This week we finally caught up on The Witch, a low budget horror film we missed at the cinema, due to its limited release, but had heard plenty of good things so wanted to see it! Now if you are expecting a gorefest with jumps and scares this probably isn’t the horror film for you. This is more a supernatural film within a historical period drama from writer/director … [Read more...]
The 33 – A Miner Drama!
Having enjoyed a great holiday, we caught up with a film we had wanted to see but missed during its cinema run. The film was The 33 based on the real life disaster, which saw 33 miners in Chile, trapped underground for 69 days when the mine they were working in collapsed. The film hits hard with an opening statistics that many miners lose their life due to the nature of the … [Read more...]
Was The Revenant Meant For Oscars!
Continuing our watching of this year's Academy Awards Oscar for Best Picture nominees, we watched The Revenant, the film that would finally get Leonardo DiCaprio his best actor Oscar. This was his 5th attempt, impressive when you consider the first time we saw him was in Critters 3! This would be the follow-up film for last year’s Best Director winner, Alejandro G. Inarritu, … [Read more...]
The Big Short In Short Is A Must See!
This week we watched The Big Short another film nominated for best Oscar, based on true events from a book by Michael Lewis. The film was written for the screen and directed by Adam McKay who is probably best known for his comedy films with Will Ferrell, those being Anchorman; Step Brothers; The Other Guys and Anchorman 2. This film follows some experts in the finance … [Read more...]
13 Hours. Krasinski & The War In Benghazi
Today we watched 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, in part because we wanted to see the transformation of John Krasinski, (who we love as Jim in the American version of The Office) from his usual RomCom lead to action star From director Michael Bay, who has found fame with the Transformers movies, but we much prefer for his earlier work like B Armageddon, Bad … [Read more...]