3.5 Movie Review: Green Room Sophie Elizabeth May 16, 2016 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Having witnessed a murder in an underground concert venue, a punk rock band are held up in a windowless green room. Forced to fight for their survival against a gang of dangerous skinheads led by Neo-Nazi,...
Captain America: Civil War press conference report Sophie Elizabeth April 29, 2016 Editor's Choice, Features This week, MovieRamblings attended the European press conference for Captain America: Civil War. With a large audience eager to see the prestigious cast, there was certainly a buzz in the air as we waited...
2.5 Movie Review: Friend Request Sophie Elizabeth April 19, 2016 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Laura (Fear The Walking Dead's Alycia Debnam-Carey) unwittingly befriends a mysterious girl from her college class on Facebook only to unfriend her when the relationship turns to stalking. Following the...
4.0 Movie Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane Sophie Elizabeth March 24, 2016 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in an underground bunker with two men, believing herself to being held captive by Howard (John Goodman). She soon learns that America has come under an apocalyptic...
4.0 Movie Review: Hail, Caesar! Sophie Elizabeth March 19, 2016 Movie Reviews In the golden Hollywood era, Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) works hard to cover up all of Capitol Pictures' studio scandals. As if dealing with disgruntled directors and bloodthirsty gossip columnists wasn't...
4.0 DVD Review: Straight Outta Compton Sophie Elizabeth January 26, 2016 DVDs & Rentals It's 1986 in Compton, Los Angeles and an unlikely group of youths form a successful hip hop group by the name of NWA - a group that will revolutionise the genre forever. With different musical abilities,...
3.0 Movie Review: Hector Sophie Elizabeth December 13, 2015 Movie Reviews Hector McAdam (Peter Mullan) is making his way from Scotland to London for his annual visit to the Christmas homeless shelter. Having disappeared 17 years ago, leaving his family behind, he decides to stop off...
4.0 DVD Review: Slow West Sophie Elizabeth November 2, 2015 DVDs & Rentals, Editor's Choice It's 1870 and a 16-year old hopeless romantic, Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has journeyed from the cliffs of Scotland to the heart of Colorado in search of his love, Rose, and her father. Unaware of the bounty on...
2.5 Movie Review: A Walk In The Woods Sophie Elizabeth October 6, 2015 Movie Reviews American travel writer and humourist, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) decides to reconnect with his homeland by embarking on his first hike in nearly thirty years. Joined by an old friend, Katz (Nick Nolte), the...
3.0 Movie Review: Everest Sophie Elizabeth September 21, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Based on the true events of a 1996 disaster, Everest follows a team of adventurers led by experienced climber, Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) on their quest to summit Mount Everest. Hit by an unexpected snow storm,...
4.0 Movie Review: Legend Sophie Elizabeth September 4, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews Based on the book, The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson, Legend explores the lives of notorious British gangster twins, Ronald and Reginald Kray (both...
3.5 Frightfest London review: Rabid Dogs Sophie Elizabeth September 1, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Based on Mario Bava's original 1974 classic and following a poorly planned bank heist, three French criminals go on the run, taking a young woman, a father and his sick child hostage. Now a deadly road trip,...
4.0 Movie Review: Straight Outta Compton Sophie Elizabeth September 1, 2015 Movie Reviews It's 1986 in Compton, Los Angeles and an unlikely group of youths form a successful hip hop group by the name of NWA - a group that will revolutionise the genre forever. With different musical abilities,...
3.0 Frightfest London review: Estranged Sophie Elizabeth August 29, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Wheelchair-bound and suffering from amnesia, January (Amy Manson) is forced to return to her childhood home following a motorcycling accident abroad. Having been away for six years and unable to remember any...
1.0 Frightfest London review: Aaaaaaaah! Sophie Elizabeth August 28, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews Once part of the psychopathic duo in Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012), Steve Oram makes his directorial debut with the barmy concept that is AAAAAAAAH! Presented as "Romero and Juliet meets Planet of the Apes",...
2.0 Frightfest London review: The Diabolical Sophie Elizabeth August 28, 2015 Film4 Frightfest, London, London Reviews A single mother (Ali Larter) and her two children are tormented by a mysterious supernatural disturbance in their home. Paranormal experts have refused to help, but with the presence becoming more intense and...
3.0 Movie Review: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Sophie Elizabeth August 19, 2015 Editor's Choice, Movie Reviews It is the peak of the Cold War and tensions and hostilities following World War II are high. American CIA agent, Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and the Russian KGB's Ilya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) find themselves...
4.0 Movie Review: Trainwreck Sophie Elizabeth August 13, 2015 Movie Reviews Amy (Amy Schumer) is a promiscuous, commitment-phobic career woman who is forced to face her fears of settling down when she meets a genuinely good guy. Having been made to write a feature on a talented young...
4.0 Movie Review: True Story Sophie Elizabeth August 3, 2015 Movie Reviews Based on actual events, True Story follows an ambitious and successful writer of the New York Times, Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill). Having been fired when it is revealed one of his articles is a fabrication,...