Review – Night School
2018’s Night School is a hollow, unfunny, and frustrating comedy with very few laughs. Avoid it.
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Review – Hellboy (2019)
Hellboy’s third big screen offering, lacks everything Del Toro brought to the franchise and offers virtually nothing in return for that loss
Read moreReview – Once Upon a Time in Venice
Directed and written by debut filmmaker brothers Michael and Rob Cullen, who had previously penned the script for Cop Out the 2010 Kevin Smith cop crime action comedy. In the same vein, is the 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice. Steve Ford is an ageing private detective, with the only local real family being a sister in law (Famke
Read moreReview – American Assasin
Based on a book by Vince Flynn, American Assassin is a 2017 action thriller directed by Michael Cuesta. After his fiancée is murdered in a terrorist attack, Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) has become obsessed with revenge, engaging in relentless martial arts and weapons training. Having entered the world of fundamentalist terrorism in pursuit of that revenge, until he is recruited
Read moreReview : The House
In the directorial debut of Andrew J. Cohen (previously wrote Neighbours and Neighbours 2), the new film starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler is The House, which Cohen also co-writes with Brendan O’Brien. The film sees Poehler and Ferrell as Scott and Kate Johansen, dutiful parents of soon to be university student Alex (Ryan Simpkins). When their local town cancels
Read moreReview – After Earth
After Earth is a 2013 science fiction drama starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith. The film is both written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan based on a story by Will Smith. The film is based in the future where humanity have fled planet Earth to live on Nova Prime having experienced environmental disasters. On Nova Prime a
Read moreReview – Battleship
4 years after it’s release in 2012, I have finally gotten around to watching Battleship. The film, with its origins in the Hasbro board game, is directed by Peter Berg (who also co-produced it) and was written by Jon and Erich Hoeber (whose previous work include Whiteout, Red and Red 2). In seeking to discover a planet akin to the
Read moreReview – Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment
I cannot for a second, explain why I put this on. The academy graduates from the 1984 Police Academy are back, for their first major task in the 1985 sequel, directed by Jerry Paris. The film includes the main stars of the original including Steve Guttenbery, Bubba Watson, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, and Marion Ramsey. In addition for the
Read moreReview – Gods of Egypt
Somewhat on the back of 2014’s Exodus : Gods and Kings, Lionsgate Studios offers up a tale of ancient gods and mortals with an epic tale based on Egyptian mythology. Directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, I, Robot, Dark City, Knowing) the film is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (previous collaborators on Dracula Untold and The Last Witch
Read moreReview – Point Break (2015)
The 2015 film Point Break is a remake of the 1991 classic Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze extreme sports crime caper movie. Directed by Ericson Core in his second full movie after 2006’s Mark Wahlberg Invincible. In this version we meet extreme sports athlete and motocross expert Johnny ‘Utah’ Brennan who 7 years after the death of his friend, has
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