With an upcoming, but limited release – and then launch on the new Apple TV+ service, The Banker is the new film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie (or Nick Fury and Falcon in the world of super hero cinema). The film also stars Nicholas Hoult (or Beast in the world of X-Men) and sees the 3 attempting to
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*Firstly – a disclaimer. I try to avoid any spoilers, and I have here. But please, if you are worried, then don’t read this until you’ve seen the film incase I’ve inferred a plot point inadvertanlty* 10 years on from the initial launch of the MCU with 2008’s Iron Man, the gigantic event movie of Avengers : Infinity War has
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Pain and Gain is a pointless, charmless, crime-comedy-drama that stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, as two body builders that find themselves into a world of crime as they aggressively pursue a better lives for themselves. Set in Florida, in 1995, and based on what (as the film itself says ‘sadly’) is a true story, the film is directed by
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The heist thriller Triple 9 was released earlier this year, with director John Hillcoat whose prior film has been the crime drama Lawless, and was written by Matt Cook. The film is set in Atlanta, Georgia telling the story of a gang of thieves who are operating on behalf of the Russian Mafia ruled by matriarch Irina (Kate Winslet). The
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Bursting onto the screens across the planet is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Captain America : Civil War – A film that is in many ways a mix of Captain America 3, Iron Man 4 and The Avengers 3. Its screenplay is by the combination of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (who have penned the previous
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So we reach the latest (prior to the upcoming release of the new Captain America movie) film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – the 2015 Ant Man. Directed by Peyton Reed (Yes Man, The Break Up, Down with Love), the film has a screenplay that was written by the group of Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz),
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The Avengers are back! We find the superhero team storming their way through Hydra bases seeking to reclaim the
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Cap is back and ready for action in the 2014 Captain America : The Winter Soldier. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley (previously having written the original Captain America film and also the 2nd Thor film). Here we find Captain Steve Rogers trying to get to grips with life 70 some years
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The cut throat world of political spin doctoring is the topic for the latest Sandra Bullock film – Our Brand is Crisis. Brought to you by director David Gordon Green, and produced by George Clooney’s company Smokehouse Pictures. Its somewhat based on a documentary of the same name, which in turn told the tale of American political strategists in the 2002
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