Constantine - 2005

Keanu Reeves acts as an exorcist and freelance occult consultant in this movie. I'm not a huge fan of Keanu, though his work isn't offensive and he has many solid movies under his belt. This is one of them.

The only thing worth knowing about the occult is that while we are programmed to scoff at it, the higher up the food chain a person climbs the more likely, no, the more unavoidable it is.

Edge of Tomorrow

Unlike most of his movies, I immediately warmed to this Tom Cruise playing an anti-hero character wishing to stay as far away from war as possible. This is a much more authentic stance than his usual military industrial complex peddling. 

The movie is fresh, well scripted and corresponds with my understanding of the many worlds theory mashed up with John Titor time travel lines.

This movie is Groundhog Day meets Hamburger Hill/Predator. It's the opposite of what I expected it to be in terms of Hollywood movie making and I couldn't have been further wrong. Watch it.

Limitless - 2011

The premise of Limitless is kind of simple and topical for those who keep an eye on smart drugs. What if you could tap into your full neurological capacity including the subconscious bandwidth that is the iceberg of consciousness and cognitive processing?

Mmm yes please.

This is a fun movie that I hugely enjoyed, though I kind of wondered if the choice of book name in the movie was a nod to certain group(s) who seem to have a edge when it comes to inside knowledge and making incredibly smart decisions that outwith us pedestrian mortals again and again. I have worked with people who take smart drugs and it's like competing with an Olympian in terms of Stamina, Mood and Process Capacity though I liked the individual and enjoyed working with them.

NB: The Dark Fields is a 2001 techno-thriller novel by Irish writer Alan Glynn. It was re-released in March 2011 under the title Limitless, in order to coincide with its 2011 film adaptation, the name of the book in the movie is Illuminating.