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Review: Bumblebee (2018)
Finally, a decent TRANSFORMERS movie. Was that really so hard? Something you should know about me is that I’m a Transformers guy, that next to STAR WARS it’s the franchise of my childhood (one day I’ll post my BEAST WARS … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT somehow feels like an arse-achingly long sit but incredibly rushed at the same time. I don’t blame Michael Bay and his writers room for putting out the silliest Transformers movie yet, but maybe cutting the amount … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Blockbuster, Michael Bay, Peter Cullen, Sci-fi, Transformers, Transformers: The Last Knight
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5 Years On: The Avengers (2012)
In 2012 it finally arrived – the blockbuster to end all blockbusters (as if). There was so much riding on THE AVENGERS, so many moving parts and so many things that could have gone wrong. Thankfully they didn’t, and it … Continue reading
Review: Power Rangers (2017)
Let’s be clear from the outset: I have nothing invested in POWER RANGERS at all. I never watched the show, I never had the toys, I know nothing about this property beyond the fact that they re-edited a janky Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Becky G, Cop Car, Dacre Montgomery, Dean Israelite, Elizabeth Banks, Ludi Lin, Matthew J Loyd, Naomi Scott, Power Rangers, RJ Cyler, Superhero Movie, Transformers
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Film Confessional: Gods of Egypt
I have a confession to make…I actually quite like GODS OF EGYPT. I enjoyed watching the film that made Alex Proyas aggressively lambast film critics for not giving him a chance, pretty much from when the first trailer dropped. I … Continue reading
Review: 13 Hours (2016)
13 HOURS is supposedly Michael Bay being serious, talking about a still-raw real-world event, namely the aftermath of The Arab Spring uprisings in Libya. Yet we still have a character saying of a neutralised weapons smuggler:”We gotta find his stash … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 Hours, Chuck Hogan, Drama, Film, James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Lorne Balfe, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, Movies, Thriller, Transformers
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SSP Thinks Film 
A Few Passing Thoughts…
It’s been a pretty big week for the world of film. From further vague STAR WARS rumours (both for EPISODE VII and the long-mooted spin-offs) to a more concrete indication of Quentin Tarantino’s next film being another Western. SHERLOCK wrapped … Continue reading →