I should preface this review with an explanation. When I am in Belgrade, or indeed travelling anywhere on the planet, I am basically forbidden by The Redhead from seeing anything that we might see together at a later date. So I’m often left trawling the C- D- and E- movie basket for something to fill…
Read moreSecond in Command
In Second in Command, the pugnacious JCvD (oh how he lacks irony) is the Security Attache at the US Embassy in Moldavia – apparently a fragile, turbulent small country in Eastern Europe. When vicious insurgents attempt a coup d’etat, the nation’s President takes refuge inside the embassy, and the compound comes under armed siege. The…
Read moreSeeker; The Dark is Rising
A downtrodden teenage boy discovers to his surprise that he has special, magical powers. He’s instructed in the use of them by an assortment of adult mentors, while a sinister dark lord of many disguises threatens an epic battle for the future of the planet…… These days, you would of course be forgiven for thinking the…
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