I had high hopes for After Earth. The film, starring Will Smith and his son Jaden, opened this week in Ireland. I’d watched trailers and featurettes and I was expecting it to be a solid science fiction adventure. It sort of is, but it also falls short. I’m not 100% sure why, but I suspect […]
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Jack Reacher Quick Review
I’ve been a fan of the Jack Reacher series of novels for the last couple of years. I love the character of Jack Reacher and I get excited when I hear about an upcoming Lee Child novel. So when I heard that Tom Cruise was going to be playing the lead role in “Jack Reacher” […]
Review: Resident Evil Retribution
Some film franchises seem to go on forever. In the case of Resident Evil we’re now dealing with the fifth live action film starring Milla Jovovich, while there’s also been a couple of animated ones too. And all of these are, of course, based on a computer game. Madness really if you think about it […]
Brave Shows Pixar Hasn’t Lost Their Touch
Pixar’s Brave was finally released in Ireland a few days ago well over a month after its US release. For the last month I’ve had to deal with US based friends talking about how great it was, while I couldn’t see it over here! So was it worth the wait? Well I’m impatient by nature […]