The latest film franchise to find itself with a homage-remake-reboot is the Rocky series with the 2015 film ‘Creed’ which overall will hold its own in the pantheon of Rocky films although never challenging the champion first 2 films. However the film does afford Stallone the opportunity to bring a new depth to the character which may well see him
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‘Knock Knock’ is the latest film by writer / director Eli Roth (whose previous work includes ‘Cabin Fever’ and ‘Hostel’). In the film happily married architect, Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves) is left at home by his wife and children.During the evening, 2 young girls arrive at his front door lost and asking for help to call a cab. From letting
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Set in Belfast in 1971, and heavily within the complex troubles of the time, the film ’71’ film debut for french director Yann Demange and also screenplay writer Gregory Burke. The film follows British army private Gary Hook (played by Jack O’Connell) initially in training, and then into his first deployment, into Belfast, Northern Ireland. After his unit loses control
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Foxcatcher is a 2014 film that recounts the true story of wrestling brothers Dave and Mark Schultz and their involvement with John DuPont (of the wealthy American family DuPont). Having both taken a gold medal from the 1984 Los Angeles olympics in different weight categories within the field of Wrestling, both brothers went on to join du Pont’s ‘Foxcatcher’ wrestling
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Hitman : Agent 47 is the second film born from the computer game franchise, and is also the directorial debut of Aleksander Bach (previously having worked in music videos). Many years ago, Doctor Litvenko worked on a programme creating humans without fear or remorse that would become perfect killing machines. Once the programme began to be successful, Litvenko vanished and
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Max is back. After his last film outing in the 1985 misfire ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’, we see the return of Max Rockatansky. This time however, it is Tom Hardy taking on the title role rather than Mel Gibson who had played him in the three previous films, who had seen the series transition from low budget (approx A$350k) original
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“There’s been an awakening. Have you felt it?”
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In the fifth film in the series, Tom Cruise returns to our screens as the international super-spy and achiever of all things that to lesser people would be impossible, Ethan Hunt. Both written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has previously directed Cruise in Jack Reacher, but also was a co-writer both Edge of Tomorrow and Valkyrie. The film also
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‘Ex Machina’ is the directorial debut by writer Alex Garland, previously having written the novel of ‘The Beach’ and the scripts of ’28 Days Later’ and ‘Dredd’, who also penned the screenplay for it. In it we meet search engine programmer Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) who at the outset of the film wins a trip to the home of the
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**Warning – This is riddled with spoilers** Let’s try and come up with the perfect James Bond film. You and I right now, lets try and come up with the story that somehow encapsulates the best of the Bond franchise so far. Ok, so. Lets start with the villain. Easy – That’s got to be Ernst Stavro Blofelt. Don’t forget
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