castaway

Review: SEND HELP – Don’t Bother

I didn’t like Sam Raimi’s Send Help. It tries too hard and ultimately doesn’t go far enough in its excesses. Rami is a director who can be deliciously subversive when he wants to be (see Drag Me To Hell) and he used to be a down and dirty [...]

June 28, 2026

A Man & His Dog: Tom Hanks Hits The Post-Apocalyptic Road In The Trailer For FINCH

This trailer for Tom Hanks starrer Finch is echoing a lot of other films. I’m getting vibes of The Martian, I Am Legend (in all its incarnation), The Midnight Sky and Hanks’ own Castaway. Not get me wrong, this doesn’t look bad [...]

September 20, 2021

ALL IS LOST: Behind The Scenes Images Of Robert Redford From J.C. Chandor’s Adventure Drama

J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost is a film about one man’s struggle against the world and society. The problems that we face as we get older, highlighting that there is never a satisfying or easy answer, that happy endings aren’t always [...]

October 21, 2020

Trailer & Poster: Robert Zemeckis’ Film Version Of Roald Dahl’s THE WITCHES Starring Anne Hathaway

Robert Zemeckis had a great 20 year run as a director: 1980-2000. Any filmmaker would be proud if they delivered a fraction of the films Zemeckis did in that time: Used Cars, Romancing The Stone, Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Back To [...]

October 3, 2020

Notebook Reviews: CASTAWAY

Robert Zemeckis – 2001 An amazing cinematic feat, Castaway captivates throughout its entire running time. Tom Hanks is excellent in the lead, going through a gruelling transformation and commanding the screen alone for the majority of the [...]

April 10, 2020