Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ★★★☆☆
With the talent involved and a fresher script, this could have been an exciting new beginning for the Jack Ryan character, but sadly this covers no new ground.
Author Ben Robins
Ben Robins
Former Film Editor, Film graduate and general supporter of all things moving-picture related. Accidentally obsessed with Taylor Swift. Long-time Ellen Page fanboy.
Total articles: 150Oscar Nominations 2014 – Who’s in and who is out?
Ben Robins takes a look at who got in and who was left out of this year’s Oscar nominations.
TV Comedy Pick: How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is a comedy that Ben Robins thinks everyone should be watching.
Review: Gravity ★★★★★
This isn’t just one of the biggest films of the year, it’s a mind-blowing masterpiece, writes Ben Robins.
BluChristmas #53: Die Hard (1988)
How can any Christmas be complete without a stocking full of the finest in festive…
BluChristmas #48: Up (2009)
With a horde of family-friendly treats under their belt (and enough Academy Awards to match),…
BluChristmas 46#: Super (2010)
With interest in superhero movies at an all time high, many studios have begun fighting…
London Film Festival 2013 Review: The Double ★★★★☆
With his second film, Richard Ayoade has graduated his influences from French new wave to Orwellian dystopia and the result is of course, a much less sunny disposition and a far darker set of laughs, says Ben Robins.
Review: Sunshine On Leith ★★★☆☆
A Scottish dramedy musical set to the songs of The Proclaimers? If you just shouted…
Review: Dexter Series 8
With seven series in the can and a slowly vanishing sense of wonder, everybody’s favourite…