Director: Tim Burton Starring: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Chris O'Dowd. The Overview When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers. (Source: IMDb) ... Continue Reading →
Top 8 Tim Burton Movies
With the imminent arrival of Burton's latest movie, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, I thought it as good a time as any to look back on the previous movies directed by Mr Burton! Please note carefully, this is just the movies directed by Tim Burton, and will be focusing on his feature length movies only. This... Continue Reading →
The Magnificent Seven Review
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard The Overview When a small town is seized by greedy gold-miner Bartholomew Bogue (Sarsgaard), desperate widow, Emma Cullen (Bennett) turns to a Bounty Hunter (Washington) to assemble a team of gun-slingers to save... Continue Reading →
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Review
Director: Taika Waititi Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne The Overview A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. (Source: IMDb) The Good The thriving indie film scene of 2016 has come up with yet... Continue Reading →
Movie 50/50 – No Country for Old Men (2007)
Director(s): Joel & Ethan Coen Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Number 165 on the IMDb top 250. If you read last month's Movie 50/50, you'll know already that I was very excited about watching No Country for Old Men. I have seen this movie many times before, and have evangelised... Continue Reading →
Captain Fantastic Review
Director: Matt Ross Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Missi Pyle, Frank Langella The Overview In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave... Continue Reading →
Hell or High Water Review
Director: David Mackenzie Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham The Overview A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas. (Source: IMDb) The Good When this film was already mentioned in the same breath as Coen Brothers classic No Country... Continue Reading →
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