Blood is thicker than Diesel. All work and no play makes bob-the-movie-man a tardy reviewer. Still, what better way to break the fast than with “Fast and Furious 8” (aka “The Fate of the Furious”)? Well, quite a lot of things actually! Now, I have a confession to make (and I know for some this will … Read more
Tail as old as Kline. With the Disney marketing machine in full swing, its hard to separate the hype from the movie reality in this latest live-action remake of one of their classic animated features from 1991. If you are lucky enough to have children you will know that each child tends to have “their” Disney feature: … Read more
You won’t uncork a bottle of Malbec again without thinking of this film… “The Girl on a Train” is the film adaptation of the best-seller by Paula Hawkins, transported from the London suburbs to New York’s Hastings-on-Hudson. It’s actually rather a sordid story encompassing as it does alcoholism, murder, marital strife, deceit, sexual frustration, … Read more
In Peter Jackson’s second in the Hobbit trilogy (aka “stretching a slim story to 8 hours+”) Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) with Thorin (Richard Armitage) – the man who would be king – and a company of dwarfs continue their quest to the Lonely Mountain in search of the Arkenstone – a mythical white jewel that … Read more