The Incredible Shrinking Man is a film that catches you off guard. Not because a man doesn't shrink - a man certainly does shrink in this one, rest assured - but because it at first feels like it's going to be high concept. Y'know, watch a man shrink and have fun at the whacky antics.... Continue Reading →
I watched the first forty-five minutes of The Last Knight for a full review and had to stop. To even get that far, I'd had to consult a psychologist who graciously prescribed me several anti-depressant medications, and who refused to allow me to view the film without first booking myself in for weekly therapy sessions... Continue Reading →
This is not a film. What on Earth does that mean? Of course Age of Extinction is a film. A whole two hours and forty-five minutes of a film. Mark Wahlberg's in it, and there's lots of CGI so it should be a film, right? Wrong. Transformers isn't a film. You might now be expecting... Continue Reading →
I never was into plays when it came to literature. I liked watching them if I ever happened to be in the theatre, but script reading wasn't for me. What didn't help was that I wasn't keen on the teacher who taught us A Streetcar Named Desire or the way she taught it. She wasn't... Continue Reading →
Dark of the Moon is one hell of a boring piece of crap movie, which serves to only emphasise Bay's flaws as a director and... Nothing else. Everything bad I had to say about the previous two films is double downed on here - the unending runtime, the stereotypes, the propaganda, the horny cinematography, the... Continue Reading →
In my review of the first Transformers movie I noted that, while it was what surrounded the movie that made it interesting, I could see why people liked it as a relatively solid action blockbuster. I also said I didn't understand how people could like the cynical sequels for anything but their context. And... I... Continue Reading →
The first Transformers movie came out in a different time. A time where a movie designed to do nothing but sell toys and make cool visuals wasn't so ashamed of doing that; and the fact it wore that on it's sleeve levelled the playing field between itself and it's audience. Now days - and indeed... Continue Reading →
Of the new films released in 2022, I watched twelve and thought an arbitrary numbered list run down of what I thought of them would be a good way to summarise my thoughts on what 2022 offered me. Films ranked in descending order with twelve being the worst film I watched this year, and one... Continue Reading →
As much as I enjoyed Violent Night, there's not a lot to say about it. It's about Santa Clause deciding to give up on Christmas until he finds a family being held hostage by mercenaries, and his big warm heart urges him to help free them. Santa then proceeds to rip out eye balls, set... Continue Reading →
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