‘This film offers nothing but a waste of 90-minutes’ Holmes & Watson, 2018 Directed by: Etan Cohen Written by: Etan Cohen Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes The film that Netflix didn’t want. A film so bad it’s languishing below 10% on Rotten Tomatoes andContinue reading “Film Review: Holmes & Watson (2018)”
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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)”
Classic Film Review: Sin City (2005)
‘It’s based on a comic book and they had hopes when making it of having it resemble, visually, the comic book style and I must admit they succeeded hands down’ Sin City, 2005 Directed by: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Starring: Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Elijah WoodContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Sin City (2005)”
Films Ranked: M. Night Shyamalan
Film Ranking: M. Night Shyamalan Night Shyamalan has a wide range of films with a wide range of quality and having watched them all for the Success or Failure segment I am now going to rank them in terms of my favourite to least favourite (note: this is not ranked by quality, as #1 willContinue reading “Films Ranked: M. Night Shyamalan”
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)”
Film Review: The Meg (2018)
‘Jaws it is not, but it certainly closer to that level than some of the other shark-attack films’ The Meg, 2018 Directed by: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis Sine Jaws many, many films (including three Jaws sequels) have tried to recapture the magic ofContinue reading “Film Review: The Meg (2018)”
Original vs. Remake: The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) vs. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) The second edition of Original vs. Remake is another alien-invasion film made initially in the 1950’s and remade in the early 21st century, but will the original win out again? The story of the film (spoiler alert, by theContinue reading “Original vs. Remake: The Day the Earth Stood Still”
Film Review: Rampage (2018)
‘The biggest takeaway of any film like this, though, is the visuals; and this film exceeds the desires of the masses’ Rampage, 2018 Directed by: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Jeffry Dean Morgan, Joe Manganiello Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson, Skyscraper) is a primatologist at the San Diego WildlifeContinue reading “Film Review: Rampage (2018)”
Film Review: Hotel Artemis (2018)
‘A fantastic performance by Foster’ Hotel Artemis, 2018 Directed by: Drew Pearce Starring: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, Dave Bautista In June 2028 the privatisation of water has caused large numbers of riots in Los Angeles; this enables a group ofContinue reading “Film Review: Hotel Artemis (2018)”
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