Category Archives: JJ Abrams

John’s Top Ten Of 2015

January 1, 2016 no comments
2015 was a year of contrasting fortunes for movies. On one hand it was spectacular for the bigger movies with the top nine films released this year making up for forty percent of the box office takin...
The Martian Matt Damon

The Martian – Second Trailer

August 20, 2015 no comments
The second trailer for the forthcoming Matt Damon film, The Martian, has just been released. Astronaut Mark Watney is alone. His crew has left him behind on Mars after he was lost in a storm and pres...

Mission: Impossible III

July 19, 2015 no comments
By the time the franchise had reached the third installment everything was set up. The previous two films were widely different and audiences did not know what to expect from number three. What they ...
star-trek-3

Justin Lin Signs On For Star Trek 3

December 23, 2014 no comments
It was always going to be tough gig following in the footsteps of  JJ Abrams but it looks like Paramount have come up trumps with the news that Justin Lin will direct the third film in the Star Trek ...

Star Wars Episode 7 Gets a Title

November 6, 2014 no comments
On the day that principal photography finished on the new Star Wars film it was announced on the official Star Wars twitter account that the film’s title will be The Force Awakens. The film, di...

Cloverfield

September 24, 2014 no comments
Today’s cinema is littered with found footage movies. It seems that almost every month a new example of the genre hits the screen. It has become so prevalent that audiences (and me) are startin...

John’s Top Ten of 2013

December 31, 2013 1 comment
It was a bit of a hit and miss year for movies. Some of the most anticipated and heavily promoted films failed to live up to the hype. We had the now normal slew of Superhero movies of varying qualit...

Star Wars VII release date set

November 8, 2013 no comments
It has been announced that the much-anticipated seventh Star Wars film will get a release date of 18th December 2015. This will be the first in the series not to get a release in the month of May. Pr...

Star Trek: Into Darkness

May 10, 2013 1 comment
It feels like an age since I wrote the preview for Star Trek: Into Darkness and my excitement has been building steadily given just how much I enjoyed the 2009 reboot to the franchise. Once again J J...