Tag: film

  • Film Review: Spiderhead

    Film Review: Spiderhead

    By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich R For those who don’t follow film production (aka normal people), Spiderhead is what we call the “low budget freebie”. Joseph Kosinski knew he basically had a free pass to make whatever movie he wanted after filming…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: The Empire Strikes Back

    Star Wars Wednesdays: The Empire Strikes Back

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books if people are interested. These will work differently from my normal reviews as they…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: A New Hope

    Star Wars Wednesdays: A New Hope

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…

  • Film Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Film Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer PG-13 What makes a legacy sequel a “legacy sequel”? That term has been thrown around quite a bit over the past few years for any sequel that comes out decades after the original but I think it’s…

  • Film Review: Men

    Film Review: Men

    By Matthew Unsure Directed by Alex Garland Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin R What’s great about Alex Garland as a writer is the fact that every work of his is a massive swing. He’s more like a star baseball player then that of a genre fiction creator in that, when up…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: Revenge of the Sith

    Star Wars Wednesdays: Revenge of the Sith

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books if people are interested. These will work differently from my normal reviews as they…

  • Film Review: Firestarter (2022)

    Film Review: Firestarter (2022)

    By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This Directed By Keith Thomas Starring Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes R We live in a weird age of Stephen King resurgence where pretty much everything that he has adapted is either getting brought back for a do-over or some kind of continuation. And with the amount…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: Attack of the Clones

    Star Wars Wednesdays: Attack of the Clones

    By Matthew Moorcroft No Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…

  • Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Rachel McAdams PG-13 As the Marvel Cinematic Universe grows larger and larger, there is a temptation to constantly get bigger and bigger in terms it’s stories. And why wouldn’t you? After the entire universe gets snapped away and brought…

  • Star Wars Wednesdays: The Phantom Menace

    Star Wars Wednesdays: The Phantom Menace

    By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…