The Magnificent Seven

Hot on the heels of Ben Hur, Hollywood continues its headlong rush to remake every film in its back catalogue with The Magnificent Seven, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. Yet again this is a film no-one was calling out for, but with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) at the helm,…

Jurassic World

Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World takes audience back to the past as the theme park promised in Spielberg’s unforgettable Jurassic Park is open to the public and raking in all sorts of cash. It has been 22 years since the original Jurassic Park hit cinemas and it has remained a cultural benchmark ever since. Not even…

Daredevil – Season 1

I’m a little late to the party on this one but I’ve genuinely been really busy with real life and keeping up with the weekly stuff I’ve got so I’ve had a few problems finding time to work on my all season stuff. Those are my excuses so I’ll just get onto talking about the…

On the Silver Screen – The Judge

Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr) returns home for his mother’s funeral and finds himself embroiled in a murder trilogy involving his father Joseph (Robert Duvall) as the accused in The Judge and finds himself faced with unpleasant memories as he is forced to reconnect with his family. The main problem with The Judge is that…