Another year, and another Top 10 list. In the 8 years I’ve ‘worked’ as a reviewer, both professionally and for myself, this has sadly been the year where I have seen the least amount of new films to actually make up my Best and Worst list from, with only 27 films under my belt. This…
What a world we live in, and what a time to live in as well. For all the issues there are in the world that we still have, be it war, famine, hunger, and everything else media loves to scare us all into thinking is going to hit us at any moment, it’s important to…
Films can be very faddy, meaning if something does well, similar type films are bound to come out in the years to come. Be it the teen fantasy films of the past 5 years, which seems to have now died down, the comic movies of the last 10, which is still going strength to strength,…
When the first film, which was a reboot of a series, based off a cartoon, based off a comic, came out in 2014, I was actually excited for it. Ninja Turtles holds a special place in my heart from my childhood, while at the same time not being something I’m overly precious about. Add in…
The Harry Potter universe is one I’m a big fan of. I remember watching the films as they started to come out, and my girlfriend at the time saying I HAD to read the books. I decided though that I was going to wait till all the films had come out before I read the…
Of all the comic book movies that have been coming out this past 10 years or so from Marvel, and having been a big reader and collector when I was younger, meant most of them I was pretty familiar with, with exception of Guardians of the Galaxy, as I didn’t even know that was a…
When a film crosses 1 billion at the worldwide box-office, it’s almost guaranteed to be a damn good film. Right? Well only 27 films have ever achieved this mark, which let’s face it, is mightily impressive, even if these films can now cost as much as $250 million to make, let alone the marketing budgets.…
Warcraft: The Beginning, in itself was an ambitious title right off the bat. It implies people are going to love the film so much that at least one sequel will be on the cards, though it more implies a whole bunch of them will come out eventually. I can understand that thinking, as they would…
Tim Burton is such an interesting director, and human being for that matter. I don’t just mean that in his talent, but more in the way his career has gone, which some could say is the most unique, and uniquely successful of any director in history. I mean this with regards to being able to…
The last time the actor Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg crossed paths it was for the damn good 2013 film, Lone Survivor. Based on a true story of American soldiers fighting against the odds, actually turned out to be a gripping and intense piece of cinema. Cut to 2016, and these two have not…
People often say that today’s films are either a mix of comic book movies, remakes, or sequels, and nothing original gets made. Of course this is an over-generalization, though is semi accurate for the big blockbuster films that Hollywood makes. But let’s be fair, we love to see big spectacle, and only huge action, adventure,…
I’m a huge fan of the original British series, The Office, and still to this day it has one of the best final episodes of any TV series out there, at the very least in the top 5 in my eyes. Ricky Gervais as well is someone who tends to either do amazing or great…
The Rock. What can I say about The Rock? Well, one thing is that he is yet to make a film I’ve seen that I didn’t like 10 times more because he was in it. His only bad film was the horrible San Andreas, though I still liked him in that film, despite it being…
Ghostbusters is one of those classic 80s films that is easy to forget how good it is until you get around to seeing it again. I can’t say the same for the follow up, but the original is still a damn fun ride that has the right mix of laughs, scares, and campiness to keep…
On the weekend just gone I decided it had been too long since we had gone and seen a movie. In fact, for someone who is used to seeing at least one a week, every week, the fact I’ve gone over half the year and not even seen 15 films is very odd for me.…
The Flawed Guru 