Recently I was fortunate enough to be contacted by Martin Lundqvist, a Swedish writer currently living in Australia, to proofread his novel, Sabina’s Pursuit of the Holy Grail (available on Amazons USA and UK). ‘Sabina is a gifted 18-year-old girl living in Sydney in the year 2037. She carries a unique secret that she used toContinue reading “Sabina’s Pursuit of the Holy Grail, by Martin Lundqvist”
Category Archives: Adventure
Game Review: Yoku’s Island Express (2018)
‘It’s unique gameplay, beautiful visuals and fun worlds all roll into a great game’ Yoku’s Island Express, 2018 Developer: Villa Gorilla Publisher: Team17 Platform: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One At Christmas I really wanted either Super Smash Bros. Ultimate or Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! but my mother, instead, got me aContinue reading “Game Review: Yoku’s Island Express (2018)”
Film Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
‘I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if the script for this film was written for another and it was subsequently edited to fit the needs’ Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018 Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton The second of the spin-off trilogy ofContinue reading “Film Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)”
Film Review: After Earth (2013)
‘So much could have been done with this […] but they then made the decision to hire M. Night Shyamalan as director . . . and writer’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan After Earth, 2013 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoe Kravitz, Kristofer Hivju, Sophie Okonedo, LincolnContinue reading “Film Review: After Earth (2013)”
Film Review: The Last Airbender (2010)
‘Winner of five Razzie Awards (including the big ‘Worst Picture’, ‘Worst Director’ and ‘Worst Screenplay’ awards), The Last Airbender is a terrible adaptation’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan The Last Airbender, 2010 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis BasedContinue reading “Film Review: The Last Airbender (2010)”
Classic Film Review: Lady in the Water (2006)
‘It’s all just bonkers . . . in the best possible way’ Lady in the Water, 2006 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris, M. Night Shyamalan Here’s an actual quote from the film describing its lore: ‘ThereContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Lady in the Water (2006)”
Film Review: The Darkest Minds (2018)
‘A rinse-and-repeat series of clichés from a dying genre’ The Darkest Minds, 2018 Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie For as much love as I the Harry Potter franchise, it unfortunately must be the sole area of blame for the Young Adult (YA) genre’s direction in the two-decades-plusContinue reading “Film Review: The Darkest Minds (2018)”
Original vs. Remake: The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (1953) vs. War of the Worlds (2005) The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by author H. G. Wells, first published in 1897, and focused on the earth in the days of an alien invasion. 56 years later, it was adapted to a film. The originalContinue reading “Original vs. Remake: The War of the Worlds”
Classic Film Review: War of the Worlds (2005)
‘It’s a fairly decent film hampered by its acting, storytelling and time’ War of the Worlds, 2005 Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman Classic novel, brilliant director, big-name actor, rising young actress, remake of a popular film; what could possibly go wrong? BasedContinue reading “Classic Film Review: War of the Worlds (2005)”
Classic Film Review: The War of the Worlds (1953)
‘On the whole, including the brutally beautiful final sequence of the aliens destroying a city, the film looks beautiful’ The War of the Worlds, 1953 Directed by: Byron Haskin Starring: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson Based on H. G. Wells’ novel of the same name, The War of the Worlds takes place in California (notContinue reading “Classic Film Review: The War of the Worlds (1953)”
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