Mickey's Christmas Carol - A Review

5 Stars - Classic

We all know the story of a Christmas Carol, Miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge gets visited by ghosts and changes his ways, it's a story we've seen far too many times to count. But how many of you remember how you were introduced to this classic story? For me it was Mickey's Christmas Carol, With Scrooge McDuck playing his name sake.

This is short, sweet and to the point, and it is extremely memorable for it's jokes, colourful characters and for bringing a Christmas Carol to children all over the world. It's one I watch every year, and always will.

Here's Your Nightmares For The Next Few Nights Kids...

In short, my first Christmas Carol and it'll always have a place as my favourite Christmas Carol

Jack Reacher - A Review

4 Stars - Pretty Good.

People of the world marvel as Tom Cruise plays a character famed for being 6 foot 5...

Jack Reacher is an entertaining film with a decent mystery, solid action, enjoyable characters and funny comedy. I went in expecting something that would just be a bit silly and enjoyably bad, what I got was a film that really took itself seriously and actually had me somewhat invested in the story and characters.

Tom Cruise always makes for a good badass, and he's in top form here, beating guys up, doing stellar detective work and cracking off some great one liners. Werner Herzog plays a memorable and intimidating villain, although he's sadly not in the film much and I would have liked to see a bit more from him.

and once I'm done with you, I'll go make films that will confuse your brain

In short, a solid, entertaining film. Worth a watch.

Gremlins - A Review

4 Stars - Corny, but fun.

Ah Gremlins, a horror-comedy Christmas classic. This is one of those films you could probably watch every year around Christmas time and never get sick of.

The plot is simple enough, there's a cute little Mogwai named gizmo, but due to water spillage and feeding after midnight there's soon an army of Gremlins running riot.

The acting is really, really bland, so you don't care much for the humans. But let's face it we came here for the Gremlins; and they deliver entertainment in spades. There is so much energy in every single one of the Gremlins, whether they're messing with the electrics, playing poker at the bar or watching Snow White at the cinema. It's clear a lot of work was put into these puppets and it pays off.

This guy always makes me laugh

In short, a really fun film, definitely one to watch.

"Made In America" - The Sopranos - An Overview

The Sopranos tells the story of Italian American Tony Soprano, Mob boss of New Jersey. It delves into his personal and professional life and the problems caused by both of them. Being a HBO drama it doesn't pull any punches with what it will show and do. No character is truly safe and just about anything can happen. As a result it is a very good show.

It has a large cast of characters, especially since every time someone within the mob is killed someone else will take their place. At times it can be hard to remember everyone when so many characters show up, but ultimately the important ones are all very memorable, especially Johnny Sack, Bobby Bacalla and Uncle Junior, just to name a few.

Overall I would say that the best series of the show is series four, as the conflicts were interesting, the drama was intense and it moved forward in a lot of ways that seemed somewhat lost in the final two series. That isn't to say the final two series were bad, just that it peaked at number four.

My favourite overall episode is the series four episode Whoever Did This due to the culmination of a lot of plot threads and an interesting look into Tony's relationship with his nephew Christopher. Another episode of particular note is the series five episode The Test Dream where roughly twenty minutes or so of the episode is an elongated dream sequence, which is done to spectacular effect.

In short, I'd say this is well worth a watch. Definitely one of the most influential shows on modern T.V. drama.

Sightseers - A Review

4.5 Stars - deliciously dark

Sightseers tells the story of a couple on a caravan holiday, seeing the sights of Yorkshire; The Tram Museum, The Pencil Museum, the load stones... oh and they kill some people... that too.

This film is very good, a lot of funny moments, and horrifying gore delivered in actually fairly scary manners. The performances are down to earth and realistic and the editing and use of music really brings the murders to life, if that's the correct phrase for it.

Pretty Much Sums It Up

In short, worth a watch if you're into British dark comedy.

Seven Psychopaths - A Review

5 Stars - Amazing

A new dark comedy written and directed by Martin McDonagh, starring Colin Farell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson with supporting roles by Tom Waits, Zeljko Ivanek and Michael Stuhlbarg. What more do you need?

This film is funny, dark, emotional and clever. The writing is excellent, further proving that Martin McDonagh is one of the most interesting writers going at the moment.

The performances are brilliant, with particular note going to Sam Rockwell, for a ridiculously fun and yet a little scary performance; Christopher Walken for an emotionally charged character and Tom Waits, who despite being a relatively small role, really sticks in the mind.

If this doesn't sell you on the film nothing will...

In short, just about the best comedy of the year, a must see.

Alex Cross - A Review

2 - Awful, but funny

Well I've not read the books this is based on, but I doubt they can be as stupid as this film.

The action is lazy and poorly shot, the acting is mediocre, the plot is dull, and yet I found it hilarious once it got to the second half. Everything just got really over the top and silly and I couldn't stop laughing.

But yeah the film sucks. No-one in it seems to care really.

Why am I in this?

In short, don't watch this.