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Review in Brief: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT somehow feels like an arse-achingly long sit but incredibly rushed at the same time. I don’t blame Michael Bay and his writers room for putting out the silliest Transformers movie yet, but maybe cutting the amount … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Blockbuster, Michael Bay, Peter Cullen, Sci-fi, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight
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Review: 13 Hours (2016)
13 HOURS is supposedly Michael Bay being serious, talking about a still-raw real-world event, namely the aftermath of The Arab Spring uprisings in Libya. Yet we still have a character saying of a neutralised weapons smuggler:”We gotta find his stash … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged 13 Hours, Chuck Hogan, Drama, Film, James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Lorne Balfe, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, Movies, Thriller, Transformers
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Review: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
I wanted Roland Emmerich to bring his unique brand of big, dumb action back to the big screen in 2016. By golly does he deliver it with INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE. He also brings painful scripting (courtesy of four writers, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Pullman, Blockbuster, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dean Devlin, Film, Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence, Jeff Goldblum, Jesse T Usher, Judd Hirsch, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe, Michael Bay, Movies, Roland Emmerich, Sci-fi, Will Smith, Zack Snyder
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20 Years On: Independence Day (1996)
Roland Emmerich really does turn massive-scale destruction into an art form. Michael Bay can make things go boom then throw them at you while juggling the camera, but Emmerich really seems to relish his careful construction of sequences and giving … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature, Film Review
Tagged 10000 BC, Bill Pullman, Blockbuster, Disaster Movie, Film, Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Jurassic Park, Michael Bay, Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Randy Quaid, Roland Emmerich, Sci-fi, Vivica A Fox, Will Smith
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My Clichés! I Can’t See Without My Clichés!
There are a few plot, dialogue and aesthetic elements that are used time and time again in movies that drive me to despair. Whether it’s through lazy screenwriting, lazy direction or just because filmmakers think they have to conform to what … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, Jurassic Park, Michael Bay, Movies, Paul Greengrass, Revenge of the Sith, Scooby Doo, Scream, Spaced, The Cabin in the Woods, Wayne Knight
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