What If… is a self-indulgent look at how things could have been. I take an event or a rumour and let my imagination run wild. It’s rarely based on fact and completely based on guess-work and conjecture. Marvel made the … Continue reading What If… Marvel had owned all their characters from the beginning?
Some films perfectly deliver what they promise. If you are going to Mad Max: Fury Road looking for high drama or a deep, emotional tale which will make you contemplate, life, love and your general outlook on existence then you are … Continue reading Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Review
Of many current actors, Leonardo DiCaprio has made the best career choices. Even credible film stars like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have their stinkers, making you wonder what they were thinking as they signed on the dotted line, but … Continue reading The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Review
Unfriended shouldn’t work! For long chunks of the movie you are watching two people type their conversation to each other. The whole movie is literally watched as if you are sitting in front of a laptop screen, witnessing events, and subsequently … Continue reading Unfriended (2015) Review
Living the events of the past through the eyes of another individual, especially a life that spans many key, historical events, is a great way to present a movie differently. Forrest Gump did it very well, covering the Vietnam War, the … Continue reading The Butler (2013) Review
Lets face it – Avengers: Age of Ultron was disappointing. It was good. It was great really but it should have been amazing. The Avengers movies are the ones that all Marvel fans wait for. The rest of Marvel’s cinematic universe … Continue reading Why Marvel’s Civil War will be the movie Age of Ultron should have been
When I wrote a preview post of all the new spy movies currently being developed and due for release this year, I completely forgot about British spy thriller Spooks. This is even more surprising considering I’m a huge fan of the … Continue reading Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) Review
What surprises me about Dr No is how many of the classic Bond staples were already in place by the end of the first movie in the franchise. The gun-barrel opening, the excellent, timeless theme and those famous words “Bond, James Bond.” An excellent … Continue reading Dr No (1962) Review
With The Avengers: Age of Ultron proving expanded cinema franchises are a success, a lot of other movies are following suit. Star Wars is set to use the same model to bring at least one new movie a year, Ghostbusters will … Continue reading My ideas for new Expanded Cinema Franchises
The Falling is a movie that would have been improved with the words “based on a true story. If it had been based on a true story, it would have at least meant that the restraint, slightly confused and stunted story … Continue reading The Falling (2015) Review
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