidden in the fabric but you don’t necessarily notice because the content is usually pretty heavy, pretty dour. Take his Academy Award winning film The Descendants, from a…
This one isn’t going to be easy. It’s not that I have a bias against Disney entertainment or anything like that. In fact, I still kinda get a bit too excited when a new Disney is released. Luckily I have…
The problem with Thor: The Dark World is that it wants to be an action movie. A big, loud roller coaster ride that never lets up and takes you to fantastical worlds filled with creatures unknown. Marvel Universe movies are…
They really need to package and market the Hollywood Method Acting Weight Loss System. Sling together a quick infomercial that features host Keira Knightly going over the three easy steps to emaciation: Whatever you’re eating, stop eating it. Don’t eat…
Who the hell is Julian Assange and why does he do all those crazy things he does? Is he an anarchic villain looking to destroy the system or is he a visionary hero who will expose the truth at any…
In case you can’t make it out to the movies this week, here are some home video release highlights. There are plenty to choose from this week, so be sure to check them out! Big New Releases! After Earth –…
The original “V/H/S,” released just last year in 2012, is a wonderful example of concept over content. The movie is presented as a modern horror anthology that pulled together five separate stories-all captured in the “found footage” format- and presents…
Do you wanna go to space? The options of getting there are pretty limited. You can book a flight on Virgin Galactic but it will cost you Two hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars (U.S.) and they do not commence commercial…