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9/10 When I first watched this film on VHS back in early 1996, I was disappointed. Already being a huge fan of Stones work with JFK (1991), Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) and Platoon (1986), I was really looking forward to this Oscar nominated biopic of Richard Milhouose Nixon by a man who… Continue reading NIXON (1995) – REVIEW
After watching Avatar in 3-D for the first time since theatres in 2009, I began to think about the long delay in the production of the sequels. I remembered how long it took to bring the original to the screen, a decade to be precise, with talk of "developing something new and innovative". It was… Continue reading AVATAR 2, 3, 4 & 5 -WHY THE DELAY?
As the latest trailer for Zack Snyder's second foray into the new DC Universe hits the internet yesterday, I can not help but feel a little disappointment. This is the first real example of why this summer blockbuster has been moved to the March release slot, one reserved for films that may of may not… Continue reading BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE TRAILER #3
Parts 1 & 2 - 2014 & 2015 (3D) DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence May contain spoilers! The Hunger Games (2012) and Catching Fire (2013) were both bold, ambitious and genre warping movies, both proving that you can make a genre film within a genre, rather than just a simple box ticking exercise. The tone of the… Continue reading THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PARTS 1 & 2
1988 DIRECTOR: Christopher Cain May Contain Spoilers! Being only ten in 1988, the 18 rated Young Guns was a little beyond me at the time. So it has taken 24 years for me to catch up with this take on the Billy The Kid story. To be honest, even though I knew that Billy was… Continue reading YOUNG GUNS
1998 DIRECTOR: Tony Scott May Contain Spoilers! Will Smith's career was on the up, and he needed to prove himself as a dramatic talent as well as a comedy rapper, and I'm sure whether you can count Independence Day doing this. But Tony Scott's thriller which looks at the "Big Brother" technology which invades our privacy… Continue reading ENEMY OF THE STATE
2005 DIRECTOR: Ang Lee May Contain Spoilers! This bitter romance garnered three Academy Awards back in 2006, and even though politics played a huge role, it would be unfair to right off the successes of this film. In the summer on 1963, two ranch hands are sent up the slopes of Brokeback Mountain to camp out… Continue reading BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
1978 DIRECTOR: Randal Kleiser May Contain Spoilers! Grease was originally released in the U.K. on the 14th September 1978, just four days before I was born (34 years ago today!). I have already selected Grease as my first Film Of The Year, for 1978. Also, a DVD edition was also released in 2006, entitled "Rockin' Rydell Edition"… Continue reading GREASE
1987 DIRECTOR: Brian De Palma May Contain Spoilers! "Where is Nitti anyway?" "He's in the car" It was on this day, 25 years ago, that Brian De Palma's reimagining of the television series, The Untouchables was release here in the U.K. As Ennio Morricone's classical and powerful opening score played over the titles, a very telling credit appeared on the screen, almost telling… Continue reading THE UNTOUCHABLES
2008 DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? MAYBE Well first off, it was great to see the next generation of the HAL 9000 computer... Oh, wrong film? Eagle Eye takes a look at the well-worn subject of invasion of civil liberties… Continue reading EAGLE EYE
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