Tag Archives: Movies

Review: Deadpool (2016)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sam S-P

DEADPOOL is exactly what it should be. It’s not big (by superhero standards) and it’s not clever but it’s lewd, violent and supremely self-aware, just like its titular scarlet-clad antihero. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) makes a dishonest living as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Black Comedy, Briana Hildebrand, Deadpool, Ed Skrein, Film, Gina Carano, Keira Knightley, Monty Python, Morena Baccarin, Movies, Nolan North, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese, Ryan Reynolds, Stefan Kapicic, Superhero Movie, The Voices, TJ Miller, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 7 Comments

Review: The Martian (2015)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Sam S-P

Almost Ridders, almost. This is undoubtedly the best thing Ridley Scott has produced in over a decade. For me though, THE MARTIAN doesn’t quite justify the plaudits it has received, but yeah it’s good. That’s pretty much it. You want … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alien, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Drew Goddard, Film, Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Jaws, Jessica Chastain, Jurassic Park, Mackenzie Davis, Matt Damon, Movies, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Sci-fi, The Martian, The Revenant, Total Recall | Leave a comment

Review: Carol (2015)

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Sam S-P

When the awards come for CAROL, and come they will, it’ll be impossible (and unfair) to split Blanchett and Mara. One cannot exist without the other – the reason both actors work so well on screen how skillfully they play … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Carol, Carter Burwell, Cate Blanchett, Drama, Film, Movies, Oscars, Patricia Highsmith, Phyllis Nagy, Romance, Rooney Mara, The Price of Salt, Todd Haynes | 2 Comments

Review: Turbo Kid (2015)

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Sam S-P

Future cult classic alert! It takes an incredibly delicate touch to zip back and forth between a wholesome tale of friendship and the most exaggerated ultraviolence imaginable and have it work in harmony. TURBO KID is a bit of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Anouk Whissell, Ex Machina, Film, François Simard, Laurence Leboeuf, Martin Scorsese, Michael Ironside, Movies, Munro Chambers, Quentin Tarantino, Sci-fi, Superhero Movie, Turbo Kid, Yoann-Karl Whissell | 1 Comment

Review: Creed (2015)

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

Astoundingly, CREED works equally well as a continuation of the ROCKY series and as a film in its own right. You might have expected one or the other, but it is an impressive balancing act to have it deliver as … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Creed, Drama, Fantastic Four, Film, Fruitvale Station, Ludwig Göransson, Michael B Jordan, Movies, Rocky, Ryan Coogler, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson | 1 Comment

Review: Until Dawn (2015)

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Sam S-P

I haven’t done one of these in a while, but then again it’s been a while since I’ve played a video game with enough comparable elements to review it as I would a film. UNTIL DAWN is an absolute treat … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Video Games | Tagged Evil Dead, Film, Graham Reznick, Halloween, Hayden Panettiere, Heroes, Horror, Larry Fessenden, Mass Effect, Movies, Peter Stormare, Saw, Scooby Doo, Until Dawn, Video Games | 1 Comment

Review: Room (2015)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Sam S-P

It’s been a long time since a film affected me to quite this extent. ROOM got to me on a primal level, it cut into my soul and left me a blubbering wreck coming out of the cinema. It isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Brie Larson, Cate Blanchett, Drama, Emma Donoghue, Film, Frank, Jacob Tremblay, Lenny Abrahamson, Movies, Room, Sean Bridgers, Stephen Rennicks | 4 Comments

Review: The Revenant (2015)

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sam S-P

I’m one of a rapidly shrinking camp that still thinks that BIRDMAN deserved to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards last year. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu is an iconoclast out to shake things up in Hollywood by being stylistically … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Academy Awards, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman, Drama, Film, Forrest Goodluck, Hugh Glass, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movies, Oscars, The Revenant, The Wolf of Wall Street, Thriller, Tom Hardy, Western | 4 Comments

Review: Ted 2 (2015)

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sam S-P

It would be nice if TED 2 avoided the comedy sequel trap of doing the same thing again only bigger and less funny. It doesn’t. This is first-draft “that’ll do” comedy with recycled FAMILY GUY riffs to fill in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Amanda Seyfried, Boston Legal, Comedy, Family Guy, Film, Giovani Ribisi, Jessica Barth, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Movies, Muppets Most Wanted, Musical, Sam Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Ted, Ted 2 | Leave a comment

Review: The Hateful Eight (2015)

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Sam S-P

With THE HATEFUL EIGHT Quentin Tarantino may well have invented a new sub-genre: the misdirection-Western. The mystery that is seemingly a key plot point from the second act onward is, in fact, pretty incidental. While this might disappoint some, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Cineworld, Django Unchained, Ennio Morricone, Film, Inglourious Basterds, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kill Bill, Movies, Mystery, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Western | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Movies

Review: Deadpool (2016)

Review: The Martian (2015)

Review: Carol (2015)

Review: Turbo Kid (2015)

Review: Creed (2015)

Review: Until Dawn (2015)

Review: Room (2015)

Review: The Revenant (2015)

Review: Ted 2 (2015)

Review: The Hateful Eight (2015)

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