Tag Archives: Gore Verbinski

Review in Brief: A Cure for Wellness (2016/17)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

A CURE FOR WELLNESS is clean and cold, calculated and stylish horror. It’s about time we had a psychological scarer about that oft-heard euphemism “Going to Switzerland”. I think it’s aiming to be a scathing critique of non-stop modern work … Continue reading →

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Is it Wrong to Have it in for a Movie?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

It’s always a tough one to discuss, the subject of critical objectivity. In an ideal world every film critic, every viewer even, would be completely objective when watching a film. But alas, there are always external forces working against us, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by

It’s rare thing that a film so completely divides critics in the USA from the rest of the world. Star Armie Hammer claimed that “If you go back and read the negative reviews, most of them aren’t about the content … Continue reading →

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Johnny Depp, Acting Stagnation and the Promise of Retirement

Posted on July 29, 2013 by

Today brought the news that Johnny Depp has an eye on retirement in the not too distant future. This will devastate some, and please others (myself included) who think Depp hasn’t really looked passionate about his chosen profession for a … Continue reading →

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