Some of the big guns...

The Revenant: A slow burner to be sure, relies heavily on cinematography and imagery, so there is not as much dialogue as you might imagine. However, it is a beautiful film, shot exquisitely. As always Tom Hardy nails the accent, and Leo gives the performance of his life. While there have been similar story lines and attempts at similar styles of film in the past, this masterpiece surpasses all, and delivers. Not my favourite film of all time, but a magnificent and powerful one none-the-less. 4 Stars ****
<3 Hawk <3
<3 Dream imagery <3

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: For the love of all things sci-fi someone put it back to sleep. After all the noise made about this film, and the excitement I already carried being an original Star Wars fan (as in New Hope trilogy, original) I expected great things for Mr Abrams. However I would prefer he stuck to Star Trek, instead of Star Wars. 135 minutes of shout-outs to the originals and cheesy dialogue. I did not enjoy the film, I felt it lacked the soul of a true Star Wars film. Disappointed is an understatement. 1 Star *
<3 Maz Kanata and her digs <3

Spectre: Gadgets, girls and guns. Some of the typical Bond shots and sequences, an enemy with the greatest potential and that's about it. Not a patch on the others, lacking a little of Bond's original fierceness and perhaps a little too quickly paced, all the good parts end too fast. I don't think Christoph Waltz entered into his fullest embodiment his character had to offer, though through no fault of his own, there could have been much more malice. Perhaps it should've stayed as a trilogy...  2 Stars **
<3 Dave Bautista <3

Sicario: Completely not what I expected. Definitely a more true to life style film, where you imagine this is how it really would go down, rather than enjoying special effects and over dramatised everything. However, I think I would have preferred the latter. It's a little slow, and I found myself wanting more action, more gore. But maybe that's just me! 2 Stars **
<3 Benicio Del Toro <3

Crimson Peak: Perhaps not a really 'big gun', but with such a cast it's hard no to include it here. Cinematography, as usual, was beautiful from Guillermo del Toro, though I wanted more gore, more frights. Essentially it is not a ghost story, as much of the advertising would lead you to believe, and I wished it was, because it would've been better. Not up to the standards of Pans Labyrinth but better than other things he has been associated with, such as Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, though it's not hard to out do yourself on that one! 3 Stars ***
<3 Mama ghostie <3

The Martian: Outstanding. After watching Interstellar it's hard to find a decent space movie that you can try not to compare with such excellent cinema. However, while The Martian doesn't surpass Interstellar on my scale, it is a different film, and it is done well. With wit, tension and bad-ass science this movie was definitely a worthy contender for best space film ever! 4.5 Stars (just because Interstellar was better) *****
<3 Matt Damon <3

Everest: I was expecting to hate this film, watching some guys climb a mountain and struggle to get back down. I imagined I'd be bored, see exactly what was coming and not really care in the end. How wrong I was. There is more going on than just some wild weather, there's more than missed footing, or dodgy equipment. Captivating and cold, much like the mountain itself. 4 Stars ****
<3 Jake Gyllenhaal (this is a big thing cause I'm not a fan of him) <3