Tag Archives: The Lone Ranger

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

If there’s a film I never expected THE LEGEND OF TARZAN to remind me of, it was THE LONE RANGER. Both films are beautiful looking genre pieces with entertaining set pieces and shudder-inducing cultural insensitivity. Johnny Depp should never have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, David Yates, Djimon Honsou, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantasy, Film, Guy Ritchie, Johnny Depp, Margot Robbie, Movies, Samuel L. Jackson, Sherlock Holmes, The Legend of Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, The Lord of the Rings | Leave a comment

Review: Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Sam S-P

Another day, another Western. America’s favourite film genre just keeps on going, but as long as they’re as vivid and interesting as BONE TOMAHAWK you don’t tend to mind. When a young woman is kidnapped by cannibalistic raiders, a ragtag … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged A Million Ways to Die in the West, Black Comedy, Bone Tomahawk, Film, Kurt Russell, Lili Simmons, Matthew Fox, Movies, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Slow West, The Hateful Eight, The Lone Ranger, Western | 1 Comment

We Need to Talk About Disney

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Sam S-P

Indulge me if you will to have a bit of a rant. Walt Disney Studios is flying higher perhaps than ever before, owning as it does the box office bulkheads Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar. Needless to say Disney’s acquisition of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment | Tagged Animation, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Disney, Film, Harry Potter, John Carter, Live Action, Lucasfilm, Maleficent, Marvel, Movies, Pinocchio, Pixar, Remake, Sleeping Beauty, Star Wars, The Avengers, The Lone Ranger, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Sword in the Stone, Tomorrowland, Tron: Legacy | 2 Comments

Review: Into the Woods (2014)

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Sam S-P

Musicals, like comedy films, are very difficult to review. Musical taste, just like what makes you laugh, is such a subjective thing. Generally you’re either a Stephen Sondheim fan or you’re not. For me, INTO THE WOODS isn’t a great … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Anna Kendrick, Brothers Grimm, Christine Baranski, Cinderella, Daniel Huttlestone, Disney, Emily Blunt, Film, Into the Woods, James Corden, Johnny Depp, Lilla Crawford, Lucy Punch, Mackenzie Mauzy, Maleficent, Meryl Streep, Movies, Musical, Rob Marshall, Stephen Sondheim, Tammy Blanchard, Tangled, The Lone Ranger | Leave a comment

Is it Wrong to Have it in for a Movie?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Sam S-P

It’s always a tough one to discuss, the subject of critical objectivity. In an ideal world every film critic, every viewer even, would be completely objective when watching a film. But alas, there are always external forces working against us, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Apocalypse Now, Brad Pitt, Disney, Film, Gore Verbinski, JJ Abrams, Johnny Depp, Marc Forster, Marc Webb, Movies, Sony, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Lone Ranger, World War Z | 1 Comment

Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Sam S-P

It’s rare thing that a film so completely divides critics in the USA from the rest of the world. Star Armie Hammer claimed that “If you go back and read the negative reviews, most of them aren’t about the content … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Armie Hammer, Chinatown, Comedy, Disney, Film, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Little Big Man, Movies, New Hollywood, Planet Terror, The Lone Ranger, Western, William Tell Overture | 6 Comments

Johnny Depp, Acting Stagnation and the Promise of Retirement

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Sam S-P

Today brought the news that Johnny Depp has an eye on retirement in the not too distant future. This will devastate some, and please others (myself included) who think Depp hasn’t really looked passionate about his chosen profession for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Film, Gore Verbinski, Johnny Depp, Movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lone Ranger, Tim Burton | Leave a comment

Place Your Bat-Bets Now!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sam S-P

UPDATE 2 – 10 Aug: Scott Adkins, according to some sources, has had an audition. The British stuntman/martial artist certainly has the physical ability to portray The Dark Knight (following impressive fight choreography in THE WOLVERINE and THE EXPENDABLES 2) … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Comment | Tagged Armie Hammer, Batman, Batman: The Animated Series, Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Comic Con, Film, Gerard Butler, Henry Cavill, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Hamm, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Kevin Conroy, Man of Steel, Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Fassbender, Michael Keaton, Movies, Patrick Wilson, Richard Armitage, Ryan Gosling, Scott Adkins, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superhero Movie, Superman, The Expendables 2, The Guardian, The Lone Ranger, The Tudors, The Wolverine, Warner Brothers, Watchmen, X-Men, Zack Snyder | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: The Lone Ranger

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Review: Bone Tomahawk (2015)

We Need to Talk About Disney

Review: Into the Woods (2014)

Is it Wrong to Have it in for a Movie?

Review: The Lone Ranger (2013)

Johnny Depp, Acting Stagnation and the Promise of Retirement

Place Your Bat-Bets Now!

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