Film Review: Hobbs & Shaw

Or to give it its full title Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. I've always been a fan of the Fast franchise (Tokyo Drift aside), and one of the aspects I've liked is that the series has gone from "Point Break with street racing" to this latest movie, which is a globetrotting buddy action …

Film Review: The Meg

As a film studies student I heard all about "high concept" films, this being the idea of blockbusters having simple premises which could be pitched in a sentence or two. Some people are a little snooty on this, but sometimes it helps to be able to sell a movie in twenty-five words or less. And …

Film Review: The Expendables 3

Common Hollywood theory states that sequels are an exercise in diminishing returns, possibly due to the plethora of witless and by-the-numbers follow ups in the horror and action movie genres during the 70s and 80s (for the best example of this rewatch Jaws and then suffer through the sequels, or the Halloween series, the last …

Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6

This isn't going to be a standard review. It's hard to review a movie which is the sixth installment in a series, because surely by now everyone knows if it's their kinda thing or not. So basically deciding to see this movie comes down to one simple question: Did you like the other Fast and …

The Man Crush List Part 1

Okay, so I've mentioned my man crushes in several previous my various man-crushes and I thought I'd list a few, and explain why. For those unfamiliar with the term a man crush is a largely heterosexual infatuation with another dude, I think they've been around for years but guys in the 60s/70s/80s might not have …

Movie Review: The Expendables 2

The all-star action sequel to 2010's The Expendables sees even more old school action legends join the party. The film kicks off with Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his right hand man Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) back in action with their misfit mercenaries (Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Terry Crews and Randy Couture) along with new …

Movie Review: Safe

Right, I had planned to be sitting down today to write a review of the Avengers movie, however due to a massive faff down at the cinema by the time I got to the front of the queue I had 3 minutes before the next showing and felt that I needed a bit of a …