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'Whiplash' Review: Teller gives the performance of his life!

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🎺 Whiplash 🎺 Review 🎺 10/10 🎺 The film depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz student (Teller) and an aggressive, abusive instructor (Simmons). Teller's total investment in his performance means viewers are no longer just viewers; we're also witnesses, and it's this intensity that makes writer-director Damien Chazelle's film so memorable. We pay little mind to its shortcomings: the unnecessary romance (which fails to flesh out Andrew but does expose his own cruelty) and the unfortunate impenetrability of Fletcher's (played brilliantly by Simmons) motives for his madness. Whiplash is both a refreshing, respectful ode to the beauty that is jazz music and a very compelling look at the horror that is a mentor-mentee relationship gone distressingly awry. There's a particular scene in Whiplash when Andrew is hunched over the drums, aching to get through what may be the most important performance of his life. His hands are moving on their own s

'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' Review

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⌚ Kingsman: The Golden ⌚ Review ⌚ 8.4/10 ⌚ This sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service has just as much slick, inventive, crazy comic action and is just as much fun. But while it's equally violent, it also shows far more empathy toward human loss. Matthew Vaughn returns to the director's chair, co-writing the screenplay with Jane Goldman; though their story is convoluted and just a tad bit insane, it more or less sticks together and follows a pleasing flow. It even manages a sly bit of political commentary on the "war on drugs" which was pretty cool. Set pieces, including a runaway gondola lift and Poppy's 1950s-inspired hideout, are outrageously cool. Vaughn's direction is the opposite of Hollywood's usual shaky-cam tendencies; it's graceful and fluid, with dance-like movement in the heat of battle. In the previous movie, scenes involving the brutal deaths of dozens of people were played for laughs and entertainment. But in Kingsman: The Golden

Quentin Tarantino has finally let us know the premise of his ninth film!

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As of yet we still don’t have a title for Quentin Tarantino‘s next project, but earlier this week, we finally learned its premise (possibly to stop people from calling it his “Charles Manson movie“). We also still don’t know who will play the two leads (though Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tom Cruise are reportedly all possibilities), but we now know more about the characters they could play. The film will revolve around an actor who’s had some success in television, and is hoping to expand into movies, and he’s accompanied by his stunt double (who’s looking for the same thing). It’s all set in Hollywood in 1969 as the Manson Family and the murder of Sharon Tate (likely to be played by the beautifully talented Margot Robbie) take place concurrently. who's getting excited?

'The Punisher' Spoiler-Free Season 1 Review: an excellent and realistic rendering of a Marvel comic vigilante!

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💀 The Punisher 💀 Spoiler-Free Season Review 💀 9.3/10 💀 'The Punisher,' as portrayed sublimely by Jon Bernthal, is an excellent and realistic rendering of a Marvel comic vigilante. Finally, someone really took the time to develop a character that we can relate to as a human, as someone with real PTSD, and someone who believably could pursue a personal war against the corporate, government douche bags who destroyed his life. Bernthal does an excellent acting job, portraying a man haunted by the visions of his family being murdered, and a man struggling to reconcile with the visions haunting him. His co-partner, and I.T freak, Micro aka David Lieberman (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), is also a man with a mission to right the wrongs inflicted on him, and together, they play off of one another very well. The action scenes are simple, yet brutal and compelling, they are just enough to add balance to a story that draws one deeply into the lives of these two men who were betrayed by

Jake Gyllenhaal: One of the best actors of this generation!

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Where do I begin with Jake fooking Gyllenhaal... he is among my favourite actors of all time and is there really any wonder as to why? No, you need not wonder, all you need to do is randomly select almost any of his films and i gaurentee every single one you choose (apart from maybe Prince of Persia) will blow you away. What I love about him is his sincere love and passion for the craft of acting, and his Tenacity and willingness to work hard in every single film that he features in, from his little bit parts to his major roles, you can always see how much this guy puts in, especially physically and emotionally, I love that, and this is why I know I will watch every film that ever comes out where Gyllenhal has played a part! Here's a few of my favourites! (Performance based in no particular order): • Prisoners - Det. Loki (2013) • Donnie Darko - Donnie Darko (2001) • Nightcrawler - Louis Bloom (2014) • Southpaw - Billy "The great" Hope (2015) • Stronger - Jef

'I Saw The Devil' Review: Absolutely brutal!

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👹 I Saw The Devil 👹 Review 👹 9.2/10 👹 Directed by Kim Jee-Woon Starring: Choi Min-sik, Lee Byung-hun, In-seo Kim, San-ha Oh, Cheon Ho-Jin and Moo-Seong Choi Although the core story has been done before in other revenge movies, this one truly does take take the cake. The movie messes with your mind from scene to scene, without letting go and thats without the gore scenes, they are so brutally done, no shying away at all, rather the opposite actually they embrace it. The characters are so brilliantly brought to life, you literally watch them transform in front of your eyes, especially Kim Soo-hyeon (Byung-hun Lee), the lead character who you watch transform into a monster in order to stop thee monster. The movie focuses on what revenge can bring out in a good man, and it is raw, cruel and at times astonishingly realistic. The movie clocks almost 2 hours and a half, but despite the length being unusually long, you will not be looking at your watch and thinking "it sh

'To Kill A Mockingbird' Review: Classic!

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🌟 To Kill A Mockingbird 🌟 Review 🌟 10/10 🌟 Directed by Robert Mulligan Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters and Phillip Alford Two parallel story lines follow Atticus' strenuous decision to defend an African-American man (Brock Peters) who has been accused of raping a white woman and the two young Finches' fascination with their mysterious -- and rumored-to-be-dangerous -- recluse neighbor, Boo Radley (The creepiest Robert Duvall has ever been). Atticus and his children Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford) face disapproval and worse from those who believe the accused is guilty, with or without a trial. This Hollywood masterpiece offers crucial lessons about prejudice and the fears that motivate it. Gregory Peck's Academy Award-winning performance anchors To Kill a Mockingbird , which is finely crafted with a perfectly balanced script by Horton Foote. A paragon of decency who stands for tolerance and nonviolence at all costs

'Geostorm' Review: The only disaster here, was this movie!

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🌍 Geostorm 🌍 Review 🌍 2/10 🌍 Directed by Dean Devlin Starring: Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia Last night I watched a gargantuan waste of money (100 fu**ing million dollars), time and resources, how you can rectify spending that amount on pure cinematic garbage is beyond me. The term "Flop" comes to mind when explaining Geostorm, it suits it to a T. First question I want to ask, where the fu** has Gerard Butler been hiding all this time? Second question I want to ask is, who the fu** thought it would be a great idea to cast Gerard Butler as a cock-sure scientist that would sacrifice his life in a split second with no consideration of his young daughter. It tried to borrow from disaster flicks like, 2012 and San Andreas, but was so poorly executed I just can't help but wonder where all that money went, then they go and throw in a conspiracy involving the president who is played by ANDY (fu**ing) GARCIA!!! What a mess.

'Battle Royale' Review: Cult Masterpiece!

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🔫 Battle Royale 🗡 Review 🔫 9/10 🗡 Battle Royale was the final film by the Japanese exploitation master Kinji Fukasaku, who was bloody 70 at the time, and he clearly put everything he had into it. Despite the 122-minute running time, it's exquisitely paced and balanced, perfectly alternating periods of rest and hope with periods of shock and violence. The huge cast of teens is handled extremely well. Characters unexpectedly reveal new sides of their personalities, i.e. sudden courage, cowardice and rage. Fukasaku plays the movie for bloody thrills while keeping the sinister message in the background. Viewers will likely find themselves thinking about the movie long afterward, as it grows richer. The final masterstroke is the casting of filmmaker/performer Takeshi Kitano (who acts under a stage name, "Beat" Takeshi), as the former teacher and current ringmaster. He brings a very dark, deadpan humor to his role, as well a quiet thoughtfulness, turning him into one

'Peaky Blinders' Season 4, Episode 2 - Heathens Review

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🔫 Peaky Blinders 🔫 Season 4: 'Heathens' Review 🔫 10/10 🔫 So where do I begin with last night's epic episode of Peaky Blinders... We start off with some tragic and rather gut-wrenching news that rips right through the core of the Shelby's, news they need to come to grips with sooner rather than later -- there is no time to mourn when thee enemy is getting prepared to attack, again. Tommy get's his family all back together again in what once was there home, and is now there battleground. He wastes no time at all when it comes to getting the hole town prepared, enlisting even the dodgiest of characters to join his ranks, aiding him in his mission to keep his family safe. We not only get one, but TWO character introductions this episode and both are done in tremendous fashion, first we had Aidan Gillen's Aberama Gold and that brilliant sequence in the scrapyard when Tommy managed to one-up his newfound ally/rival -- pissing myself laughing! Then we got

Marvel and Hulu's 'Runaways' Episode 1, 2 and 3 Review: Brilliant way to start the series!

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8.6/10  Last night I started Marvel and Hulu's 'Runaways,' I have watched 3 episodes and I have nothing but good things to say thus far. Centering on a group of witty teens who learn they’re part of Something Bigger, and/or have superpowers. Not only are these teens special, but their parents — who, so far as anyone else knows, are just a group of particularly talented and wealthy innovators — are in fact part of a an evil-ass cult called 'Pride' and there harnessing some serious demonic shit to put toward their own nefarious ends. In the comics as soon as the kids come to the realisation of what there parents are up to, they almost immediately become the "Runaways" promised in the title, but, here the first 3 episodes are alot slower, which isn't a bad thing at all if your like me and you believe in character development. Hulu have done it the right way and given each character -- kids and parents -- room to grow into real characters that w

What's your favourite Marvel T.V series! Here's all of them best to worst!

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So, as I did a list for all Marvel flicks, I thought I would compile a list of all Marvel shows that I have watched thus far! Like one spectacular show I only just finished lasy night! We have some really great series, some WTF series and some Meh series that were just ok! 1) Daredevil (2015/2016) - 9.4/10 2) The Punisher (2017) - 9.3/10 3) Legion (2017) - 8.9/10 4) Jessica Jones (2015) - 8.7/10 5) The Defenders (2017) - 8.4/10 6) The Gifted (2017 - Ep. 7) - 8.2/10 (on average so far) 7) Agents Of Shield (2013 - 2017) - 8.1/10 8) Luke Cage (2016) - 7.9/10 9) Agent Carter (2015/2016) - 7.7/10 10) Iron Fist (2017) - 7.5/10 11) Inhumans (2017) - 5/10 (wtf) So what do you think? What would you change? P.s - My Punisher review will be up tonight or tomorrow, what a series, great ratings so far, did you know out of 13,000 people it's received an average of 9.2/10! 

'Logan Lucky' Review: Ocean's with a twist! Soderbergh back and at his finest!

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💰 Logan Lucky 💰 Review 💰 8.5/10 💰 Steven Soderbergh returns to the big screen after a self-imposed "retirement" with a movie that's very much in the vein of his Ocean's trilogy but pulpier and quirkier -- and a shit load of fun. Whereas the Ocean's movies were slick and sophisticated, with a big-city sheen, Logan Lucky is more of a "country cousin," focusing on members of a more close-knit, laid-back rural community, whose lives follow an entirely different rhythm -- a rather offbeat one. The characters' Southern drawl reminds me alot of what was probably the Coen brothers' funniest film (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), and their criminal cleverness is a little reminiscent of some of Quentin Tarantino's work which I admired. The cast were all great; Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, there were some hilarious cameos by Sebastian Stan and Hilary Swank who absolutely killed it in the short time she was on screen (s

'Prisoners' Review: 10/10, can't find a film to watch, here it is!

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📿 Prisoners 📿 Review 📿 10/10 📿 Last night I sat and watched Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners for the second time in about 4 years, the first being 4 years ago, so, I went into it with a vague idea of what the film entailed, but had almost little to no remembrance of what actually went on, and that's when the fun began, God it felt so good, like I was experiencing the film for the first time, again. This film is an outright bloody masterpiece filled with an extraordinary cast and I completely forgot that it literally has 3 of my top 20 actors; Jake Gyllenhaal (Det. Loki), Hugh Jackman (Keller Dover) and Paul Dano (Alex Jones), I cannot commend there performances enough, there talent is awe-inspiring. Each character had there beliefs challenged to unfathomable lengths, especially Dover, a Christian man that has lost his daughter and is stuck between a rock and a hard-place; the faith in his god and the love for his daughter, he shows the extreme lengths of which he would g

'Unbroken' Review: Phenomenal performance from Jack O'Connell and a very powerful story!

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🔗 Unbroken 🔗 Review 🔗 8.6/10 🔗 Directed by Angelina Jolie Starring: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney and Finn Wittrock Here is a film -- based on a true story of one brave soul and what he will overcome -- that perfectly showcases; Courage, honour, heart, strength, and unimaginable pain and suffering which is displayed in such brutal ways and cuts you straight to the bone. The story follows, Olympian and Bombardier, Louis Zamperini (Jack O'Connell). As a boy, Louis is always in trouble, but with the help of his older brother, he turns his life around and channels his energy into running, later qualifying for the 1936 Olympics. When World War II breaks out, Louie enlists in the military. After his plane crashes in the Pacific, he survives an incredible 47 days adrift in a raft, until his capture by the Japanese navy. Sent to a POW camp, Louie becomes the favorite target of a particularly cruel prison commander. In only the

Here's a list of all 'X-Men' flicks! Best to worse! What's your's?

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So, yesterday I showed you all my Top films in the MCU, in order of my personal favourites. Today I have compiled a list of all X-Men films, best to worst! 1) Logan - 9.6/10 2) Deadpool: 8.8/10 3) X-Men: Days of Future Past - 8.6/10 4) X-Men: First Class - 8.3/10 5) X-Men - 8.2/10 6) X2 - 8/10 7) The Wolverine - 7.8/10 8) X-Men: Apocalypse - 7.6/10 9) X-Men: The Last Stand - 7.5/10 10) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 7.5/10 What do you think of my list? What ones would you shimmy around or is it just right for you to! Please share your opinions, I always love to hear!

'The Gifted' episode 4 review: 'eXit strategy'

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🌟 The Gifted 🌟 Episode 4 Review 🌟 eXit strategy 🌟 8.5/10 🌟 Marvel’s The Gifted hasn’t been one to shy away from politics, but, in ‘eXit strategy’ it’s the politics of war that are in the forefront, with multiple characters questioning whether their actions can be forgiven by the constraints of wartime. The primary mission this episode is to save Polaris and Reed, yet Reed can -- ironically -- thank Sentinel Services for his inclusion. 'eXit strategy' gives Reed a tougher judge in Polaris and reminds us that he persecuted Mutants for a living, so, he Definetly won't be getting off lightly. Will Reed be able to adapt as quickly as his wife did now that he's back in the fold. Well she had it a bit easier due to the fact she didn't persecute anyone, all she did was sit back in silence and rake in the profits, so that's nowhere near as bad, am I right? I will give her credit though, kate has stepped up to the plate and she's learning fast. In order

'Blade of the Immortal' Review: Constant creative gory fun!

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I took a stab at watching Blade of the Immortal and I have to say it was some "bloody" enthralling stuff. In what is director Takashi Miike's 100th film (13 Assassins, Ichi The Killer), Takuya Kimura takes the lead as the protagonist, Manji, the man who has been cursed with immortality, on a long quest for redemption. Manji is a highly skilled samurai in feudal Japan who promises to help a young woman avenge the death of her parents. Their mission leads them into bloody battle, after bloody battle with a ruthless warrior and his band of master swordsmen. The film's star Carry's some emotional heft throughout the film, struggling ever since he lost his little sister, all he wants to do is join her, but, his curse won't let him, not until he has re-written his wrongs 1000 times over. I have never seen, nor read the original manga series, but I knew that he has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality... sold! The fight scenes are out o

What's your favourite Spidey this far?

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So, now I have done my list for all X-Men flicks, all films in the MCU, and now I have done my list of all 6 Spider-Man flicks, best to worst! 1) Spider-Man - 9/10 2) Spider-Man: Homecoming - 8.7/10 3) Spider-Man 2 - 8.4/10 4) The Amazing Spider-Man - 8.1/10 5) Spider-Man 3 - 7.5/10 6) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 7/10 The first Spider-Man was my fav, and that is all due to my favouirte Marvel villain to date! The Green Goblin! Played by none other than Willem Dafoe. He set a bar so high for all future villains and for me no-one has ever reached that level of villainism! I don't think I need to explain why Amazing Spider-Man 2 is bottom, it's just god awful! Do you concur? What would you change?

You been missing Glenn Rhee? Well check out Steven Yeun's new chaotic flick 'Mayhem!' It's sure to fill a void!

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🔧 Mayhem 🔧 Review 🔧 8.5/10 🔧 You been missing Steven Yeun? Well look no further, he's back and in chaotic fashion! This film was released at the perfect time, in perfect style -- given how fucked the system is and all the democracy and shit that Trump and all the corporate fu**s have stirred up in the U.S. The anger, the rage and the pure frustration that is building up inside everyone from all this bollocks has to go somewhere and this film channels it perfectly. In Yeun's latest project, Mayhem, he plays Derek, a fired worker who is having the shittest day you could possibly imagine in a corporate law office infected with a virus capable of making people act out their wildest and most violent impulses. The Joe Lynch film is horror-adjacent, but marries its gore perfectly with a healthy dose of social commentary and pitch black humor. Steven Yeun is on a hole other level in this flick, bringing us an invigorating performance of pure "Mayhem." When you

My List of all films in the MCU, best to worst!

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So, after seeing Thor: Ragnarok I thought that I would compile a list of all films in the MCU, best to worst! 1) Thor Ragnarok - 9.2 2) Guardians of The Galaxy 2 - 8.8/10 3) Spiderman Homecoming - 8.7/10 4) Captain America: Civil War - 8.6/10 5) Guardians of The Galaxy - 8.6/10 6) Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 8.5/10 7) Doctor Strange - 8.4/10 8) Ant-Man - 8.3/10 9) Iron-Man 1 - 8.3/10 10) The Avengers - 8.2/10 11) The Avengers: Age of Ultron - 8.1/10 12) Thor - 8.1/10 13) Captain America: The First Avenger - 7.7/10 14) Iron-Man 3 - 7.5/10 15) Thor: The Dark World - 7.5/10 16) Hulk (Edward Norton) - 7.3/10 17) Iron-Man 2 - 7.2/10 Thor (1, 2, 3) = 24.8/30, Cap (1, 2, 3) = 24.8/30, Iron-Man (1, 2, 3) = 23/30 GOTG (1, 2) = 17.4/20 By the looks of it, when Gaurdians brings out it's 3rd film it will then take the "total" lead, all it needs is a minimum of 7.5 rating from me, and come on we can't see it getting any less than at least an 8! H

🥊🥊Statham VS The Megaladon in 'The Meg.' I'm in are you! Official synopsis released!🥊🥊

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🥊🥊Statham VS The Megaladon in 'The Meg.' I'm in are you! Official synopsis released!🥊🥊 One of my biggest guilty pleasures ever is shark flicks: Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, Open Water, The Reef and The Shallows. There not necessarily amazing but I love them none the less, I just get such a thrill, the suspense is terrifying, and then say if you were to add Jason Statham to the mix, well then I'm sorry im sold. That being said Warner Bros have released the full official synopsis for Jason Stathams battle against a 75ft prehistoric shark know as the Megaladon: A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside.  With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishe

:Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance' Review: Worst Marvel Movie No.3!

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🔥💀 Worst Marvel Movie No.3 🔥💀 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 🔥💀 Review 🔥💀 3.9/10 🔥💀 I don't get WTF was going through the minds of Marvel and Columbia Pictures when they decided to bring out a second Ghost Rider, I mean as if the first one wasn't that bad, right? There's some gleefully twisted stuff here (for those who like that kind of shit). Johnny tries to fight off the transformation to Ghost Rider, speeding down the street, screaming and cackling with the effort; he also magically switches from a flaming motorcycle to an enormous flaming crane in one shot (apparently it doesn't matter what vehicle he rides). For this sequel, the Ghost Rider franchise thought they would try clear there conscience and changed directors; then we got the demented team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the boys behind Crank and Crank: High Voltage. The result is a slight improvement in style, but unfortunately, the movie still lags behind in the script, character de

'Patti Cake$' Review: Join Patti on her own 8 Mile odyssey!

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🍰 Patti Cake$ 🍰 Review 🍰 8.7/10 🍰 From the get go you instantly feel that music is not only Patti's life, but her saviour, her bright-light in a very dim world, filled with ridicule, a couple of dead end jobs and a rather nasty mother with her own problems. She finds solace in her rapping, spitting her lyrics, and making dem rhymes with her crew; loving Nana, best friend jizzy, jammy Jheri and mysterious-anarchist/new-found "friend" Basterd. PB&J!!! She wants to get out, she wants "to be someone" and she believes that her music is the way to do that, but, it's not an easy road to stardom or shall I even say semi-stardom, it's a tough gritty road with many lumps and bumps along the way, kinda like her own 8 Mile odyssey. What a brilliant directorial debut from Geremy Jasper who wrote it as-well (being loosely based around his past life), the dialogue, editing, visuals, the hole score was brilliant, the way he balanced the movie througho

'Ghost Rider' Review: The worst Marvel Movie No. 2! The fall of Nicholas Cage!

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Worst Marvel Movie No. 2 🔥💀 Ghost Rider 🔥💀 Review 🔥💀 3.7/10 🔥💀 The fall of Nicholas Cage... In my opinion this very movie destroyed Nicholas Cage's career, back in the late 80's right the way through to the early 2000's he starred in some brilliant films, such as; Con Air, The City Of Angels, The Rock, Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation and Matchstick Men, I mean there's copious amounts of great films there, the latest of them all was 2003 (Machstick Men). Then we hit 2007 where he stars as Johnny Freaking Blaze in the Ghost Rider flick, dun, dun, dun.... Then it all starts to go downhill from there with films like; Bangkok Dangerous, Drive Angry, Season Of The Witch, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Stolen, Pay The Ghost, The Runner, seriously I'm not even done, there's so many more so I'm just going to stop, you get the picture, I hope. There were about 2 or 3 half decent films he has had since 2007 and that's; Bad Lieutenant (2009

'Daredevil' Movie Review: The worst Marvel film ever!

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😈 My Worst Marvel Movie Ever 😈 Daredevil 😈 Review 😈 3/10 😈 Here lies the main reason as to why I fell out of favour with Ben Affleck. Ever since this film I have never been able to look at him the same, he killed my darling Daredevil with a horrendous performance and it took something spectacular for it to be revived (thank you Charlie Cox and Netflix). Let's face it he's a mediocre actor, always has been (Dogma, Good Will Hunting, Paycheck and many, many more) and always will be, (Runner Runner, Live By Night, Batman VS Superman) he use to be in Matt Damon's shadow now he's in Batman's. He has no substance what so ever and almost every role he has ever had is virtually the same, always rocking the same gormless look. Anyway enough of the Ben bashing, I digress... The fights are very good, but it's clear that's where most of the creative energy went in this movie. Affleck doesn't act very much, and if he did, most of it would be hidden by Mur

'Good Time' Review: Brilliant film but Don't be fooled by the title!

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🌟Good Time 🌟 Review 🌟 8.5/10 🌟 Directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie Starring: Robert Pattinson, Ben Safdie, Buddy Duress and Jennifer Jason Leigh When I got back from seeing Thor: Ragnarok, I noticed I had some spare time on my hands before bed, therefore I decided to try and cure my hate for Robert Pattinson's acting and engulfed myself in his newest (highly recommended) film, Good Time, by the Safdie brothers. After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine "Connie" Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick (Benny Safdie) out of jail. Throughout the course of the film Connie's luck starts to fade and he gets himself into bad situation, after bad situation, on a journey that is completely contradictory to the title itself (brilliant). The cast -- Including a whacked-out, smacked-out, drunken, would-be dru

'Murder On The Orient Express' Review: So disapointed!

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🚂 Murder On The Orient Express 🚂 Review 🚂 6/10 🚂 Directed by Kenneth Branagh Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Leslie Odom Jr., and Willem Dafoe Tonight I went to see Kenneth Branagh's take on the Murder on The Orient Express, and I have to say I was sorely disapointed, it was a slow, tedious 2 hour's that I will never get back. Yet again we have the problem where the trailer is signifacantly better than the film itself, luring you into a false belief that it's going to be good! I went into it super excited, really intrigued, hoping for a clever, suspenseful murder mystery, but the film failed on all accounts. The pacing was so slow, every minute felt like ten, every time it felt like it was getting interesting it would find a way for you to shortly lose interest (I remember looking at my pic-a-mix box at least ten times throughout). Kenneth Branagh did the double, he was the dire

'Happy Death Day' Review: Rinse, Die, Repeat!

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🗡 Happy Death Day 🗡 Review 🗡 6/10 🗡 Directed by Christopher B. Landon Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken So, last night I gave Happy Death Day a watch and although I loved the hole idea of using Groundhog Day and putting a murder/death twist on it, I was rather disappointed. For a slasher movie there wasn't really any slashing, the gore was minimal, the thrills were poor and to be honest it wasn't scary in any way, I always knew what was gonna happen next, there was no suspense at all. Basically this bitch called Tree keeps reliving the same shitty birthday over and over again until she solves why this is happening to her, after dieng a few times and living the same day over and over she has plenty of time to think and reflect on things and the first thing she figures out is that she is a first-rate bitch, therefore she decides to try right some wrongs in her life and get right with herself! Does she solve it

'Thor: Ragnarok' Review: The funniest marvel film to date!

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Last night I went and watched Thor and his team of revengers as they try to save Asgard from Ragnarok! And, holy shit it was bloody epic, like Hulk raging fire epic, like poor dead Doug epic, like the Lord of thunder epic... There were so many wonderful things about this film, so, first and foremost I have to thank Taika Waititi for bringing us a Thor film that we have all been revelling to see, a Thor film that is worthy! The cast were all exceptional, Cate Blanchett was terrific as the goddess of death, Hela, I wasn't to sure on her at first but wow did she nail it. Chris Hemsworthy (pardon the pun) was the funniest he has ever been, Tom Hiddleston was brilliant yet again as the mischievous keniving Loki. I think Hulk had a bigger talking role than Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) in this one, and it was so freaking funny. Karl Urban, Jeff Goldbloom and Tessa Thompson We're all brilliant new additions to the flick, but, the unsung hero who had me in stitches every single ti