Rogue Nation reunites Tom Cruise with his beloved Mission: Impossible franchise, but is it as good as its predecessors?
Source: “Relentless and action packed” Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation review
“The margherita pizza of boxing drama” Southpaw review
Rob Stoakes takes an in-depth look at boxing drama, Southpaw starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whitaker. But is it a knockout?
Source: “The margherita pizza of boxing drama” Southpaw review
“Paul Rudd like you’ve never seen him” Ant-Man review
Marvel’s tiniest superhero finally comes to the big screen. But is it actually any good?
Source: “Paul Rudd like you’ve never seen him” Ant-Man review
“An absolute snooze” Fantastic Four review
Marvel’s first superhero team gets a gritty update in Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. But is it the film the group finally deserves?
“5+5=7” Absolutely Anything review
Rob Stoakes reviews Robin Williams’ final screen role, Absolutely Anything. But is this comedy drama worth a viewing?
“Family holidays will never be the same” Vacation review
Ed Helms takes over from Chevy Chase in the sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation. But does this comedy have the belly laughs of its predecessor? Adam Brannon finds out.
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Body of Lies
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John Wick
John Wick: after his wife dies thugs steal his car and kill his dog, which forces former assassin and ‘bogeyman’ John Wick to go on a rampage of Archer proportions. No need to worry about the Bechdel Test with this film – as the only two women with dialogue appear as a video recording, and a sassy female hit-woman. No need to worry about the plot either, as it’s based around a hotel where assassins live and party with each other – and gold coins are the preferred payment method. Whilst Keanu isn’t the most watchable of frontmen he handles is action scenes with style, and Nyqvist, McShane, Dafoe fill in any gaps with fun roles. Reminiscent of 90s European / Asian action movies like Taxi, District 13, Hard Boiled etc – this is all about the guns, cars, pounding techo music and hyper styalised violence, of which there is shitloads. The…
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“Not a complete disaster” Terminator Genisys review
the movie never did well, during it’s 4th of july opening. but i am yet to review it .
TERMINATOR GENISYS (UK CERT: 12A)
Director: Alan Taylor
Music: Lorne Balfe
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke
REVIEW AUTHOR: Adam Brannon
Genisys ends a six year hiatus for the series
Sequels and reboots are making up the bulk of 2015’s cinematic offerings. With films added to franchises like Jurassic Park, Star Wars and James Bond, it was always going to be tough for others to make much of a dent.
It’s been six years since Christian Bale took over lead billing from Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator series in the critically panned Terminator Salvation. But director Alan Taylor (Thor: the Dark World), a newcomer to the sci-fi adventure series, resurrects the franchise with Terminator Genisys. But is it worth a watch?
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Taken 3
Taken3: when he’s framed for the murder of his wife ‘Dad of the year’ BryanMills needs to clear his name, and keep his daughter out of danger. For a blockbuster film the action sequences are frustratingly disappointing – looks like they’d been filmed for a more violent edit, then cut down to get the lowest certificate possible; leaving them disjointed, and Neeson looking like he’s barely trying (Seagal in Russia style). More generally, everything about this is lifted and slightly shifted from the first movie: he meets the wife, but they’re getting on slightly better; there’s a torture scene, but it’s waterboarding instead of electricity; he meets the lads, but they’re golfing instead of BBQ-ing; they have a chase, but instead of a boat, it’s a plane; Kim’s gift it a teddy bear instead of a karaoke machine… There’s too much time spent re-treading overly familiar ground…
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