Sloppy Thor

It seems like an age since I went to the cinema and so yesterday I trekked off to Greenwich to see Thor. Branagh’s take on the Marvel comic begins with Odin’s defeat of the Frost Giants in a difficult, at times clunky, prologue to the main action held...

Review: Franklyn

Britain doesn’t make many films anymore let alone Science Fiction or Fantasy but that wasn’t the reason I decided to watch Franklyn. In truth, it sounded like an interesting film with the kind of narrative play that I tend to like a great deal. Franklyn follows...

Review: Star Trek

I managed to see the new reboot of Star Trek.* Some background: I am, for my sins, a long term fan of the series although I lean towards TNG over any of the other offerings, and best not to get me started on the TNG films. I do not consider Star Trek to be science...

Film Review: Australia

Truthfully, I did not have high hopes for this film. I do rate the director Baz Luhrmann, being a secret fan of Moulin Rouge and a vocal advocate of what he did for Romeo & Juliet. Never seen Strictly Ballroom – god willing, I never will. My concerns were not...