Film Guide

In a move guaranteed to send shockwaves through the home entertainment industry, Disney has just announced that they will be acquiring Marvel for $4 billion dollars. Marvel investors will receive $30 per share for their stock, plus a .745 share of Disney stock for each share they own.

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Disney CEO Robert Iger in a release.  Read the rest of this entry »

Zakes Abbott is driving from service station to service station late at night along the motorway, replacing the advertising posters – it’s his job, it pays the bills. His girlfriend Beth is asleep beside him, and feeling a little tired himself, Zakes accidently ciuts off a white truck. Slowing to let the truck back into the lane, Zakes catches a glimpse of the truck’s cargo as the rear door lifts suddenly, before slamming back down.
Uncertain of the reality of what he just witness Zakes wakes Beth to tell her what he saw; a bloodied naked woman chained up in a cage.  Read the rest of this entry »

Pride and Glory is another bad cop police drama, this time focusing on a multi-generational family of NYPD officers. Family bonds are the main focus as Ray Tierney investigates a case that puts his brother-in-law slap bang in the middle of a police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is something that he’s learnt to hold on to dearly, but with this truth the Tierney legacy along with the reputation of the entire NYPD is at stake.
It was with some trepidation that I decided to order Pride and Glory, on the surface it looked like it could easily turn out to be another abysmal We Own The Night, but it did have Edward Norton and Colin Farrell in it, so it had the possibility to be something magical.  Read the rest of this entry »

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This movie is based on on the delightful memoir of Elliot Tiber ‘s sleepy hometown in mid state New York that gets awoken with arrival of the many hippies et al who made the journey to the infamous Woodstock music festival.

Elliot is back in his hometown of Catskills to try and revive his parents failing El Monaco motel. Despite putting most of his earnings over the past few years into enterprises to keep the motel afloat the bank is wanting to foreclose on monies owed.

Through the local Chamber of Commerce he is granted a permit to stage an outdoor concert as he did the previous year when he played some of his records to some of the locals. Upon reading in the local paper that the Woodstock music festival has virtually been run out of a neighbouring town he naively contacts the organisers to offer his parents motel and land as a possible venue. Things escalate from there.  Read the rest of this entry »

The original season of Prison Break was a great concept, but one that was drawn out over far too many episodes. Season 2 was more like convicts on the run, and whilst it was entertaining enough, it just didn’t seem to have the same appeal as the first season. So in Season 3, they all went back to prison. That’s where the Prison Break creators lost me. I wasn’t ready for a re-hashing of Season 1. I gave up on Prison Break after a couple of episodes.

Now, however we have Season 4, subtitled The Final Season. That got my attention. That gave me hope. They were actually going to finish the story, rather than keep bleeding the concept dry until it just ran out of steam. I was intrigued enough to grab the DVD and give it a go. Five days later and I’ve watched all 22 episodes, as well as the movie length special episode.  Read the rest of this entry »