When wealthy engineer Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his wife is having an affair he shoots her point blank in the head before confessing to the police, asking for his trial to be expedited and choosing to represent himself. Prosecutor Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) who has one foot out of the door on his … Continue reading Fracture
I will be rather blunt here and say that “Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver’s biggest accomplishment is that it manages to be worse than the rather awful Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire. What follows is probably less a review and more of a diatribe. But this is not a … Continue reading Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… only kidding. Rebel Moon was originally conceived as Zack Snyder’s Star Wars story but fate decided otherwise and it is now his attempt at creating a science fiction fantasy epic birthing a new universe in which many stories can be told. Kora (Sofia Boutella) is … Continue reading Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child Of Fire
The seventh instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise will be released on the 14th July 2023 and what better excuse to re-watch one of the greatest mainstream action movie franchises to grace our screens. The first film graced our screens in 1996 and for the first four entries it had different directors applying their own … Continue reading Mission: Impossible – Ranked
Queens, New York 1980. Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) has just started sixth grade and befriends Johnny Davis (Jaylin Webb), the only black kid in his class. As they find themselves regularly getting into trouble Paul discovers that life is not a level playing field. Armageddon Time is a semi autobiographical film for writer/director James Gray … Continue reading Armageddon Time
Ridley Scott released his debut film The Duellists at the age of 40 in 1977. Since then he has worked at quite a fast pace, averaging more than 1 film every 2 years in his 40 year career. Interestingly only making 1 sequel (to a film he did not make) and 2 prequels, something worth … Continue reading Ridley Scott Retrospective
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