February 2017

Featured Reviews 

Review – Patriots Day

18/03/201718/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Alex Wolff, Certificate: 15, Crime, Drama, February 2017, Jimmy O Yang, JK Simmons, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Benoist, Michelle Monaghan, Patriot's Day, Peter Berg, Rating: Pop, Themo Melikidze, Vincent Curatola

The real life horror of the Boston Marathon bombings gets a sensitive big screen transfer in Patriots Day, in which Peter Berg teams with Mark Wahlberg for a third time.

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Review – A Cure for Wellness

13/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, A Cure for Wellness, Adrian Schiller, Celia Imrie, Certificate: 18, Dane DeHaan, February 2017, Gore Verbinski, Harry Groener, Horror, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Rating: Poop, Thriller

Gore Verbinski returns to horror with a defiantly weird combination of Shutter Island and The Shining.

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Review – John Wick: Chapter 2

06/03/201706/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Certificate: 15, Chad Stahelski, Common, Crime, February 2017, Ian McShane, John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Laurence Fishburne, Peter Stormare, Rating: Pop, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, Thriller

Keanu Reeves is back to shoot a lot of people in the head. Like, seriously… loads of people… in the head.

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Review – The Great Wall

03/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Action, Andy Lau, Certificate: 12, Eddie Peng, Fantasy, February 2017, Jing Tian, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Rating: Poop, The Great Wall, Willem Dafoe, Zhang Hanyu, Zhang Yimou

Matt Damon leads a mammoth US-China co-production with this fantasy action romp.

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Review – The Founder

02/03/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, BJ Novak, Certificate: 12, Drama, February 2017, John Carroll Lynch, John Lee Hancock, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini, Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, Patrick Wilson, Rating: Pop, The Founder

Michael Keaton takes a big bite of a role in this retelling of the story behind McDonald’s.

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Review – The Space Between Us

28/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Asa Butterfield, BD Wong, Britt Robertson, Carla Gugino, Certificate: 12, February 2017, Gary Oldman, Janet Montgomery, Peter Chelsom, Rating: Poop, Romance, Sci-Fi, The Space Between Us

This saccharine sci-fi romance is a bizarre film in search of a coherent plot.

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Review – Fences

25/02/201724/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: 12, Denzel Washington, Drama, February 2017, Fences, Jovan Adepo, Mykelti Williamson, Rating: Pop, Russell Hornsby, Stephen Henderson, Viola Davis

Denzel Washington directs an adaptation of a Tony-winning play, but can it shed its stage routes?

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Review – Hidden Figures

24/02/201724/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Awards Season 2017, Certificate: PG, Drama, February 2017, Glen Powell, Hidden Figures, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Octavia Spencer, Rating: Pop, Taraji P Henson, Theodore Melfi

An inspiring tale of the role played by black women in NASA’s 1960s ‘space race’.

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Featured Guest Posts Reviews 

Review – Moonlight

22/02/2017 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2017, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Awards Season 2017, Barry Jenkins, Certificate: 15, Drama, February 2017, Janelle Monáe, Jharrel Jerome, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Naomie Harris, Rating: Pop, Trevante Rhodes

Barry Jenkins’ Oscar contender is a reined-in triumph of low-key American drama.

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DVD & Blu-ray Featured Reviews 

Blu-ray Review – I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)

22/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2016, Billy O'Brien, Certificate: 15, Christina Baldwin, Christopher Lloyd, February 2017, Horror, I Am Not A Serial Killer, Karl Geary, Laura Fraser, Lucy Lawton, Max Records, Rating: Pop, Raymond Brandstrom

Great Scott! It’s a much darker role for the man behind Doc Brown…

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Review – Fifty Shades Darker

20/02/2017 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2017, Bella Heathcote, Certificate: 18, Dakota Johnson, Drama, Eric Johnson, February 2017, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades of Grey, James Foley, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Rating: Poop, Rita Ora, Romance

Christian Grey is back and we’re taking another trip into the Red Room of Pain.

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