Right. Firstly lets remember that I don’t choose the films for the Alphabet Challenge, the role of ‘film chooser’ is randomly allocated amongst a group of us. That’s how I find myself writing about Saw
Continuing the ‘post Governator’ era of his life, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this 2014 action thriller, directed and jointly written by David Ayer. Ayer was the writer of ‘Training Day’ but moved into directing in
Trumbo is the new film from director Jay Roach, (whose previous work includes ‘Meet the Parents’, ‘Borat’ and ‘The Campaign’) and writer John McNamara. The film recounts the true story of Dalton Trumbo, played in
We return to Tim Burton’s Gotham for the 1992 sequel to Batman; Batman Returns. The film also saw the return of Michael Keaton in the lead role following the huge financial success of the first film.
There’s one man here, that will never kneel before you… The Man of Steel is back, in the 1980 film ‘Superman II’. Having filmed around 75% of the sequel to 1978’s Superman whilst filming the
So here is where it all started… What is now known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (the basis of the April 2016 theme month) all started with the 2008 Iron Man. Based on the character from
There’s something about this film that reminds me of a once great heavyweight boxer stepping back into the ring, far after his time is done. Motivated by a combination of money and having ‘one last
Max is back. After his last film outing in the 1985 misfire ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’, we see the return of Max Rockatansky. This time however, it is Tom Hardy taking on the title role
For the Xth day of the Alphabet challenge, the film is ‘X + Y’, a 2014 film by the director Morgan Matthews. The film is based around a young boy called Nathan (played by Asa
It’s 1986. A passenger jet has been taken hostage by middle eastern terrorists. Who you gonna call? Well of course it’s Chuck Norris and his Delta Force. We’re back to the 80’s action films (see