NewsScifi
Advantageous (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
A woman is given the opportunity to have her personality and mind downloaded to a younger body in order to save her career…
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September 2015
August 2015
NewsFilms
Paper Planes (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
A boy who lost his mother in a car accident suffers from the destruction of his family. Then his fascination with flying lead…
NewsHorror
Blood Punch (2015) a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Breaking Bad’ made the world of methamphetamine dealing seem strange and fantastic. That is nothing compared to what ‘Blood Punch’ does with it.…
NewsFilms
Shaun The Sheep Movie (2015) film review by Mark R. Leeper.
Claymation specialists Aardman Studios tries a silent, feature-length animated film with Shaun leading his fellow sheep to the big city, looking for their…
NewsCulture
Message From Hiroshima (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
First time writer/director Masaaki Tanabe recreates the place where he lived as a boy in Hiroshima as part of his presentation of the…
NewsFantasy
Molly Moon And The Incredible Book Of Hypnotism (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
An orphan whom nobody seems to love reads a rare book on hypnotism and goes through a series of adventures thanks to her…
NewsFilms
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
James Bond has S.P.E.C.T.R.E and now the IMF’s Ethan Hunt must track down The Syndicate, a secret organisation committing terrorist acts to somehow…
July 2015
NewsHorror
Dark Was The Night (2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
The deep woods holds the secret of a mysterious creature that moves fast and leaves dead bodies around. The narrative suggests it may…
NewsFilms
10 Cent Pistol (2015) a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
Somewhere here there is a solid crime thriller with a lot of twists and surprises. First-time director Michael C. Martin is good at…
June 2015
ReviewScifi
Jurassic World (2015) (film review): Mark’s take.
This is our fourth outing with the world Steven Spielberg created with ‘Jurassic Park’. As with the first film, the defence measures for…
ReviewFilms
Inside Out (2015) (film review): Mark’s take.
This is probably Pixar’s best film and that’s going some. But here they take on the daunting task of visualising many of the…
May 2015
NewsFilms
Days Of Grace (2011/2015) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
This is a smart action/crime film from a first-time writer-director from Mexico. It is really three different stories, based on three real kidnap…