Quentin Tarantino is a familiar name to most moviegoers and one whose film style can divide film fans. Nevertheless, he has unarguably left his mark on cinema with his output, and he is amongst the best of them when it comes to writing dialogue. There are very few people who wouldn’t be able to recognize…
A tense, barrage of the senses that has brief moments of respite, Christopher Nolan‘s latest film centres on the evacuation of British forces from the coast of France, while slowly being flanked by German forces. It’s a situation fraught with hopelessness and desperation, and is chronicled beautifully in this retelling of those fateful few days.…
It’s not very often that the films within a movie trilogy get stronger with each subsequent entry, but the Apes franchise has managed to do just that. Following the great Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves caps off the trilogy with one of the darkest entries in the franchise that also…
Rated M (Mature themes and coarse language) Burnt is a story of Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper), a chef at the top of his game in Paris until his rock-star life-style of alcohol and drugs caused him to lose his friends, job and career. After spending his time in New Orleans shucking oysters as a…
PG-13 (for intense peril and disturbing images) Wow, that was intense. Watching Everest on an IMAX screen was a gruelling experience that had me gripping the edge of my seat and tensing up my whole body as the tragic story unfolded before me. Based on a true story documented by multiple sources, Everest is an…
Will Smith was once considered a sure win. Just his presence in a film’s cast would guarantee box office success. From punching aliens in Independence Day to causing slow motion explosions in Bad Boys, his natural charm and charisma was enough to fill theatres the world over. But let’s face it, Will Smith hasn’t been…
I’ll be the first to admit that I know nothing about Formula 1, and I haven’t watched a full race in my life. So when I heard there was a movie about F1 racing, my interest wasn’t really piqued. But as the reviews started coming out, the early buzz was that this film was something…
Gravity is one of those rare movies that hasn’t been spoiled by it’s trailers. The marketing campaign hints at a very different kind of story, but don’t be fooled. This is not a film focused mainly on Sandra Bullock floating around in space, it is so much more. To avoid spoilers, I won’t focus too…
Of all the adjectives I was expecting to use for Django, hilarious wasn’t one of them. Imagine my surprise to find out that not only is Django once of the more violent of Tarantino’s movies, but also one of the funniest. We are introduced to Django (Jamie Fox) from the get go, along with one…
If one word was used to sum up Life of Pi it would be beautiful. Yann Martel’s novel had the reputation for being unfilmable, but in the hands of a master craftsman such as Ang Lee, not only does it translates well to the big screen, but becomes a work of art in the process.…
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