Manchester by the Sea

Having just returned to work that day from my New Year break, I was possibly not in the best mindset to venture forth to this screening of a film that’s trailers hadn’t tempted me, but who’s hype and overwhelming good press had finally peaked my interest. There is very little doubt that Kenneth Lonergan (Margaret,…

The Finest Hours

Craig Gillespie’s The Finest Hours is the fictionalised account of a true life tale involving the Coast Guard’s daring rescue of the crew of a doomed oil tanker in 1952. I’m not overly familiar with this story but that doesn’t really matter for the purposes of this film as it should hold together in how…

Triple 9

John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 boasts an all star cast playing gangsters and corrupt cops who plan to murder a police officer so that they can pull off a massive heist. The cast is a very impressive collection of actors who all play their parts believable. Chiwetel Ejiofor has an incredible presence and manages to be…

On the Silver Screen – Interstellar

Christopher Nolan’s sci fi epic Interstellar hits UK cinemas. Matthew McConaughey’s Joseph A. Cooper goes on an unprecedented voyage to the other side of the universe via a wormhole to look for solutions to the problem of Earth being unable to sustain the human race any more. Due to the nature of this film and…