Review – Nightcrawler

Genre: Thriller
Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: 31st October 2014
Runtime: 117 minutes
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writer: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton
Synopsis: An ambitious man with a conspicuous lack of morals pursues a career in the murky underground art of shooting graphic crime and accident footage for television news.

 

 

The career of Jake Gyllenhaal is in an interesting place right now. Having done his share of leading man roles and pretty boy characters, he is now doing incredibly interesting projects such as End of Watch and Enemy. Nightcrawler – a sordid tale of illicit filming and television journalism – is the latest of those projects and an excellent journey into the dark heart of Gyllenhaal’s career.

Review – Thor: The Dark World

Genre: Action
Certificate: 12
UK Release Date: 30th October 2013
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, Anthony Hopkins 
Synopsis: When the dark elves threaten all Nine Realms, Asgard’s hero must team with his treacherous brother to restore order.

 

 

A new Marvel film is always a big deal. After Iron Man 3 wooed just about everyone except me though, Thor: The Dark World was by no means a sure thing. Fortunately, the crazy world of Asgard and the Nine Realms is on solid form here and once again proves to be the joker in the comic book pack.