Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a classic 90s blockbuster. It has great action, perfectly timed humour, doesn’t take itself too seriously and feels the right amount of epic, even with a great pop song as part of the marketing. … Continue reading Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Review
Robin Hood is in need of a big screen reboot. When people think of the movie version of the English legend, they either think back to a swashbuckling Errol Flynn or Kevin Costner playing the role far too seriously. This … Continue reading Robin Hood (2018) Review
Molly’s Game is Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut and it has his style all over it. Molly’s Game is a well-told, superbly written and engrossing drama that catches you from the very beginning and refuses to let you go. Sorkin wrote the … Continue reading Molly’s Game (2017) Review
There is something very familiar about Hidden Figures. It isn’t the story itself, although Hollywood has documented the struggle of African-Americans during the 60s many times before. Neither is it the acting, which is a dependable and very good. It … Continue reading Oscars Month: Hidden Figures (2016) Review
In 2008, Liam Neeson took on the role of Bryan Mills, as well as the terrorists that kidnapped his daughter, in the movie Taken. It was a hard-nosed action thriller that put the then 55 year old veteran actor in the … Continue reading Analysing the Taken effect
Being both a movies fan and a comic book/superhero fan can be both positive and negative. The positive side is that whenever I see a very clever superhero film, with in-jokes, reference to the wider comic universe, other characters or … Continue reading Man of Steel (2013) Review
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