Posts Tagged With 'Film review'
The Great Gatsby Review
15
May
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Like most of the books in my library, The Great Gatsby sits among the many half-read and sorely abandoned. Baz Luhrmann’s vision of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s master work may not be the deepest rendition of the famed novel but it’s a stunning film for an audience looking to kick back and relax without engaging on an emotional or intellectual level.
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Bullet to the Head Review
13
May
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Sylvester Stallone and Walter Hill team up for this comic-book balderdash adapted from a French graphic novel. Walter Hill outfits the narrative with an ethnically diverse cast and soaks it in the thick noir of New Orleans but despite some redeeming qualities, the trashy and predictable plot sinks from the weight of action-man clichés; one-dimensional characters; outrageously weak B-grade dialogue and ludicrous stereotypes.
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Jurassic Park 3D Review
07
May
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It’s hard to imagine that Jurassic Park is already 20 years old, and by tradition it’s getting another shot at the silver screen. Thankfully for someone like me who missed it the first time around, this is the experience that I’ve been waiting for.
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The Flowers of War DVD Review
02
May
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I had heard that Flowers of War, the war movie based on the fall of Nanking, was less than entertaining when it was showing on the big screen. As a result, I gave it a miss. When it arrived in my pile of DVDs to review, I left it till last, thinking it was going to be pretty bad. I reluctantly popped it into my DVD player today, but contrary to what I’d heard, by the end of the movie I was pleasantly surprised.
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Iron Man 3 Review
29
Apr
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Iron Man 3 is the biggest release in the Marvel slate for this year and their flagship franchise after The Avengers (at least in monetary terms). Iron Man 2 left a bitter sweet taste – it was a cool film but relied on the superhero formula far too strictly, but with a new director and writer for the final entry in the (presumably first) trilogy, does the series end on a high note?
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