Pitch Perfect 2 starts as it means to go on; choreographed pop mash ups and a fantastic politically incorrect joke (literally), which puts a great big smile on your face that will barely leave you for the 115 minutes run time. … [Read more...]
Review: Beautiful Losers (2008)
The art world is a fickle place. What is hot is very soon not, but what is yet not, does not want to be hot, but when it becomes hot, does everything it can to convince everyone that it is not. Confused? Well that is the whole point of Beautiful Losers. … [Read more...]
Review: American Sniper (2014)
Directed by Clint Eastwood, American Sniper is a true-story war drama about Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), the most deadly sniper in U.S. military history, racking up 160 confirmed kills in his four tours of service. Saying almost anything else could be considered a spoiler, as with most biopics, as it has less of a traditional narrative and has more of a series of events that … [Read more...]
Review: Taken 3 (2015)
The fact that the phrase ˜the Taken franchise' is a truth in the film industry is possibly the most baffling thing in recent movie memory. The first Taken film was a standalone story; an ex-secret agent's daughter gets kidnapped by a ring of Albanian human traffickers, and so he goes on a crusade to shoot some bad guys, torture some bad guys, and pretty much murder half of … [Read more...]
Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
Based on the real life story of computing genius Alan Turing, The Imitation Game follows Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) as he is hired by the British government for a top secret project where he and a team of code-breakers have to figure out Enigma, the notorious World War II code machine that proves to be impossible to break. Despite clashes with his team, and attempts to hide … [Read more...]
Review: Brick Mansions (2014)
Remakes don't exactly have the best of reputations when it comes to quality. Sure we've had some great remakes in the past like Scarface, The Departed, King Kong and even Robocop, but I don't think it will be a controversial opinion to say that most of the remakes that come out are not terribly good. The Uninvited, Planet of the Apes, Arthur, Halloween and its sequel, Bewitched … [Read more...]
Review: The Rover (2014)
Following in the rather large Australian, dystopian footsteps of Mad Max comes the end-of-the-world action-drama film The Rover. Directed by David Michod it manages to cast Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson in his continued efforts to distance himself from Hollywood franchise cinema and everybody's favourite ex-Neighbour-turned-Hollywood star Guy Pearce. … [Read more...]
Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)
The bizarre pairing of David Cronenberg and Robert Pattinson are back with Hollywood-targeted dram Maps to the Stars. Declaring anything Cronenberg does anymore as bizarre might seem a bit redundant, but there is something about him getting his hands on the floppy-haired ex-Twilight lothario and making him do weird things. … [Read more...]
Review: Grace of Monaco (2014)
A 'match made in heaven' is probably how the producers of Grace of Monaco saw their historical drama steeped in Hollywood mythology before it was released. Director Olivier Dahan from La Vie En Rose fame, coupled with Oscar favourite Nicole Kidman who plays Hollywood royalty Grace Kelly and presents her relationship with actual royalty Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Regardless … [Read more...]
D’Review: Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie (2014)
Following the long British comedy hall tradition of men dressing as women comes the film version of the ultra-popular TV show Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie. … [Read more...]