We finally got round to seeing Green Room, the follow up to writer/director Jeremy Saulnier’s impressive Blue Ruin. The film centres on a Punk Band called Ain’t Rights. The band are wanting to be true to their music and have no social media presence so travel from one low paid gig to another, stealing petrol and living off rice to make ends meet. After a particularly low … [Read more...]
Film Stars In Adverts! Do They Make Us Buy?
We were awaiting a film to start the other day and as per usual had to endure what felt like an hours worth of adverts. First Harvey Keitel told us about Direct Line, quickly followed by Ryan Reynolds promoting BT Broadband with Idris Elba telling us the benefits of Sky Broadband. It didn’t stop though, Jennifer Aniston telling us the benefits of flying with Emirates, … [Read more...]
Does Shooter Hit Our Action Film Targets?
One of our favourite action films of recent years was the 2007 Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua. We were reminded of it when we heard that it was being remade for TV, and will debut on Netflix. It should be noted the film itself was based on Point of Impact (which is available at Amazon here) the first in Stephen Hunter’s book series, so it does have the content to extend … [Read more...]
Why You Should Invite The Guest To Your Viewing!
Over the weekend, The Guest showed on one of the free to view film channels, it was great to see more people discover this 2014 film from the writer/director team of You’re Next, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett. We ourselves only discovered the film when we saw it on Netflix, we hadn’t heard much about it, but having seen You’re Next, a home invasion horror film that had felt … [Read more...]
Did We Marvel At Chris Evans Directorial Debut?
This Week we watched Before We Go, a Romantic Drama with a bit of comedy, directed by, and starring 'Captain America' himself, Chris Evans. The film centres on an evening spent between two strangers Nick (Chris Evans) and Brooke (Alice Eve). We first meet Nick, busking at Grand Central Terminal, we learn later that he is town for a big audition, which could vastly improve … [Read more...]