2012 January — FilmXTRA

Archive for January, 2012

‘The Grey’ Video Review

‘The Grey’ Video Review

In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs [...]

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‘Haywire’ Video Review

‘Haywire’ Video Review

Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who [...]

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‘War Horse’ Video Review

‘War Horse’ Video Review

Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves [...]

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‘Margin Call’ Review

‘Margin Call’ Review

Growing up is a funny thing and as much as you think you know when you’re a teenager, things quickly change when you head out into the big bad world. There’s been a number of times when I’ve convinced myself that life isn’t always about money. However as I’ve become older, I’ve grown wiser to [...]

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‘Goon’ Review

‘Goon’ Review

So as we enter a new year and head closer toward awards season we inevitably get a lot of artsy-fartsy films throughout most of january. However at the other end of the scale we also see a lot of rubbish from the studios that they we unable to get rid of at the end of last year. [...]

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‘The Iron Lady’ Video Review

‘The Iron Lady’ Video Review

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power. Wikio Wikio

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