Incredibly well-acted and stylistically directed, but ultimately The Laundromat ends up trying too hard to be provocative with its political message than it does entertaining.
The Laundromat is Netflix’s upcoming drama that draws its inspiration from the 2015 Panama Papers leak. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Meryl Streep stars as an elderly widow digging into a fake insurance policy she unwittingly purchased. Her dogged investigation eventually leads her to the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca and its charismatic founders, Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas respectively).
When Disney bought over Marvel back in 2010, and once all the badly photoshopped pics of Mickey Mouse cold-clocking Captain America had finished making the rounds, fans started to get really excited about the prospects of the House of Mouse’s prodigious animation talents being put to use to bring one of Marvel’s comics to animated life on the big screen. …
As a fan of Marvel Comics, anime and funny animated movies starring plucky kids who invent robots, I really should be more excited for Big Hero 6. I’ve laughed politely at the trailers and looked meaningfully at the posters and pics, but there’s just some spark still missing for me. Maybe I’m just a grumpy old coot though who can’t recognise …
IGN released a trailer for new action comedy Soldier of Fortune yesterday. What’s that? You had never of Soldier of Fortune before? Well, to be frank, neither had I. Based on the actors involved though (Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan), my interest was piqued. And then promptly dashed again when I saw the trailer. It’s not incredi-bad, it just looks like …
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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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