[☆☆☆☆☆] out of [☆☆☆☆☆] [Great Movie] The late film critic Roger Ebert once categorized superior action films as ‘Bruised Forearm Movies’, because “when the movie is over, your forearm is black-and-blue from where your date has grabbed it during the moments of suspense.” Films like the Indiana Jones movies, Terminator 1-2, Aliens, Predator, Die Hard … More Movie Review: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT (2018)
Nearly two hours into John McTiernan’s Die Hard, a helicopter swirls over the roof of a 40-storey Los Angeles skyscraper, the Nakatomi Tower – taken over by high-tech and ruthless European thieves masquerading as terrorists. On the helicopter are two shoot-first-ask-later FBI Agents both named Johnson, on the roof are 30 or so hostages and … More Still the Cowboy… DIE HARD: 30 Years On
No, I’m not dead. I’m writing this because how often do you get to share your thoughts on one of your favourite-ever films? [✰✰✰✰✰] out of [✰✰✰✰✰] [GM] Ask anyone to describe the plot of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the closest thing resembling an answer would be nothing short of “Well, it’s … More Favourite Films – 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Warning: This article is filled with major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Unless you’ve seen the film or you do not mind spoilers, it is ill-advised to continue reading this article. A peculiar thing seems to be happening within the Star Wars fandom with the release of the latest episode in the saga, … More THE LAST JEDI (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Porgs)
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is equal parts exhilarating and frustrating, sometimes simultaneously. It is the most daring, audacious, controversial, “out-there” studio picture since, well, Paramount’s and Aronofsky’s own Noah back in 2014 – a film I greatly enjoyed but others I know hated immensely. That one excitingly merged Biblical theology with Aronofsky’s own philosophy and conventional … More Movie review: MOTHER! (2017) (spoiler review)
We live in an era where imagination can be realized with the click of a button and the humming whirr of numerous computer processors. Computer-generated animated films have come a long way since PIXAR’s 1995 hit Toy Story blasted the flood gates wide open, paving the way for other studios to follow with their own … More Movie Review: THE EMOJI MOVIE (2017)
In the wake of the American cultural phenomenon known as Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (or the man himself as some may call it), it comes to no surprise that future filmmakers attempt to follow in his snazzy filmmaking footsteps. Across the pond, for a while, Guy Ritchie seemed to be the U.K.’s answer to Tarantino … More Movie Review: BABY DRIVER (2017)
I’ve been slacking off in writing over the past two weeks due to both my own negligence, as well as outside commitments beyond my control. I should’ve kept on writing even then, as there’s no better inspiration than to just get on up and type it straight away. Sometimes I wish motivation like that can … More Movie Review: SHOT CALLER (2017)
I think it’s a given for any story in the noir genre to have its protagonist get in over their head and then get promptly screwed over by the hands of fate. Cynical narration and black-and-white photography available with the territory, if need be. For those reasons, it is – alongside horror – probably one … More Movie Review: FOLLOWING (1998)
With the inclusion of Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in last year’s Captain America: Civil War, comic-book and superhero film fans gather with heaving breaths for reassurance that the web-slinger is finally put in the right hands, having suffered two franchise cancellations with overblown entries (2007’s Spider-Man 3, and 2014’s The … More Movie Review: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017)
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