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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2
Before I get down to looking at the very best and the very worst films of 2018 (Part 1 of this list can be found here) I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a couple more that weren’t necessarily my … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Adam Driver, Avengers: Infinity War, BlackKklansman, David Yates, Extinction, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, JK Rowling, John David Washington, Kathryn Hahn, Mandy, Marvel, Meet the Feebles, Michael Peña, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, Paul Giamatti, Peter Jackson, Private Life, Shoplifters, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spike Lee, Steve McQueen, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Happytime Murders, They Shall Not Grow Old, Tom Hardy, Venom, Widows
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Underwhelming Netflix Sci-fi Double Bill: We’ve been here before, but better
It’s been widely discussed that Netflix is fast-becoming a graveyard for genre films. It seems like whenever a major studio has doubts about a project in development (particularly horror or sci-fi), or one which is approaching release with too much … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Ant-Man, Battle Los Angeles, Extinction, Gary Oldman, Maika Monroe, Michael Peña, Mute, Netflix, Sci-fi, Skyline, Tau, The Cloverfield Paradox
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Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Is this going to be Ant-Man’s lot in life, to be the minty Tic Tac chaser for Marvel’s biggest, meatiest and most extravagant releases? The first ANT-MAN blew me away, a jolt of irreverent energy coming straight after the unwieldy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbie Ryder Forston, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Blockbuster, Captain Marvel, Evangeline Lilly, Laurence Fishburne, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Superhero Movie, Walton Goggins
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Review in Brief: War on Everyone (2016)
What a fall from grace WAR ON EVERYONE represents for John Michael McDonagh. Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård are both fine, but the characters they play manage to be unappealing and uninteresting at the same time. They’re up against a … Continue reading
Review: Ant-Man (2015)
I’d have never guessed that the Marvel movie of 2015 I preferred was the apparent gamble that is ANT-MAN rather than the seemingly sure thing that was AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. It just goes to show how bang-on Yoda was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abby Ryder Fortson, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Christopher Nolan, Corey Stoll, David Dastmalchian, Edgar Wright, Evangeline Lilly, Film, Interstellar, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Jonathan Nolan, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Movies, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed, Superhero Movie, T.I, The Empire Strikes Back
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Review: Fury (2014)
I won’t lie and say I’m not tired by Hollywood’s obsession with being gritty. If it’s not a new serious take on a superhero or a or a downbeat sequel or remake, then it’s seemingly not worth investing in. You … Continue reading
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