Over the past twenty years, the
strangely-still-fresh Prince Smith has established himself incredibly well as
the bad boy of action, from, ahem, the Bad Boys movies, to last year’s Suicide
Squad, with all the others in between too like Independence Day, the Men in
Black movies, I, Robot and I Am Legend, to name but a gazillion.
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Sunday 1 January 2017
Assassin's Creed: Avoid If You Suffer From The January Blues
Why Him Review
James
Franco has never been a stranger to comedy, having delivered some genius flicks
in recent years, with the likes of Pineapple Express, the
hugely-underappreciated This is the End (and if you’re a true Franco-fan, Pineapple Express 2), the
insanely-controversial The Interview and 2015’s The Night Before and last year’s
jaw-droppingly-unforgettable Sausage Party. And neither has Bryan Cranston, who might be more
well-known as the formidable Heisenberg from AMC’s TV classic Breaking Bad, but had us all
laughing our abs into shape in years prior during his days as the
butt-of-all-pranks-dad in Fox’s Malcolm in the Middle. Now, Christmas comedy Why Him sees both
megastars unite on-screen, though it’s not a particularly friendly affair.
Tuesday 13 December 2016
Rogue One: The Force A’weakens…
Star Wars. So much to say but such restricted word count to say it all. Undoubtedly the biggest film franchise in history, but perhaps at the same time, the most overrated. With the start of the original trilogy in 1977, the now much-hated prequel trilogy in 1999, and last year’s continuation The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the official eighth film in the saga, though it’s not an episodic entry and is intended to serve as more of an “in between-quel.”
Friday 18 November 2016
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them - Filmmaking At Its Most Magical
Move over Harry, Ron and Hermione - there are some new wizards (and a nomaj) in town...
When Harry Potter first hit cinemas in 2001, it cast a spell upon millions the non-wizarding-world over, and even with the series’ last entry in 2011 marking the end of the era of the boy who lived, the spell still hadn't dissipated. Based on the seven record-breaking bestsellers by J.K. Rowling that spawned eight films, a theme park, a studio tour, countless merchandising lines, spin-off books and so much (Potter)more, there's no argument that Harry Potter is the most magical franchise in cinematic history. And now, five years since the last instalment, that spell remains as unbreakable as ever, with the new West End play Harry Potter and The Cursed Child filling theatre seats quicker than a Quidditch match, its respective book flying off shelves faster than any snitch, and now, the release of the eagerly-anticipated spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Friday 5 August 2016
The Suicide Squad Might Not Be The Heroes DC Deserves, But They're The Heroes It Needs...
Thirteen movies into the MCU, and Warner Bros. lands just its
third “DC Verse” entry, making it clear who the tortoise in this race is. Since
the release of Iron Man in 2008, Marvel have invested incredibly well, taking
their time to establish the “Marvel Cinematic Universe” and never once rushing
a release. But it would be a lie to say that they haven’t stuffed their films
with adverts for future instalments, as it would be to say that every one of
their films to date has been great. Nevertheless, while Marvel have been busy
conquering the real universe, Warner Bros. have been desperately trying to
catch up, with this year’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice being stuffed to
the point of suffocation itself with its less-than-subtle foreshadowing for
next year’s Justice League movie - DC’s answer to Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.
Monday 11 July 2016
Ghostbusters 2016 review
I won’t lie and say I’ve been a Ghostbusters fan since the
original movie came out in 1984, being the same age and all - give or take a
month or two. But amongst my vast – and ever-growing – Ghostbusters merchandise
collection, there are only remnants of the toys I possessed as a child. As is
usually the case, things disappear over the years. That, or your mother takes
them to a car boot sale once you’re considered ‘too old’ to play with toys. So
perhaps over the last few years I’ve been subconsciously trying to make up for
this by collecting almost every piece of Ghostbusters merchandise under the
sun. I certainly haven’t been to any car boots in the hope that some of my old
toys are still circulating though… No, that wasn’t me.
Monday 4 July 2016
Now You See Me 2 offers a different kind of movie magic
When Now
You See Me came out in 2013 it was, for the most part, considered to be nothing
more than smoke and mirrors. Whilst a financial success, it was criticised for
its failure to flesh out its characters and conclude key plot points. But with
a cast that included the likes of Woody Harrelson, Michael Caine, Morgan
Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg and Mark Ruffalo, it was hard not to imagine a sequel
being put together backstage.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Central Intelligence has plenty of Hart but not enough brains
I don’t
think I’ve ever laughed so hard in the cinema that I ended up having to
discreetly pick popcorn from the hair of the person in front of me, although I
did come close with three of my most favourite comedies in recent years: 2008’s
Step Brothers, 2013’s Anchorman 2 and the highly-underrated This Is The End. A
lot of it is personal taste, of course. But for the most part, comedy movies
miss the bullseye, sometimes veering too far off-target altogether, with this
year’s Zoolander and Bad Neighbours sequels being the most recent examples of
unfunny and plain wrong standing in for concrete comedy writing.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence gives new meaning to ‘disaster movie’
Back in 1996, cinemagoers were blown away (as was the White
House and many other famous landmarks) by what is arguably the best alien
invasion movie of all time. Independence Day delivered an unforgiving alien
assault on our planet in the most epic way ever seen on screen, with King of
the 90s Jeff Goldblum’s hair-raising one liners, Fresh Prince Will Smith’s bad
boy charm, and Bill Pullman’s unforgettable speech.
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