This is the film that they cut Kevin Spacey out of. Following the numerous allegations of sexual assault levelled against the actor, Spacey’s scenes were excised from the film. Recasting Christopher Plummer in the role of oil tycoon J. Paul ...
Read More »Transformers – The Last Knight: God, help me…
You are actually reading the second version of this review. The first consisted of a stream-of-consciousness which included the phrase ‘fuck you’ 463 times. Of course I hate this film. Someone with the remotest sense of critical taste was bound ...
Read More »Deepwater Horizon: Get everybody off the deck
I tend to be rather critical of the ‘based on true events’ films. Too often the relationship to real events is a crutch for a weak production, using pretentious claims of relevance to paper over shoddy storytelling and sentimentalism. Even ...
Read More »Entourage: One vagina closes just as another opens
With every year that passed following the HBO series’ successful 8-season run, an Entourage movie looked less and less likely. The series creator, Doug Ellin, completed a script for a feature film back in 2012, but the film suffered production ...
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