by Andrew Pitchford | Apr 11, 2013 | Media
The silent stalker movie of the year is likely to be Oblivion. As a movie, it seemed to only have the Tom Cruise cheerleaders and a poster bearing the guru-like presence of Morgan Freeman to entice us. We’ve seen the trailers to give us a sense that this SciFi story...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 29, 2013 | Media
G.I. Joe: Retaliation opens this week to renew our love of unrealistic action adventures built around comic characters and buff heroes. “Easy”, you say as you wonder how hard I’m going to come down on this comic adventure. Well this might be a mixed...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 15, 2013 | Personal
Today many couples say that they want to ‘try out’ the relationship first before getting married. Their rationale is that by living together they want to ‘try before they buy’ so they don’t make the mistake of marrying the wrong person....
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 8, 2013 | Media
Warm Bodies is the genius comedy hit of 2013. Who would believe we could get the sarcastic wit and lovable charm from an American production filled with hungry moaning, stumbling zombies!? Writer/Director, Jonathan Levine has taken a couple of poles apart genres in...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 27, 2013 | Media
Honesty has a price and history is the debt collector. Broken City takes a cop who made a bad decision then adds a Mayor keeping score and presents you with a recipe for deception. This is the position detective Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself in and the...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 21, 2013 | Media
A Good Day to Die Hard has launched the fifth edition of the Bruce Willis Die Hard franchise since the rebel cop first came on our silver screens in 1988. Take a math class and quickly you’ll realise it’s 25 years of John McClane accidentally getting himself in...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 16, 2013 | Media
I’ve always wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil but when I was living tantalisingly close to an Australian production the budget just didn’t allow for a heartfelt indulgence. Roll-up, roll-up to the movie edition and I’m there with ticket and popcorn in hand...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 14, 2013 | Media
Safe Haven is launching in theatres on Valentine’s Day and for the Nicholas Sparks-inspired movie this is a prime position for another romantic drama to stand alongside his previous works like ‘A Walk to Remember’, ‘The Notebook’ and ‘The Lucky One’. My 15yo...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 14, 2013 | Personal
Cheryl and I are emerging from the Glorious Valentine Aftermath of celebrating our 23rd Valentine’s Day and I, with a wry smile on my face. This has been a day of sincere celebration hidden behind the guise of a ridiculous excuse for a retail pantomime. Sure,...
by Andrew Pitchford | Feb 10, 2013 | Personal
Thirty minutes later life feels better than good, it’s great. All it took was a phone call from a lifelong friend after a homemade banana split sundae. I’d enjoyed an afternoon out with my son to see the preview for the 3D movie, Cirque du Soleil. On the...