Search results

Apparently it was Heart of the Sea. Looking at twitter, a lot of people weren't happy because they had expected it to be star wars.

My cinema going has drastically reduced this year compared to last. I need to up my game. Krampus Not great. My friend really did not like it. I didn't like it, but in that way that I just can't be bothered to waste time complaining about it. Started slow, went bonkers, then realised it had...

Interesting. I like Takashi Miike. Makes totally bonkers films like The Happiness of the Katakuris. I shall definitely check this one out.

Sounds like it's not as good as Splash, but better than Splash, Too.

The Martian A cross between castaway and Apollo 13, Matt Damon isn't Tom Hanks, but otherwise this was very good. There were a couple of parts that felt like concessions to please the Chinese market (which seems to be of increasing importance to Hollywood) and NASA.

Ooh, forgot to add to this earlier this week, so a bit of a catch up: Inside Out A decent pixar effort. Not quite up there with Wall e, the incredibles or finding nemo, but much better than cars and brave. Great casting - all the voice artists seemingly match their characters really well...

Fantastic Four Eh. Lacked fun. Their teaming up seemed sudden and without build, and the big finale seemed equally rushed and hollow.

I saw Ant Man today. I liked it (as I tend to like most superhero films). It felt a bit 'by the numbers' but I enjoyed the references/links to the wider marvel cinematic universe, and I always find Paul Rudd to be generally likeable.

I saw Jurassic World in Imax 3D today. Eh. It was ok, probably just edges out the third film, but not sure it outdoes the second. Definitely doesn't outdo the first. Seemed like it relied on too many cliches, I thought Chris Pratt was the only character that didn't annoy me. I also found myself...

Mad Max Fury Road - I enjoyed it, but felt it didn't live up to the hype. Not really a fan of the mad max series. I'm sure I've seen them, but can't remember much about them. It's nice to have more of a reliance on physical effects rather than CG. Pitch Perfect 2 - I enjoyed this the most of...

John Wick Decent action movie that doesn't aspire to be more than it is, and is the better for that. It won't be held up as a classic or a point of reference/comparison too much, but a fun way to spend an hour and half or so. Avengers: Age of Ultron I really liked it. There was plenty of...

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 It was not good.

Chappie I liked it. There were moments that you see and you think "hang on a minute, how...", but equally there are some real fun moments.

Big Hero 6 I liked this, despite the fidgety audience of young children, including the creepy girl in the seat in front of me who kept turning around and staring at me. Shaun the Sheep I came over all sleepy, and 'rested my eyes' (seriously, I closed my eyes and listened, which isn't great for...

Whiplash Given the great reviews, I went in with highs expectations. Too high, it turns out. I enjoyed the film, but didn't feel it was as good as the hype. I really like jk Simmons, but felt his performance wasn't quite as him as I had hoped from the trailers. The main kid just annoyed me, and...

Taken 3 I like to switch my brain off and watch dumb action films occasionally, but for some reason I was unable to do it with this one. I don't know if the flaws in the logic of the story just require too much to not bother me, or if I just didn't switch off enough, but I just didn't get into...

I went to watch Birdman this evening. Very weird. It felt like it was either saying something deep, with lots of symbolism, or suggesting the lack of meaning and empty symbolism of things and I'm not sure which. But generally, I liked it.