Tag Archives: Out of the Furnace

Review in Brief: Hostiles (2017)

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Sam S-P

I don’t think we’re ever going to see a Western that’s not bleak again; it just wouldn’t be taken seriously. We’ve had an influx of de-romanticised frowny-face examples of America’s Favourite Genre over the last few years (this is my … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Black Mass, Christian Bale, Hostiles, Out of the Furnace, Rosamund Pike, Scott Cooper, Slow West, Western | Leave a comment

Review: Black Mass (2015)

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

BLACK MASS is a frustrating beast. I’d recommend you just watch THE DEPARTED again instead as it’s a much better Boston gangsters and informants movie that was partly based on Whitey Bulger’s story anyway. In the 1970s and 1980s, few … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Mass, Crazy Heart, Drama, Film, Gangster Film, Gary Oldman, J. Edgar, Jesse Plemons, Jez Butterworth, Joel Edgerton, John Connolly, Johnny Depp, Mark Mallouk, Movies, Out of the Furnace, Scott Cooper, Sherlock, The Departed, Whitey Bulger | 1 Comment

Review: Out of the Furnace (2013)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Sam S-P

OUT OF THE FURNACE is one of those movies I’ve been highly anticipating since the first trailer was released. It looked like a gritty, powerful social drama with an impressive cast and a decent director (Scott Cooper of CRAZY HEART), … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Bingo O'Malley, Casey Affleck, Christian Bale, Crazy Heart, Drama, Film, Forest Whitaker, Get Carter, Masanobu Takayanagi, Movies, Out of the Furnace, Sam Shepherd, Scott Cooper, Social Drama, The Grey, Willem Dafoe, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Out of the Furnace

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