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Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Film Review: Death on the Nile
Kenneth Branagh is having a busy year! Belfast is currently nominated for a plethora of awards this coming awards season but his latest...

Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 21, 20223 min read
Star Wars: Past, Present, and Future
A long time ago, back in the 1970s, a little film debuted around the world called Star Wars, and this was before the days with the...

Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Film Review: Moonfall
Roland Emmerich is a filmmaker known for blowing stuff up, namely the Earth. Proof in point? Independence Day, Godzilla, 2012 and The Day...

Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Film Review: Sing 2
Illumination has managed to stand-out from animation studios such as Disney and Dreamworks with an interesting mix of family friendly...

Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 7, 20222 min read
2022: The Awards Season
There’s a sense of normality this year, especially after last year’s interesting awards season. At least the big award shows such as the...

Alex Murray (Director)
Feb 2, 20223 min read
Film Review: Nightmare Alley
Guillermo Del Toro is a filmmaker known for his knack for grotesque costumes, horrifying props, dark themes, and knowledge of folklore...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Film Review: Scream
Usually, when you get to the fifth installment of a franchise some weak areas start appearing, that winning formula begins fading and the...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Pixar: Past, Present and Future
Pixar and Disney have a very symbiotic relationship. You can’t help but think of Disney without Pixar and vice versa. However, you have...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Film Review: The 355
The number “355” in the title of the film refers to the codename for the first female spy who was sent on a mission by George Washington...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jan 10, 20223 min read
2022: A Look Ahead
Back at the start of 2021 things were not looking optimistic. The pandemic was still at its height and we were about to enter another...

Alex Murray (Director)
Dec 20, 20212 min read
Film Review: House of Gucci
Ridley Scott is a workaholic. Case in point? He has delivered two fantastic films this year in the span of a few months. Obviously, this...

Alex Murray (Director)
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Shot-by Shot: The Martian
Ridley Scott is a fascinating filmmaker. He prioritises physical sets and effects as opposed to digital effects (remember seeing the...

Alex Murray (Director)
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Film Review: Raya and the Last Dragon
You could argue that we are currently within another “Golden Age” of cinema when it comes to Walt Disney Animation Studios. Since they...

Alex Murray (Director)
Nov 8, 20213 min read
Shot-by Shot: Frozen II
So for this month’s theme, I could have gone, ahem, into the unknown and picked an obscure Disney film from their past catalogue....


Alex Murray (Director)
Oct 25, 20213 min read
The Best Horror Films of 2021
Halloween is slowly creeping up on us which means it is time to dust off those cobwebs on those DVDs and time to move the sofa’s forward...

Alex Murray (Director)
Sep 20, 20213 min read
Film Review: Edge of Tomorrow
There’s something about the Sci-Fi genre that is different from most genre’s and that’s how inventive the stories can be. There are no...

Alex Murray (Director)
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Shot-by-Shot: Oblivion
Tom Cruise is a versatile actor who has appeared in horror films, action films, drama films, romance films and science-fiction films. You...

Alex Murray (Director)
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Film Review: What We Did on Our Holiday
British funny-men Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin created one of the funniest shows in the country with Outnumbered. Outnumbered is based...

Alex Murray (Director)
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Shot-by-Shot: Hot Fuzz
Great Britain has released a lot of great comedies since the inception of cinema. From Monty Python to The Pink Panther, there has been a...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Film Review: Titanic
Titanic is a film that famously ran over budget and was a nightmare to make for the filmmaking team. The iceberg in the distance seemed...

Alex Murray (Director)
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Shot-by-Shot: Avatar
One of my favourite films of all-time is Avatar. Why is that, you ask? It is the perfect example of how a film can balance science and...
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