This week our planned cinema visit trip was to see Twisters, a sequel to the 1996 film Twister. We could not really remember it at all, in fact all we really remember was that it features a cow flying into the air because of one of the film’s storm twisters. Other than not a lot else, other than it was by the director of Speed, Jan De Bont and it starred Helen Hunt and … [Read more...]
Our Mid Year Top Ten Films of 2023
As we pass the halfway point of 2023, we look back on the films we have watched for the first time this year and share our top ten of the year so far. We start with some honourable mentions which didn't quite make our top ten: Elvis - A first time watch of this great biopic about the relationshop between the famous singer and his manager Colonel Tom Parker. Plane - … [Read more...]
Is The Final How To Train Your Dragon Thrilling or Toothless?
Synopsis: Hiccup has now rescued so many dragons that Berk is over populated with them, to make matters worse because of having so many dragons Berk is prone to attacks from Dragon Hunters. Hiccup is determined to find the Hidden World, a place of legend told to him by his father, Stoick. At this place Dragons live peacefully, unfound by hunters. The Hunters have even … [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...]
Did We Worship The Gods of Egypt Film?
We recently watched Gods of Egypt, a big budget film that was certainly not a blockbuster upon release. This fantasy adventure had us intrigued as was from director, Alex Proyas who had given us The Crow; Dark City, I,Robot and his last film of 7 years ago, Knowing, all of which we enjoyed, so despite despite it's flop status, we decided to give it a go. In an alternate … [Read more...]