The geniuses at Disney-Pixar have done it again with The Good Dinosaur – a film that examines how the power of friendship can help us overcome anything. The Good Dinosaur takes place in an alternate timeline where Earth was never hit by an asteroid and dinosaurs never become extinct. At the heart of the story is a young […]
Five reasons to watch ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – SPOILER FREE
The power and passion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens explodes onto cinema screens with magic, adventure and wonder, firming establishing the highly anticipated film as 2015’s crowning cinematic achievement. Here’s the synopsis: Set thirty years after the events of Return of the Jedi, the last remnants of The Empire have morphed into the dreaded First Order, while […]
Five reasons to watch ‘The Revenant’
In The Revenant, director Alejandro González Iñárritu takes audiences into the darkest depths of the savagery, telling the story of one man’s rollercoaster ride of survival and his quest for revenge. In an 1823 expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, explorer and fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is mauled by a bear and left for dead by […]
The lord of the jungle rises in first trailer for ‘The Legend Of Tarzan’
Alexander Skarsgard will have to re-discover the animal within in director David Yates’ big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s legendary jungle hero in The Legend of Tarzan. Years have passed since John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke (Skarsgard), left the jungles of the Congo and he has now transitioned to the life of an English gentleman […]
Five reasons to watch ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
Ron Howard takes audiences into the deepest, darkest depths of the deep in this heart racing historical thriller that charts the doomed journey of the men who tried to challenge Mother Nature. Adapted from terrifying true events, In the Heart of the Sea takes place in 1820 when the crew of the whaling ship Essex, […]
The fight is on in the epic new trailer for ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’
A brawl of mythic proportions is readying itself in the explosive new trailer for Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Fearing the actions of a god-like superhero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day saviour, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really […]
Five reasons to watch ‘Trumbo’
In a brilliant collaboration, superstar actor Bryan Cranston and director Jay Roach examine the turbulent life and career of Hollywood legend Dalton Trumbo. Here’s the synopsis: Set during the height of the Cold War, noted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Cranston) finds his life and livelihood shattered when he is placed on the blacklist and barred from working in […]
Five reasons to watch ‘Creed’
“A great fighter once said it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward.” This statement made by rising contender Adonis ‘Hollywood’ Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) is the driving force behind director Ryan Coogler’s Creed, and will move audiences to cheer loudly as this young fighter makes […]
Five reasons to watch ‘5 to 7’
The notion of love and relationships is magnificently explored in director Victor Levin’s delightful romance film 5 to 7. Here’s the synopsis: When aspiring novelist Brian Bloome (Anton Yelchin) meets delicate beauty Arielle Pierpont (Bérénice Marlohe), he soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of emotions and love. But it all becomes complicated when Arielle […]