Tag Archives: Ian McShane

Review: Hellboy (2019)

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is my guy, my favourite comic book character of all time. I’m a fan. I loved that the Guillermo del Toro films hit the key beats of the mythology but remained first and foremost del Toro films. … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 loses some of the original’s freshness, but it retains a tonne of entertainment value. The action scenes are inventive and bloody, of particular note a glossy ENTER THE DRAGON homage (yes, it’s a homage, not a … Continue reading →

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Series Retrospective: Pirates of the Caribbean

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I haven’t done one of these for a while, I don’t think since the first year of this blog. This is the segment where I pick apart a film series and see how well it’s aged, and how well it … Continue reading →

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Review: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It really says something when the best thing in your movie is a scene where a giant picks his nose then wraps Ewan McGregor in pastry. It’s quite frankly mind-boggling why most of the decisions in Bryan Singer’s fantasy romp … Continue reading →

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