Sunday, 19 May 2013

Pain & Gain (2013)

Pain & Gain film poster.jpg
No Pain, No Gain

A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong

Friday, 17 May 2013

Amazon Instant Pilots (2013)

Amazon have taken a revolutionary way towards original programming, by showcasing a number of pilot episodes and allowing to viewers to vote for which ones get made into full series'. I have already reviewed the Zombieland pilot (found here), so shall review the remaining pilot episodes here.

Saturday, 4 May 2013

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Iron Man 3 theatrical poster.jpgNerves of Iron

When Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr) world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Needed some ironing out

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyenth Paltrow), and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances - and confront powerful enemies.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Olympus Has Fallen poster.jpgDie Hard DC

Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President (Aaron Eckhart) from his kidnappers.

Monday, 22 April 2013

Evil Dead (2013)

EvilDead2013Poster.jpgIf you go down to the woods today...

Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin, when they discover a Book of the Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods.

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Zombieland: The Series - Pilot (2013)

A new Dead has Dawned - courtesy of Amazon

Continuing on from the 2009 hit film, Zombieland tells the continuing tales of Tallahassee (Kirk Ward), Colombus (Tyler Ross), Wichita (Maiara Walsh) and Little Rock (Izabela Vidovic) as they fight to survive the apocalypse on a zombie infested Earth, now named 'Zombieland'.

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Trance (2013)

Trance2013Poster.jpgGoing deeper down the rabbit hole

Art auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) teams with crime boss Franck (Vincent Cassel) to steal a Goya from an auction, then tries unsuccessfully to double-cross his fierce accomplice. In response, Franck knocks Simon unconscious with a vicious blow to the skull, wiping out any memory concerning the whereabouts of the prized painting. When Simon claims to have no recollection of where he hid the stolen masterpiece, Franck and his crew grudgingly agree to let talented hypnotherapist Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson) try and pinpoint its location. Now, the deeper Elizabeth probes into Simon's subconscious, the more complex the mystery seems to grow.

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield theatrical poster.jpgDoing the Monster Mash

Six young New Yorkers attend a going-away party on the night that a gigantic monster attacks the city.

Monday, 8 April 2013

Welcome To The Punch (2013)

File:Welcome to the Punch UK poster.jpgWelcome To My Review

Former criminal, Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong), is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive..