Free Fire

A gun deal goes horribly wrong and results in an extended shoot out between rival gangs in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire. My quick summary of the story above is pretty much all there is to it. The gun deal goes badly and the two sides take shots at one another until the film ends. Stretching out…

High Rise

Ben Wheatley’s High Rise is the screen adaption of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel of the same name. There have been numerous rumoured attempts to get this off the ground over the years, and director Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England) is the one to finally manage it. Set in a version of the seventies…

On the D/L – Doctor Who

Season 8 Episode 2 – “Into the Dalek” Peter Capaldi’s incarnation of The Doctor has his first encounter with his signature enemy, The Daleks. Every Doctor has to face against them sooner or later so Capaldi is getting his introduction to them out of the way early. At the beginning of the episode, The Doctor…

On the D/L – Doctor Who

Season 8 Episode 1 – “Deep Breath” After around 8 months of waiting for a new season of Doctor Who we finally get out first full look at the new Doctor played by Peter Capaldi who embodies the thirteenth incarnation of the Time Lord adventurer. Post Regeneration episodes are always a big ask since they have…