All posts tagged "Patrick Moore"
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471Film & TVFilm Review: Lone Survivor
Sent on a mission to eradicate a high-ranking al Qaeda operative, four Navy SEALs quickly becomes endangered.
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1.5KFilm & TVFilm Review: Labor Day
Labor Day discards the usual romantic drama formula, allowing words and actions to move the story instead of melodramatic music.
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1.4KFilm & TVFilm Review: RoboCop (2014)
Critically injured during the line of duty, police officer Alex Murphy is turned into a cyborg solider by the massive military conglomerate OmniCorp.
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790Film & TVFilm Review: Last Vagas
The strong cast make this creaky knock-off of The Hangover series work despite its soft humour as the characters raise light hell in America’s City of Sin.
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5.0KFilm & TVFilm Review: The Monkey King
Those who grew up watching the cult Japanese TV series 'Monkey' will find 'The Monkey King' to be a familiar tale.
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781Film & TVFilm Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
Based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir, Martin Scorsese's latest film, The Wolf of Wall Street, is a story of excess, exploring a man’s lust for dollars and the trappings it brings.
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852Film & TVFilm Review: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
In this fifth instalment of the Paranormal Activity franchise, events take a sinister turn for Jesse when a neighbour suddenly dies. Taking a camera to investigate, he discovers items relating to black magic, leading him to be caught in a spectral quagmire...
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546Film & TVFilm Review: Saving Mr. Banks
Saving Mr. Banks is the colourful story of Walt Disney's tribulations in bringing Mary Poppins to the big-screen.
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1.0KFilm & TVFilm Review: 47 Ronin
47 Ronin is an engaging escapade in the realms of Japanese folklore, providing a fantastical coating to the oft-told true story of 47 Japanese Samurai.
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1.5KFilm & TVFilm Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
A folk singer struggling to eke out a living is supported by friends as his emergence in the music scene tests his ambitious resolve.
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554Film & TVFilm Review: Her
A lonely writer going through a divorce purchases an artificially intelligent operating system and soon develops a deep infatuation for it. Knowing his love for a machine is wrong, he grapples with his feelings as he searches for a way to reconcile his conflicted emotions.
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831Film & TVFilm Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" series starts anew with this original adventure about a junior CIA analyst who uncovers evidence of a global terrorist attack.
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2.1KFilm & TVFilm Review: The Book Thief
Based on Markus Zusak’s novel, The Book Thief is an engaging film examining the power of words and how embracing books can create comfort amidst a desperate situation.
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893Film & TVFilm Review: The Railway Man
Whenever ANZAC day is commemorated we pause to reflect on the horrors of war. The deaths caused and trauma felt by those who survived its ravages have become an important aspect of such remembrances. The Railway Man explores the ongoing post-traumatic stress from a war-time event. Based on a memoir by former British officer […]
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680LatestTheatre Review: The Illusionists 2.0
Seeing is believing when seven magicians work their magic in an all-new spectacular: The Unusualist, The Deceptionist, The Master Magician, The Warrior, The Futurist, The Manipulator and The Hypnotist.
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557Film & TVFilm Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Bilbo Baggins continuing on his quest to help free a kingdom from the wicked clutches of Smaug the Dragon, and old friends and new enemies surface, challenging the heroes in unimaginable ways.
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467Film & TVFilm Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Anchorman 2 is a ridiculously silly romp sure to please Will Ferrell fans. Whilst he has his detractors, he clearly enjoys returning to one of his most famous roles.
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2.3KFilm & TVFilm Review: American Hustle
Set in the late 1970’s, American Hustle is an engaging character study about an FBI agent who enlists some unlikely partners in his determination to bring down a cabal of corrupt politicians.
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533Film & TVFilm Review: August: Osage County
You can choose your friends but not your family. After her husband commits suicide, cancer-stricken Violet summons the family for his funeral, setting the stage for an essay on the ties that bind.
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790Film & TVFilm Review: Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon is a mostly engaging movie about how a random occurrence can forever alter one person’s perspective and proves if one has the will to discover something, it can lead to life-changing moments.
