Oscar season naturally bring us the inspirational true story about how one person or a small collection of people overcame great hardship and ridicule to achieve a great victory of the human spirit. This year, we’ve already had this with Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and to a lesser extent Alejandro Inarritu’s The Revenant. Trumbo is another example and has… Read more →
This review of Zoolander 2 arrives almost 2 months late, after the film opened and was promptly buried by negative criticism. For more of this kind of late criticism check out the other articles on my blog. Any movie that begins with Justin Bieber being shot to death in slow motion for a prolonged measure of time cannot… Read more →
“For your consideration…” Who is the greatest living actor of our time? There can be only one. Many would vouch for Leonardo DiCaprio and for good reason, I suppose. Back at the height of “Leomania” in the late 90s, Rose vowed to never let go of Jack Dawson, as did about a hundred million teenage girls. Leo himself however was… Read more →
I know we are deep into January at this very moment, but in amongst all the Christmas and new year festivities, no one thought to ask me what my top 10 films were of 2015. Whenever I brought it up with people, I would see a quiet look of dread appear on their face. The next thing I know, they are… Read more →
As is common British civic duty, every couple of years the British people flock to their nearest cinema to watch their favourite super spy sell them a plethora of high quality goods whilst killing legions of bad guys in various scenic locales. How we laugh and cry before returning home to our repressed British lifestyles, where we sleep in completely… Read more →
Guillermo Del Toro is a director I’ve got a lot of time for. Just like Ridley Scott, (of whom I talked about recently) he is celebrated as a visionary director, entertaining a vivid imagination and a unique approach to design. In addition, he is simply fascinating to listen to when he talks about his craft, he is also a big… Read more →
When it comes to Shakespeare, every generation must have their definitive adaptation of the classic core texts. Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s most revered tragedy, a timeless parable about the corruptive influence of power, self delusion and evil incarnate. In today’s climate of wealth disparity, frequent acts of terrorism and the inflation of the personal ego via social media this is… Read more →
Sir Ridley Scott is celebrated as a visionary director with films like Alien, Bladerunner and Gladiator under his belt. Over the last ten years, Scott has been extremely busy creating many films of different genres. Whilst these films are impressive in terms of scale and vision, they have been somewhat underwhelming in other dimensions, namely through bad writing, irregular plot holes… Read more →
Is Ant Man the film to ruin Marvel’s winning streak? No. Is it as good as Honey, I Shrunk The Kids? Hell no. And don’t you come around these parts no more asking such questions… It barely feels as if the dust has settled after Avengers: Age of Ultron, but Marvel Studios are back with Ant Man, their second release of… Read more →
Car’s can’t fly. A line early on in Furious 7 eludes to this concrete truth. The fundamental laws of physics determine the stone cold reality that cars cannot fly. It’s a deeply saddening truth, but real life is like that sometimes. Flying cars have always been a fantasy in mankind’s far flung Jetsons styled future. Luckily we have cinema, where the same… Read more →