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Review: The Predator (2018)
THE PREDATOR is frustrating for a number of reasons. That said, it’s also (damning with faint praise) the best Predator sequel we’ve had so far. The extraterrestrial Predator species returns to Earth in the form of a fleeing renegade carrying … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Alien vs Predator, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Predator, Sci-fi, Shane Black, Sterling K Brown, The Predator, Thomas Jayne, Thriller
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50s Review: Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock loved screwing with his audience. From the many Macguffins scattered throughout his works to killing off protagonists halfway through and making us doubt our own perceptions, he used pretty much every twist and trick in a skilled director’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Black Comedy, Frank Cady, Georgine Darcy, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Judith Evelyn, Rear Window, Sara Berner, Thelma Ritter, Thriller, Wendell Corey
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Review in Brief: Berlin Syndrome (2017)
BERLIN SYNDROME takes simple exploitation film premise, “nice boy you met on holiday turns out to be a kidnapping psychopath” and goes far deeper into the psychological makeup of these characters who could very easily just be archetypes. It portrays … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Syndrome, Black Widow, Cate Shortland, Drama, Max Riemelt, Teresa Palmer, Thriller
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Review: The Meg (2018)
Keep an ear out for this exchange in pubs over the next few months: ” Did you see that Jason Statham Giant Shark Movie? Yeah, it was alright I guess”. That’s how THE MEG is going to be remembered because … Continue reading
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Tagged B-movie, Deep Blue Sea, Jason Statham, Jaws 2, Li Bingbing, LL Cool J, Monster Movie, Rainn Wilson, Sophia Cai, The Meg, Thriller, Winston Chao
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Review: Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Get excited, but not too excited; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT is probably only the third best Mission we’ve chosen to accept. While I think I’ll always prefer the self-awareness of GHOST PROTOCOL and the sheer style of ROGUE NATION, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Bassett, Blockbuster, Chris McQuarrie, Christopher McQuarrie, Henry Cavill, Jon Voight, Michelle Monaghan, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thriller, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames
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Review in Brief: You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Well this was a cheerful watch. I say that sarcastically, though apparently some people found this one strangely uplifting. Maybe it’s that whole lost soul thing on a mission thing. Joaquin Phoenix always manages to go the extra mile, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Drama, Ekaterina Samsonov, Joaquin Phoenix, Lynne Ramsay, Thriller, You Were Never Really Here
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10 Years On: The Dark Knight (2008)
With my latest look back at the staying power and impact of a key film, I have to address an elephant in the room. Everything about THE DARK KNIGHT, even after a decade is still overshadowed by Heath Ledger’s tragic … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature, Film Review
Tagged Aaron Eckhart, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Blockbuster, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, Heath Ledger, IMAX, James Newton Howard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Superhero Movie, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Blade of the Immortal (2017)
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL is one-man filmmaking army Takashi Miike’s 100th feature and arguably his largest scale project to date. I doubt the man who makes Ridley Scott look sluggish even broke a sweat (only a film a year, Ridders? … Continue reading
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Tagged Blade of the Immortal, Hana Sugisaki, Highlander, Martial Arts, Ridley Scott, Takashi Miike, Takuya Kimura, Thriller, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: The Vault (2017)
THE VAULT isn’t a very good…anything. Marketed as a horror-thriller (haunted bank vaults: why isn’t that a genre go-to?) but it just doesn’t work because it’s not scary and it’s not exciting. I think they might have been going for … Continue reading
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Tagged Francesca Eastwood, Horror, James Franco, Taryn Manning, The Vault, Thriller
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Review: The Open House (2018)
My first new movie of 2018 is a Netflix Original, mostly because between moving house and being ill, I haven’t managed to get to the cinema to see any Oscar Bait in January. OPEN HOUSE has a lot we’ve seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Breathe, Dylan Minnette, Horror, Hush, Netflix, Piercey Dalton, The Gift, The Open House, Thriller
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