Everyone likes George Clooney, don’t they? He’s witty, he’s charming, handsome, an advocate for good causes, blah blah blah… For all his easy on-screen charisma though, seeing one of his directing credits fills me with trepidation. Maybe that is unfair: ...
Read More »Kingsman: The Golden Circle
I have rarely been so disappointed with a film. Not only did I love Kingsman: The Secret Service but the sequel opens with a fight scene played out to Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy. How could a film that used Prince ...
Read More »Mockingjay Part 2: The fire will burn forever
Whatever you might say about Suzanne Collins’ terribly average prose, the story and badass heroine she created makes for a cracking good tale. The first film of the series was good, Catching Fire was brilliant, then Hollywood continued its milking ...
Read More »The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: It is the things we love most that destroy us.
I’m one of those irritating people that had not only never heard of the books before the film, and didn’t read the books until after I’d seen the first of the films. Since then, I’ve been an avid fan. I’m ...
Read More »Don Jon: They give awards for porn too!
*Spoiler free review* This disarmingly charming romantic comedy is exactly what we need more of. Less bullshit about the airbrushed, plastic Hollywood fantasies and something that feels a bit more real. Please, Hollywood? Learn from Joseph Gordon-Levitt. As far as ...
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