I don’t know if it’s all to do with female empowerment or if it’s what male studio executives think will appeal to female audiences but there seems to be a trend over the past few years for films with young female killers…
The Artist
30 April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Despite appearances to the contrary I don’t normally get caught up in movie hype. There’s plenty of “must-see” films that I’ve never seen, I’m not a huge fan of some actors that I’m told are the greatest ever…
Avengers Assemble
27 April 2012 by 2 Comments
It’s been a long wait – for me it’s been since August last year, for others it’s been much longer. That wait however is now over, Avengers have indeed now Assembled in our cinemas and we get to find out if all our hopes were met…
Iron Man 2
25 April 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s coming excitingly close to the opening of superhero supermovie Avengers Assemble and I’ve been preparing by catching up with the series so far. As I wrote a couple of months back, I wasn’t massively enamoured of the first Iron Man film…
Chariots of Fire
24 April 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s now less than 100 days to the opening of the London Olympics and there’s a lot of cynicism out there about it. The traveling is going to be hell, the cost is spiraling out of control, the mascots are a bit weird and so on…
The Muppets
18 April 2012 by Leave a Comment
One of the films released earlier this year that I was most excited about seeing was The Muppets. As a child I loved watching The Muppet Show and their version of A Christmas Carol is one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time….
Tangled
29 March 2012 by 2 Comments
Much as I adore Disney films I never seem to get round to watching them as often as I would like, but I was feeling a little bit out of sorts and wanted something that would cheer me up. I turned to Disney
Evita
27 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s fair to say that Madonna has had a pretty successful career. Not many popstars who had their first hit in the early 80s are still releasing highly anticipated albums today. Yet for all of her chart success there’s a sense that Madonna won’t be satisfied…
Thor
26 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
In just one month (26th April) The Avengers Assemble will be released. I have massively high hopes for this film – the trailers look great, I loved Captain America and Joss Whedon is directing. Only an Aaron Sorkin script could excite me more…
Senna
21 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
Until I met my husband I had never watched Formula One and had no interest whatsoever in fast cars going round in circles. Once we started to live together I developed an appreciation of the sport and began to enjoy watching races. Don’t get me wrong I’m still a fair-weather fan….