Review – Terminator : Dark Fate
The Terminator is back, and whilst Linda Hamilton’s return adds a lot compared to other films in the franchise since Terminator 2, by the 1st two films legacy, it still feels lacking.
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Review – Justice League
It is here. The crescendo of the DC Extended Universe has arrived on the big screen in the form of the already heavily maligned Justice League. The fifth film within the DCEU (Man of Steel – 2013, BvsS – 2016, Suicide Squad – 2016, Wonder Woman – 2017), and frankly I think we would all agree that the results haven’t
Read moreReview – Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe to be released, and it stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Fifth Estate) in the title role, and is directed by Scott Derrickson. By my maths, the film is the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and sees an introduction of not only new characters but also an entire new premise
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 – Independence Day : Resurgence
I genuinely thought it was a joke when someone told me that they were actually working on a sequel for 1996’s Independence Day. A film that I wasn’t a big fan of at the time, but I could appreciate its commercial successes and did enjoy the charismatic performance of Will Smith punching an alien (“Welcome to Earth!”). It was of a
Read moreReview : Inferno
The combination of director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks reaches film number 5 with the 3rd film of the Robert Langdon series, Inferno, based on the works on Dan Brown. Waking up in a Florence hotel room, dazed and confused, Robert Langdon finds himself on another race against time in a historic city. In Inferno we find Langdon trying to
Read moreReview – Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
So here it is. A week before Christmas and Disney offer up an early gift in the form of the first ‘non episode’ film. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Monsters) and written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy. The film takes place in close proximity to the start of ‘Episode IV : A New Hope’, which if
Read moreTrailer – Transformers – The Last Knight
Amongst the 2017 blockbusters will be the latest in the Transformer’s franchise – Transformers : The Last Knight. Again directed by Michael Bay, this will be the sequel to the Age of Extinction reboot that saw Mark Wahlberg take the ‘human’ lead in the 2014 film from Shia LeBouef in the prior 3. Tonight, Paramount released the first teaser trailer for
Read moreAn early glimpse of Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ and his next potential franchise…
Do you remember when Tom Cruise ‘didn’t do sequels’? Before Mission Impossible 2, it was something he’d never done. Since that point though, there is an increasing sense that the actor is looking to franchises as the basis for his box office strength. Not only has the mission impossible series now delivered over $2 billion, the most recent two films
Read moreReview : Transformers – Age Of Extinction
No director symbolises the era of the multiplex blockbuster movie more than Michael Bay. By the way, that’s not a compliment. 2014’s ‘Transformers : Age of Extinction’ sees him directing the 4th Transformers movie, a form of a reboot from the first three in the sense that the story moves away Shia LaBeouf and Josh Duhamel. Instead we find Mark
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