I was incredibly dubious about the decision to remake the 1995 Robin Williams vehicle Jumanji. Messing with some films is a dangerous game, and it felt like one of those moments. However, when the 2017 remake landed, I was very pleasantly surprised. The remake took us, via a retro computer game, into the magical jungle land of Jumanji – this
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Once upon a time, Universal Pictures had a dream, and that dream was an entire cinematic universe (yep like the Marvel one) where they were able to use all of their classic monster film rights and make a ton of money. They lined up some big names for the first wave of films (including Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem,
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Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen remind us why they are considered acting royalty with this rollercoaster of a thriller that may not be as clever as it thinks, but is entirely enjoyable all the same.
Read moreThe most profitable comic book movies are Venom ($854 million on a $90 million budget), Batman ($411 million/$35 million), Deadpool ($783 million/$58 million), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($200 million/$13.5 million), The Mask ($351 million/$23 million) and now Joker ($956 million/$62.5 million). — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/08/box-office-dc-films-joker-tops-955-million-to-become-more-profitable-than-deadpool-venom-and-batman/amp/
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The sequel to ‘The Shining’ strikes a careful balance between homage to the cinematic predecessor and offering an entirely new film, and delivers an impressive and engaging dark thriller
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Scorsese’s 2011 Hugo is a near masterpiece of a family adventure story, a moving homage to the early age of cinema and highly recommended
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We’re approaching the November release of Le Mans ’66 at breakneck speeds (see what I did there?) so here’s the trailer… The film tells the story of the attempt by the Ford Motor Company to defeat Ferrari in the Le Mans race. The film stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, and Christian Bale as Ken Miles.
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Captain Marvel joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an enjoyable enough entrance, but the number of moving parts and identity themes make it tricky to completely engage with
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2014’s Godzilla kicked off Legendary’s MonsterVerse series and is its best offering so far with its well negotiated balance of character drama and monster fighting inducing destruction chaos. Hollywood’s last run at the famous Japanese character of Godzilla was Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Godzilla film which never really got anywhere and quickly saw off any ideas of a cinematic series for
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Ken Loach’s latest film is a remarkably powerful exploration about working in the gig economy that should be required viewing
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