The Hobbit trilogy is nowhere near as good as the almost mythic Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is a fact that no amount of fanboy defending can get around. In fact, some would even insist that they outright stunk. So what happened? How did the same team that produced such a sublime, Oscar winning adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic …
I am Groot! I am GROOT! Oops, sorry. Wrong movie. I am supposed to talk about The Last Witch Hunter in which Vin Diesel will probably have a bit more to say… Probably! Quite frankly the 6ft Mark Sinclair, (which is Diesel’s real name, by the way), could stand around acting wooden and people these days would still love him. From …
After last week’s drought we are finally getting on to the end of year blockbusters. This week, we have Katniss Everdeen kicking ass and taking names, Owen Wilson in a breathless action-fest of a thriller and Arnold Schwarzenegger… in a zombie movie! Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two At the end of the saga, Katniss Everdeen realises that the stakes …
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart couldn’t be more different. One is a towering mountain of muscle whose action man credentials include spear-tackling a building, while the other is a motormouth funnyman so diminutive in stature that the first guy could use him as a spear. And now Hollywood has decided that they need to team up. I mean …
Hayley Atwell is awesome. Besides for being gorgeous, witty, charming and completely ruling the internet with hilarious Instagram posts and Dubsmash wars, she is of course also Peggy Carter, the kickass Marvel character that was first introduced to us a love interest to Chris Evans’ Cap in Captain America: The First Avenger but has since gone on to steal all …
When it came to magician-heist actioner Now You See Me, the biggest magic trick it pulled off, in my opinion, was making $351 million at the box office. Sure it was flashy and entertaining in places, but it completely underutlized its stellar cast and tried to be too clever for its own good with nudge-nudge, wink-wink plot twists stretching plausibility …
Hollywood does a lot of dumb stuff when it comes to movie sequels, but occasionally they get something right. Case in point: Snow White and the Huntsman was a decent enough popcorn blockbuster, with great visual effects, a fantastic villainous turn from a scenery chewing Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth being a badass action hero with an axe, but it …
The last few days I’ve had friends constantly boasting about how absolutely amazing “Rise of the Tomb Raider” is. This latest chapter, along with 2013’s simply titled “Tomb Raider”, has been one hell of a successful reboot for the long-running acclaimed action adventure video game franchise. Of course things haven’t been looking anywhere near as good for a planned reboot …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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