Tag Archives: Benedict Cumberbatch

Cinema Review – Star Trek Into Darkness

WARNING: Contains one spoiler!

The crew of the Enterprise take on John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch) after he attacks Star Fleet and goes on the run. Continue reading

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Cinema Review – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Warning: Spoilers!

Sixty years before his nephew set out to rid the world of the One True Ring, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) was enlisted as a ‘burglar’ to help the dwarves win back their rightful home from the evil dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch). The first leg of their journey tells the story of goblins, trolls, hobbits and a mysterious creature known as Gollum (Andy Serkis). Continue reading

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Cinema Review – War Horse

War Horse is the story of Joey, a horse whose life changes dramatically when he is bought from a Devon farmer by the English army. Joey’s journey takes him across World War I Europe; he passes through people’s lives – on both sides of the conflict – as tries to find his way back home. Continue reading

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Cinema Review – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

In this adaptation from John Le Carré’s late 70s Cold war novel of the same name, Control (John Hurt) believes that there is a mole within British Intelligence, so he sends agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) to Hungary to meet with a Russian agent. Things soon go wrong for both Prideaux and Control, and it is up to George Smiley (Gary Oldman) to step in and find the mole who is leaking secrets to the other side, before the Americans share their secrets with the UK. Continue reading

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