Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) are two boys who live in a desolate part of Arkansas, surrounded by water. They discover a boat on an island and claim it as there own but at the same time come across a mysterious man, Mud (Matthew McConaghey).

This film is very much an old fashioned coming of age story. For this reason I liked it as I loved them growing up! This one does seem a lot rougher round the…

Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is a presidential guard and seems to have a fairly good relationship with President Asher (Aaron Eckhart). Tragedy strikes though and their relationship, both professional and personal, is over. A little while later the White House is taken over by terrorists and Mike takes it upon himself to try and help.

I had heard a lot of mixed reviews about this film but thought I may as well see it, the cast list is great. I…

This is the story of two of LAPD's finest, Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena). Brian is filming his and his partners job as part of a film studies class he is taking. Due to this some of the camera work at the beginning of the film is wobbly to say the least but it does calm down. Throughout a number of months we see all the various different call outs the pair get as well as…

Joseph (Peter Mullan) is a man with a severe anger management problem, he seems to have a grudge against the world and his wife. He does get on well with the little boy from across the street who is left outside whilst his mum is with her boyfriend (who has one of the most horrible dogs in the world ever, the anti-Uggi, can you see where this is going...) After (probably yet another) altercation with some lads, Joseph seeks shelter…