Screen Noir

On the day you hit 25 your life begins... Once you hit that age you stop aging and your earnings become your life, so the social Darwinsm of the situation is the poor die young, while the rich can live forever, until one man decides to give his time away. Will Salas is just another worker in the system of such a corrupt life who saves every second of time in an attempt to survive as long as possible, one day Will meets Henry Hamilton a man with a century of life ticking away though a man who understands the flaws of the system enough to hate it. Henry gives all of his remaining time to Will as he sleeps leaving him the message 'Don't waste my time' so Will sets out a newly made man willing to make a difference in the system of life. Right of the bat while Justin Timberlake may have some occasional moments of charisma as the lead (Will Salas)  his character seems to be missing the spark of genius that really should drag you into his story or it could be the fact Timberla...

Unlike most films this year Contagion brings an almost cautionary tale of what fear can really do to people at the worst of times. Following several people's lives other a course of time as a deadly virus begins to spread across the planet ranging from America to Hong Kong and everywhere between, while some use it as a way to make money, others are frantically trying to find a cure and everyone else is about to get caught up in a wave of panic that has an effect in society similar to the damage of it's corresponding virus. As fear ripples across the world things begin to crumble leaving those in charge the task of finding a cure before time runs out. No one actor holds up the torch as a protagonist yet out of the roster of big names and screen time the emotional story comes from Matt Damon's character (Mitch Emhoff) who loses both wife(Gwyneth Paltrow) and step son as the virus kicks off and finds desperation in making sure his daughter is safe, and as far as emotion goes...

Paul W.S Anderson takes a break from zombies to bring a new adaption of the musketeers and their thrilling adventures or so they should be. Athos, Aramis and Parthos are the legendary three musketeers known throughout France for their courage and bravery (in this version they appear to be a renaissance version of the A-Team for some reason...)  yet when one adventure in Venice goes wrong with the betrayal of Milady de Winter the three fall from their pedestal of honors and find themselves hiding away, leaving their status to fade to that of a myth. One year on D'Artagnan, an upstart and arrogant young lad travels to Paris in the hopes of becoming a musketeer, while other cogs begin to turn as the Cardinal of France begins his own plot to change the shape of France and take control from the king. The task then falls to the out of luck musketeers who set out to help France in a time of need, gain back their respect and put a stop to the Cardinal's plot. Matthew ...

Physics teacher Brendan Conlon finds himself in desperate enough circumstances to turn back to his old profession of mixed martial arts in order to support his family, while his brother Tommy Conlon arrives back in town after returning from Afghanistan and the mysterious events which took place there. Both brothers soon find themselves training to enter the Sparta mixed martial arts tournament, their father Paddy Conlon a recovering alcoholic wants to make up to his sons and so he starts training Tommy and also tries reaching out to Brendan. The brothers have to face not only the strong fighting capabilities of their opponents but also the events of the past and a broken family life, in order to come out on top of the tournament and  finally resolve their issues in the ring. Filling the roles of the battling brothers our Joel Edgerton as Brendan Conlon, who while not being the biggest name in cinema plays the part of str...

Based on the novel by John le Carre, this is an engaging spy thriller is packed with a stellar cast and grabs your attention from the beginning of the first scene. After an operation with the soviets goes wrong in Budapest, George Smiley is sent into retirement by the government, yet when information comes to light that there's a mole in the system and the entire nation's security is in danger, Smiley is thrown back into the mix. Smiley bands together those he can trusts and sets out to find out who has betrayed their country. As things develop he finds out that Budapest was no accident, that those he knew well may have betrayed even him and that know one can be trusted. With double agents, false information, shady deals and a system full of lies George Smiley the spy must find out whether it was the tinker, tailor or soldier who commit treason against queen and country. All the cast in this film were excellently cast each playing their role with the up m...

This monster remake brings true vampires back with a bite. When a number of students start disappearing from school, Ed a paranormal nut and seeming to be twilight reader believes that the lack of class numbers is in correlation to the arrival of his friends new neighbor Jerry. Charley Brewster Ed's best friend, dismisses the ramblings of Ed and ditches him for his girlfriend but that night when his friend doesn't show up like the others, Charley thinks his friend may have been onto something. After being unnerved by the new neighbor and fearing that he may strike at his family and friends Charley steps up to the plate for an old fashion slaying, even going as far as attempting to enlist vampire expert Peter Vincent. When Jerry unleashes hell upon Charley and raises the stakes the two go into all out war and this time its slay, or be killed. Anton Yelchin takes the lead as Charley Brewster who is faced with the fight of his life with s...

As usual a vision kicks in for our hero seemingly showing his death and the demise of those around him, to his realization and becoming the mysterious savior of the day. Sam Lawton manages to pull everyone away from their destined deaths and the disastrous bridge collapse only to find out that they were all meant to die and death is eager for each of them to pay up their lives (So far, so standard Final Destination) However a game changer is thrown into the mix when a mysterious forensics officer informs the group of survivors that the only way to fully cheat death is to give death what it wants, saying that if they kill, they live. Can the group live through the film and do they have what it takes to save their own lives by taking another, the death cheating scenario continues. If you've ever seen an american style Horror/thriller teen flick you know the drill, a load of good looking lads and lasses face their demise as well as the generally stereotypical...