Chronicle director Josh Trank reboots Marvel's First Family, with a grittier, modern take on Fantastic Four. But does the film improve over the Tim Story films of the 2000's? Or are the rumours true and is it rather not so fantastic after all? … [Read more...]
Spy – Dork Review
You could almost (*almost*) say that 2015 is the year of the spy movie. Between big hitters like Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E and, of course, a certain Mr. Bond returning to our screens, Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig's third comedy team up seems like it could get a bit … [Read more...]
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond – Dork Review
Hello June, and hello the official start to Summer Blockbuster Season (which kind of started when Age of Ultron came out, but now it's actually summer, so... yeah). The next three months are positively filled to the brim with blockbusters, and first up is... well, one that's not been doing too well … [Read more...]
Dork TV preview: Humans on Channel 4
If you've tuned into Channel 4 at any point in the past couple of weeks, you may have caught a glimpse of a particularly disturbing advert for a company called Persona Synthetics. Ostensibly, they are the brains behind the latest must-have gadget for the busy family: a synth, or an advanced robot … [Read more...]
Battle of the trailers: The Force Awakens Vs. Batman V. Superman
The past week was positively Christmas for us film dorks: two of the biggest upcoming blockbusters have released shiny new trailers, for us to watch, scrutinize and (hopefully) get us excited about the finished product. … [Read more...]
Timey-Wimey, Filmy-Wilmy – Project Almanac – Dork Review
Like the time travelling cousin to Josh Trank’s Chronicle, out comes director Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac, a solid-but-a-bit-predictable thriller which plays around with the found footage genre (wait, come back!) and presents you with a question that you may have already answered in the … [Read more...]
Comeback kid – BiRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) review
Former Batman star, Michael Keaton, stages a heck of a comeback in the most meta way possible: by playing an actor best known for playing the lead in a superhero franchise staging a comeback. It comes to UK cinemas on the back of critical praise and awards buzz for pretty much everyone involved, so … [Read more...]
The Dork Guide to Christmas TV
Joy to the world, for this week the Christmas TV schedule officially kicks off. For the next two weeks, the schedules will be filled with danger, drama, intrigue, mystery... oh wait, that's just EastEnders. Sorry... But in all seriousness, festive television this year is a goldmine of film … [Read more...]
The End, Part Two – The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies – Dork Review
The closing part of an epic saga, dealing with the lives of hobbits, elves, dwarves and men and a quest to save Middle Earth... okay, we've definitely been here before. Peter Jackson brings his Hobbit trilogy to a close, and with it his adventures in Middle Earth, as The Battle of the Five Armies … [Read more...]
The first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here
Unless you've been in another galaxy all week (say, one far far away...) , you will have probably heard the news that the first teaser trailer for one of next year's biggest films (possibly even The Biggest, capital T, capital B) was about to be unleashed upon us. With about a year and three … [Read more...]
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