Mac's Movies

UK Release Date: 30 May 2014 Certification: 12A Director: Doug Liman Cast: Jonas Armstrong, Emily Blunt, Tom Cruise, Brendan Gleeson, Kick Gurry, Bill Paxton, Tony Way Rating: 41% Live: Die: Repeat Review: A movie based on a Japanese graphic novel [All You Need Is Kill by  Hiroshi Sakurazaka]   about an alien invasion and exploring the concept of time loops, what could possibly go wrong? The answer, almost everything!  There was little to no action and I struggled to engage with the storyline or characters. I'm starting to believe that Tom Cruise is obligated to ride a motorcycle in every movie he appears in. His performance, like the movie, didn’t stand out and wasn’t particularly memorable. Perhaps more surprising was my ambivalence to the highly rated Emily Blunt. To me her character felt like a generic female action hero that had been completely copied and pasted from countless other movies. The chemistry between the two was awful, it was almost lik...

UK Release Date: 16 July 2010 Certification: 12A Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Dileep Rao, Ken Watanabe Rating: 100% The dream is real. Review: Christopher Nolan has quickly established himself as my favourite director and after watching Inception , this view has been reinforced further. I love how h e is able to convey a complex story that is easy enough to follow on first viewing, but equally adds so much more on further viewings.  Leonardo DiCaprio is excellent as Cobb, a complex and intriguing lead character. Cobb's struggles with reality become more and more evident as the movie goes on and DiCaprio deserves full credit for this as movies tend not to be shot in chronological order. Cobb's partner, Arthur is played brilliantly by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (which probably landed him his role in The Dark Knight Rises , also directed by Christopher ...

In preparation for a potential future article I met with and interviewed two members of staff from The Glasgow Film Theatre (The GFT) : Lindsay Clydesdale, Marketing Manager and Rebecca McSheaffrey, Children and Young People Coordinator. The transcript of the interview, which took place late last year (17 October 2019) appears below.  What do you do at the Glasgow Film Theatre?   Lindsay: My name is Lindsay and I am the Marketing Manager. I look after all aspects of marketing for The GFT along with the film festivals we run, which are the Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Youth Film Festival. In terms of marketing, this covers dealings with the media, advertising, our website and social media and any printed materials we produce, like brochures, flyers or leaflets – so, it’s quite a varied role.  Rebecca: I’m Becca, I’m the Children and Young People Coordinator. I look after our Children and Youth Programme, which ranges from wee five-year olds all the w...

2019 was a great year for movies and cinema in general. 2020 promises to be equally as good.  Twelve months ago I started Mac's Movies with a blog post entitled My Most Anticipated Movies of 2019 .Therefore it seems fitting that I start the new year with My Most Anticipated Movies of 2020. So here are the ten movies that I am most looking forward to, and if any of them have already released a trailer I have attached a hyperlink to it. 10. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (UK Release Date. 10 July 2020) 09 . Morbius (UK Release Date. 31 July 2020) 08. 1917 (UK Release Date. 10 January 2020) 07. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (UK Release Date. 31 January 2020) 06. No Time to Die (UK Release Date. 2 April 2020) 05. Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (UK Release Date. 7 February 2020) 04. Eternals (UK Release Date. 6 November 2020) 03. Wonder Woman 1984 (UK Release Date. 5 June 2020) 02. Tenet (UK Release Date. 17 July 2020)...