If you were to name a Tom Hardy film of last year, it is more than likely you would have said his Box Office monster that was Mad Max: Fury Road But he was also in the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel Child 44 and Legend, a film about the Kray twins from Writer/Director Brian Helgeland (who had previously directed Mel Gibson in Payback and Heath Ledger in both the … [Read more...]
Return of my favourite Saint
Growing up like most people of my age my first memories of TV are programmes such as The Clangers, Rainbow, Thunderbirds and Doctor Who but the first programme I can really remember being a fan of was Return of the Saint. Simon Templar was so cool, helping out the damsels in distress, it had a catchy theme, Ian Ogilvy was just so cool (guess he had to be, following 007 Roger … [Read more...]
John Wick: Seeking Revenge for a Dog: Thank Gawd It wasn’t a 12a
Over the years, there has been a current trend to water down the action films to get a wider audience. I can reluctantly accept that, the original Taken wasn’t a big hit at cinemas but became a bigger hit when it found its way into homes so presuming that included lots of naughty under age watchers, the second came out with a 12 rating in the UK, needless to say the second one … [Read more...]