This review could get me into trouble – a lot of trouble: my wife LOVED “Taken”, LOVED the slightly dodgier “Taken 2″ and even LOVED “Taken 2.5: he flies!” (a.k.a. last year’s “Non-Stop” vehicle for Neeson). It was a given (if not a taken – LOL) that she was going to LOVE “Taken 3”. … Read more
Whiplash is simply astonishing. Miles Teller plays Andrew, a gifted and highly ambitious drummer in his first year at an elite New York music academy. There his talents are spotted by Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an equally ambitious coach and mentor who is always looking for the “next big thing” but has never found it. … Read more
The Battle of the Armies ends Peter Jackson’s six-film and almost 15-year love affair with the works of Tolkein (ends, that is, unless he starts dredging up some of the dodgier parts of “The Silmarrilion”). Having woken Smaug, the fire-breathing dragon, deliciously voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, the beast proceeds to fry the poor residents … Read more
The clumsily titled “The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death” is a Hammer horror sequel to the very effective 2012 horror vehicle for Daniel Radcliffe, which itself was based on the jump-fest of a London stage show. Set 40 years after the original, the spooky Eel Marsh House is the destination for a … Read more
The Theory of Everything is an extremely moving love story concerning the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking and his first marriage. Whilst you may need a PhD in Physics to understand the intricacies of Hawking’s theories (which by coincidence I have and – no – it’s not enough) the lack of a GCSE in Physics … Read more