Category Archives: Action

Logan (2017)

12 Wednesday Jul 2017

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“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dyling of the light” Dylan Thomas.

One actor playing one character for seventeen years, appearing in nine films which include three trilogies, all within the comic book genre. For Hollywood, that’s a mighty impressive record. It’s been an extraordinarily rare opportunity to watch a character develop over such a longevity, particularly in a franchise that broke the mould for the superhero genre. To be part of both a collaborative effort in the X-Men films and experience the intensive scrutiny and focus of a spin-off trilogy, is something quite unheard of.
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Baby Driver (2017)

03 Monday Jul 2017

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Reboots, sequels, prequels, franchises, remakes. These five terms have come to dominate and loiter around the film experience of late. Whether it’s exploring the high seas with yet another failed ‘Pirates of The Caribbean film’, or watching Tom Cruise and his bouncy hair run around some exotic land in a failed and unnecessary franchise reboot, there seems to be no end in sight. As evidenced by last week’s trailer release for the upcoming ‘Jumanji’ reboot that no one asked for. Most of these films have created an atmosphere of repetition, sluggishness and stifling boredom, because for every thrilling ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’, we are then exposed to yet another moronic Transformers film that again, very few asked for.
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

12 Monday Jun 2017

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There is an abundance of action films lead by leading male protagonists. Many of whom nowadays can be seen either clad in spandex, performing death-defying spectacles involving aeroplanes and extremely tall buildings, or driving very fast cars over submarines. Though I do have a personal preference for those spandex clad heroes (Yes, I know how that reads). There is one male action character whose antics in his first film caught my attention and though he does drive an impress muscle car and wear a fantastic array of suits, it’s not James Bond.
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Assassin’s Creed (2016)

14 Sunday May 2017

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Video games as a format primarily work because as the player you are in control of a character within a narrative, thus placing you in the moment. This is also why in my opinion the horror genre is now best depicted in video games. So, depending upon the game, you must complete a series of tasks such as learning how this new world works, and how to adapt to your environment. You must also make important decisions regarding your character’s various upgrades before finally deciding how to best utilise all you have learned to your advantage when you inevitably face the bosses along the way. These are some of the most fundamental reasons why people play video games, and is an element you cannot presently incorporate into film.
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Rogue One (2016)

15 Saturday Apr 2017

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Minor Spoilers throughout, and I will place ‘The Last Jedi’ trailer at the bottom.

Star Wars is an iconic series, redefining both cinema and the science fiction genre when it was first released in the late 70s. The series has spanned an impressive 40 years, something which is currently being celebrated with various panels events and the release of the ‘The Last Jedi’ trailer. In its time on screen the series has produced two trilogies with ‘The Force Awakens’ initiating a third. Rogue One serves as something different and altogether quite interesting as a spin-off film, though one that is still attached to the main Star Wars narrative arc. Rogue One introduces us to new characters and new planets whilst remaining in familiar territory.

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Moana (2016)

09 Sunday Apr 2017

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Ancient Polynesia, and a terrible curse has been placed upon the land by the Demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), causing famine to spread throughout the surrounding islands. The curse has now reached Chief Tui’s island (Temuera Morrison) where fish are disappearing and newly harvested coconuts are rotten. Moana (Auli’I Cravalho), the daughter of Chief Tui, must venture forth beyond the high seas and find Maui in order to restore peace.

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Apocalypse Now (1979) Cheat Sheet

29 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 film adapted from the book ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad. The book is set in 1890 and depicts a voyage going up river into the Congo Free State, a large state in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. Francis Ford Coppola, who both directed, produced and co-wrote ‘Apocalypse Now’, updated the time-period by setting it during the Vietnam War.
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Arrival (2016)

27 Monday Mar 2017

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Arrival is based on an online short-story called ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang which was first published in 1998 and then again in 2002 in Chiang’s collection of short stories. The film was adapted by Eric Heisserer and directed by Denis Villeneuve. The story explores the arrival of 8 different vessels who have suddenly appeared all over the world. Dr Louise Banks (Amy Adams) a linguistic lecturer and Dr Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) a theoretical physicist are approached by Colonel G.T.Weber (Forest Whitaker) to understand these new arrivals, and to find an answer to questions such as “What is your purpose on Earth?”.

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Iron Fist (2017)

24 Friday Mar 2017

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The latest Marvel/Netflix series and the introduction of the last member of ‘The Defenders’. ‘Iron Fist’ marks the last step before the big team-up that began with Daredevil in 2015. So, now we have met the entire assemble, the question is, how does Iron Fist fare as its own series? and, how does it compare to all we have witnessed thus far in this Marvel/Netflix relationship. There are some spoilers.
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Taboo

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Created by Chips Hardy, Tom Hardy and Steven Knight. Starring Tom Hardy, David Hayman, Jonathan Pryce, Oona Chaplin, Edward Hogg, Stephen Graham, Franka Potente, Michael Kelly, Tom Hollander, Mark Gatiss and many many more.

From the start, I must make this absolutely clear, before I am heckled or have rotten fruit thrown at me online, this article is full of Spoilers. So, if you are reading this as a taster because you are unsure whether the show will appeal to you, do not read my review, watch the series and then return. You have been warned.

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