Tag Archive: review

Movie Review: ‘The Hunger Games’ Revisited

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We already posted a rather gushing review of The Hunger Games when the movie arrived in cinemas (review found here). Having arrived at cinemas via the hype train and coming of the back… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters’

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Author: Mark Henderson Plot: Henderson examines the current state of the science and the public perception of science from in a range of major political and social issues, with a running commentary encouraging… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Volume 3.4

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The Third Doctor continues his madcap adventures as part of the Earth bound U.N.I.T. – although that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to find his way through time and space again! Away! The… Continue reading

Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Review – Volume 3.3

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The third Doctor, having seen off the Daemons, continues his adventures on Earth starting with an encounter with the most infamous of all Doctor Who enemies. Day of the Daleks While the Doctor… Continue reading

Movie Review: Detention

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Remember the movie Torque? It came out shortly after the original The Fast and the Furious film and was seen by many as “Fast and the Furious on motorcycles”. However some people, like… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Grey’

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Director: Joe Carnahan Cast: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermont Mulroney, Dallas Roberts Plot: A plane carrying the employees of an oil drilling operation crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. John Ottoway, employed by the… Continue reading

[The Super Five] 5 Early Colin Farrell Films Worth A Watch

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Welcome back to this weekly feature at the House called ‘The Super Five’. This is a different take on the ‘Top 10’ or ‘List’ style features, where I take a subject and simply… Continue reading

Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Directed by: Benh Zeitlin Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry Plot: Hushpuppy, a 6 year old girl,  tries to put the pieces of her life back together when her father becomes ill. Review: The American… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’

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Director: Lewis Gilbert Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jurgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro, Desmond Llewellyn, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee Plot: Bond heads to Egypt to obtain a microfilm and crosses paths with… Continue reading

Will CARRIE be a worthwhile remake?

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Oh here we are once again with the age-old question: why must they remake everything?  The answer is that Hollywood is sadly out of ideas, and they would rather do crappy re-dos of… Continue reading