Reviews.
‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ (2015) Review
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Review My first Bond movie was ‘Casino Royale’. I had heard of the legend of James Bond and the spy genre was one that I was familiar with even though I’d never seen a spy movie myself. Films like the Incredibles, the Austin Powers franchise
‘The Wedding Ringer’ (2015) Review
The Wedding Ringer (2015) Review Romantic comedies are probably one of the most laughed at genres of film out there. The high brow critics will tell you time and time again of their many tropes. Their characters are shallow, their stories are unbelievable and more than anything else, everyone in
‘The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies’ (2014) Review
The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies (2014) Review Prequels have enjoyed a resurgence in the last few years. While the more cynical movie viewer will see the movement as a bid to forever milk a franchise dry and then milk it some more, others will see it as a
‘The Fault In Our Stars’ (2014) Review
The Fault In Our Stars (2014) Review Romance is a tricky thing to portray in cinema. Simply because, everyone has their own idea of love, relationships, and intimacy. Just recently it was revealed to me that most of my colleagues are of the opinion that one should not enter into a
‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ (2014) Review
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Review I sat down recently with some friends of mine, and by friends of mine I mean the two ladies on the other side of the pharmacy whose conversation I was listening in on (I don’t have any real friends). They were trying
‘Godzilla’ (2014) Review
Godzilla (2014) Review The creature feature has come a long way in movie history. What once was depicted using a man in a rubber suit and a couple of cardboard boxes with windows on them, has now been revolutionized to truly embrace a scale which warrants the terrifying theme these
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ (2014) Review
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Review Almost a decade ago, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer did what many thought to be impossible. Batman, a character rooted in Gothic sensibilities, had his best film outings include: a man with literal flippers and a beak, who called himself the penguin,
‘Frozen’ (2013) Review
Frozen (2013) Review Musicals are horrible. They’re full of characters that break out into catchy songs that are juxtaposed with sometimes intense and complex feelings. They are either done in solitude in which ancillary characters ignore the fact that their new governess has taken to address them in melodic rhyme,
‘Thor: The Dark World’ (2013) Review
Thor: The Dark World (2013) Review: MCU Misstep Let’s face it, sequels by and large are a gamble. More often than not they struggle to find the balance between continuing the development of the characters from the original while constructing a story worthy of a minimum 90 minutes. Characters usually
‘Elysium’ (2013) Review
Elysium (2013) Review One of the most important rules of story telling is “show, don’t tell”. Essentially, what it means is that, instead of explaining the importance of something to the viewer, the story teller needs to simply show it as it is and trust that the viewer is invested