Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted the Star Trek movie franchise with a thrilling mix of emotion, humour and adventure in a parallel universe where this crew have to find their own paths. Four years later and he is taking us into daring and action-packed darkness but also remembering to leave room for these characters to grow. Exhilarating free falling, vibrant visuals, marvel and menace, spectacular set design and spiralling starships deliver an immersive high that will leave you buzzing.  

 

My full review published in Starburst Magazine here.

Cinema, Shame, the financial crisis and horses

An homage to old school cinema set in a cinema about a cinema programmer.. I suggest you go to the cinema to see it. You can read my review of A Useful Life (La Vida Util) here.

Shame is finally out in the UK today.You can read my review here.

Margin Call is not only an excellent debut feature from J C Chandor, it is a relevant and entertaining film about the financial crisis.The Mentalist is also in it. You can read my review here.

 War Horse is not a film made for me, but there is no denying that Spielberg doing war was always going to look magnificent. The First World War trench scenes are spectacular and cinematic. 

Special mention to Toby Kebbell who plays the "Geordie Soldier" in my favourite scene of the film. Once again Kebbell stands out in a small role, he is one to watch.

I haven't written a review but  I would like to introduce you to The Horse Button which will help you equestrianise any web page you like by changing every photo to that of a horse. It also nays at you.