Movies

Jun 162015
 
We're at the 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival!

No, really; we’re here.  Over the next couple of weeks, your humble Geekzine will be bringing you reviews galore from the festival’s various screens throughout the city.  Just like in previous years, the EIFF has excelled once again in delivering a goodly amount of geek-friendly fare among its programmed offerings, and we’re particularly excited about […]

Feb 202015
 
FILM REVIEWS: Inherent Vice (15) & Selma (12A)

Inherent Vice (15) / Selma (12A) With the Academy Awards looming (22nd Feb), Geekzine UK Editor-in-Chief, Andy Jamieson, takes a look at these two recent releases that, whilst not being fully snubbed by Oscar (two nominations each; Best Film and Best Original Song for Selma, Best Costume Design and Best Adapted Screenplay for Inherent Vice), […]

Feb 032015
 
FILM REVIEW: Disney's Big Hero 6 (PG)

Big Hero 6   Directed by Don Hall & Chris Williams  Written by Jordan Roberts, Dan Gerson & Robert L. Baird Running time: 98 minutes approx.    How do you follow a film like Frozen, one of the most successful films of all time, and certainly the most successful animated feature film of all time? A […]

Jan 232015
 
FILM REVIEW: A Most Violent Year (15)

A Most Violent Year Written & directed by J.C. Chandor Rating: 15 Running time: 125 mins Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks and Alessandro Nivola.   Set against the back drop of New York City’s historically most violent year (1981), this is director J.C. Chandor’s third feature, after last year’s Oscar-nominated Robert […]