NewsCulture
Macbeth (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Slow and uninspiring, Justin Kurzel’s mutes all but Shakespeare’s words to take away any thrill from this version of the Scottish play. Lighting…
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December 2015
NewsScifi
Turbo Kid (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Road Warrior’ on BMX bikes. From the viewpoint of a 1980s-style SF film, we see a cinematic adventure in 1997 after the coming…
November 2015
NewsFantasy
Flutter (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
A compulsive gambler starts placing bets with a beautiful new bookie who wants to bet on the gambler and what he will do…
NewsFilms
SPECTRE (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
In the most complex story of any Bond film, Bond has to fight three battles at once. He has to track down the…
NewsHorror
Bone Tomahawk (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Cowboys and troglodytes make for an unusual combination. ‘Bone Tomahawk’ is a Western that is also a comedy until the good humour runs…
October 2015
NewsScifi
Rotor DR1 (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
After a deadly virus kills 90% of the human race, the world returns to small camps of survivors frequently fighting each other. Kitch,…
NewsHorror
Crimson Peak (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
The daughter of a wealthy man finds love with a handsome baronet and has little idea where this will lead her. Guillamo del…
NewsFilms
Bridge Of Spies (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Bridge Of Spies’ is a Cold War thriller based on fact. Tom Hanks plays a New York insurance lawyer who defends a Soviet…
NewsScifi
The Martian (2015) (film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Andy Weir’s popular science blog turned best-selling novel comes to the screen with Matt Damon in the lead. Ridley Scott (‘Alien’, ‘Gladiator’) directs…
NewsScifi
Reversion (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
A new high-technology product will go into the user’s brain and polish up favourite memories to enhance them and make them much more…
September 2015
NewsHorror
Pay The Ghost (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
One Halloween evening literature professor Mike Lawford loses his son at a Halloween carnival. The boy never shows up. For a year, Mike…
NewsFilms
The 17th Annual Animation Show of Shows (2015) (Mark’s take).
After candy and dinosaurs, one thing that everybody seems to love is animated films. There is just something about an animated film. We…