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Havoc (2025) Review

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2018, Part 2

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Sam S-P

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 →

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Review: Venom (2018)

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Sam S-P

VENOM is a bad movie. I shock you, I know. It’s not the worst SPIDER-MAN movie ever, but that’s mostly because Marvel Studios wouldn’t let Sony rent Spidey back for a cameo. The scant lip service they’re allowed to give … Continue reading →

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Review: Dunkirk (2017)

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sam S-P

Some directors just need to get a film out of their systems. For Steven Spielberg it was SCHINDLER’S LIST, for Christopher Nolan it is surely DUNKIRK. The French coastline, May 1940. With the Allied army surrounded and with the sea … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Review: Legend (2015)

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Sam S-P

The first time we see Ron Kray, he’s talking animatedly about taking another man’s sausage. Over the two uneasy hours we spend with him he progresses to claiming to be able to see the future, and doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Sam S-P

Here’s an unpopular opinion: I don’t think any of the MAD MAX films are outright classics. They’re influential, yes, and iconic, but not great films. They’re fun distractions. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD comes the closest of the series to top-tier … Continue reading →

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Review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Sam S-P

The filmmaking powerhouse that is Christopher Nolan delivered a fairly satisfying final chapter of his Dark Knight trilogy, even if it’s much easier to pick holes in than his previous two outings with the Caped Crusader. The plot of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES … Continue reading →

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