Monthly Archives: September 2015

The Dinosaur Project (Review)

While I don’t believe we are done with the found footage gimmick, films like The Dinosaur Project prove that there is a chasm of difference between a solid film and the also rans. An also ran like this. The world is … Continue reading

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Hard to Kill (Review)

For 90s action stars the drawcard on the poster or VHS cover wasn’t the film’s title or the critic’s quote. It was the name above them, and for the superstars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger, just the surname. I don’t think … Continue reading

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Straight Outta Compton (Review)

As a hip-hop fan the news of Straight Outta Compton’s creation was strangely empty to me. I mean what new stuff could this film tell me that even a basic knowledge of NWA’s brief career hadn’t already. I was dubious … Continue reading

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Cloud Atlas (Review)

I do have the mental capability to keep pace with the story of Cloud Atlas. What I did eventually run out of was the motivation. An intricately woven film featuring six separate (but loosely linked) tales taking place over six … Continue reading

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Review)

The most curious thing concerning The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is just how critics talked themselves into finding reasons to praise it. I mean it had the star power in Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, the directorial genius of … Continue reading

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Blind Date (Review)

Blind Date is as ill thought out as the titular date that accounts for well over half the running time. Needing a date for a big work do, over-worked accountant Walter (Bruce Willis) takes a recommendation for a blind date … Continue reading

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The Avengers: Age of Ultron (Review)

At what point do we reach super hero saturation? Perhaps The Incredibles nailed it when they said “when everyone is super, no one is”. Just how many need to be bitten, zapped, poisoned or charged before we admit the is … Continue reading

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El Gringo (Review)

Being one of those films that unfurl in front of you, El Gringo starts with little exposition. Just a man… The Man (Scott Adkins) walking through arid territory toting a large black bag. When he happens upon the small town … Continue reading

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It’s a Disaster (Review)

It’s a Disaster must have been a stage play at some point. And if it wasn’t it should have been. Set around a regular brunch attended by a long time group of friends, only to realise that this particular day … Continue reading

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Things to do in Denver when you’re Dead (Review)

Jimmy (Andy Garcia) is an ex-mob member gone straight. He records messages for the terminally ill to be passed on to the next generation, because apparently that was somehow profitable in the mid-90s… But it is another man with an … Continue reading

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