Geek, Cultured

Coming in to What Dreams May Come I didn’t know what to expect; with Robin Williams in a leading role I didn’t know whether the tag lines plastered over the title screen would be some in-joke I was yet to be aware of or if the film would find levity on the smallest situations. Preconceptions [...]

Another film from the extensive selection over at Netflix! Leave comments and suggestions for future reviews! I find it extremely difficult to quantify what I expected going in to Drive Angry. It skirts between genres with such haphazardness that the audience becomes embroiled in the films twisted need to be something it simply is not [...]

Taking a film from the Netflix UK service and reviewing it! Expect more and on a regular schedule! Buried can’t claim to have an original concept, the singular focus on a man in peril has been done time and again to varying degrees of success; going in I knew exactly what I had signed up [...]

I’ve always been fascinated by the evolution of horror films and when looking back there is perhaps none that stand out more, for me personally, than Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic that shaped a generation of films that would follow in its footsteps. The film has been recognised in the following decades for what it provided [...]

We’ve all been there, right? Stuck in a corner at a job we can’t stand looking out over co-workers we don’t want to be around and a boss that invades not only the hours we spend at work, but our very dreams at night. You haven’t? Well, neither have I, but some people can relate [...]

As some one who enjoyed the Bourne films, but recognises them as a completely different form of spy thriller to the older generations, I was enthused to learn that Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was coming around for another turn at bat and went in with wide eyes full of hopeful wonder. Could this film change [...]

I wasn’t old enough to write about my favourite films when they first came out. Those films developed who I am as a movie-goer now and now I feel it’s only right to take a look back at some of my favourites, starting with Stand By Me. I hold very few films as dear as [...]

In my mind, Kevin Smith has become little more than a meme to most critics, an easy target for people to poke fun at for his sense of humour, honesty and grasp of what the entertainment business is about. His twitter feed is largely devoted in engaging his fan base, calling out critics for the abhorrent things [...]

I consider myself a comic book fan. I’m not one of those guys who visits a store every Wednesday (Or Tuesday, in my local store) and picks up a handful of trades a week but I do have an unhealthy amount of hardback collections from my favourite stories. This is the way I prefer to [...]

I went in to Rise of the Planet of the Apes a little worried, if I’m honest. As a very big fan of the originals I was worried that Hollywood’s need to explain the origin of a classic franchise would hold back any potential the film might hold. Happily, I came out enthused and excited [...]