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5 of my favourite comedy film moments
You can’t beat a bit of comedy. Nothing better to cheer up a gloomy mood and put behind you a 6 game losing streak on FIFA that saw you launch your pad through the air like a swan chasing a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2pac, blogging, cinema, comedy, Direction, dumb and dumber, Evan Goldberg, Films, harold and maude, jim carey, movies, Netflix, paul rudd, Seth Rogan, step brothers, superbad, wet hot american summer, will ferrell
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Black Mass Review
A stylised showcase of violence Black Mass is interesting. I think that’s the word that perfectly sums up the film. The story of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his rise to crime kingpin of Boston captures and keeps your attention throughout … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, 80s, acting, Alcatraz, Benedict Cumberbatch, Black Mass, blog, Boston, crime, crime film, Direction, Gangster, Goodfellas, Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Kevin Bacon, movie, notorious, oscars, review, Scorsese, violence, Writing
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The Martian Review
The Martian has come at a very appropriate time. Off the back the massive successes of space travel drama’s Gravity and Interstellar, The Martian continues a long line of excellent sci-fi films that have really re-established the genre. To add on … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Novels
Tagged acting, Alien, Andy Weir, book, book adaption, bourne, cinema, cinematography, collection, film, film review, Gladiator, gravity, Interstellar, Jessica Chastain, latest release, Matt Damon, movie, Ridley Scott, sci-fi, Science, science fiction, space, space travel, The Martian
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Batman and me
It began with Tim Burton’s 1989 damp, murky and slightly odd Batman. With Michael Keatons older weird chinned Batman and Jack Nicholson’s wacky yet unsettling and maniacal Joker. The cheeky splash of yellow in the batman symbol and utility belt against … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Gaming, Graphic Novels
Tagged Arkham, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Knight, Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman Begins, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, Batmobile, christopher nolan, Comics, Dark Knight, dc, Films, Robin, Rocksteady, superhero, Superhero films, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, tim burton, video games
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Movie Review: Everest
I love a true story film. Biographical dramas always resonate with me and I find films a lot more tense when you realise that these were real people and real lives that were on the line. As soon as I … Continue reading
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Tagged action, biographical drama, biography, blog, blog review, drama, Everest, Everest Film, Films, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, latest release, man on wire, Mountain, Mountaineering, movie review, movies, touching the void, true life, true story, wire
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The Culture of Censorship
Watching the recent BBC drama ‘Gamechangers’ about Rockstar’s battle with Jack Thompson got me thinking about the resurgence of censorship within the past year. I remember the Jack Thompson-driven war against video games of a few years ago. We saw … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, AMA, Ask Me Anything, ban, banned, book burning, books, Censorship, film, Fox News, Gamechangers, Gaming, George Orwell, Grand Theft Auto, Into the River, Mass Effect, News, Novels, NZ, parenting, parents, Politics, Reddit, responsibility, Ted Dawe
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Movie Review: The Gamechangers
Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest and best games of all time. It is also one of the most controversial. So it seems fitting that a movie about it would be controversial as well. Rockstar themselves have called … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Paxton, Carl GTA, Daniel Radcliffe, film, film review, Gamechangers review, Gaming, gaming blog, gaming blogger, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto movie, Grand Theft Auto Movie Review, GTA, GTA IV, GTA V, Jack Thompson, Joe Dempsie, movie, movie review, ps2, ps3, PS4, Sam Houser, San Andreas, The Gamechangers, Vice City, xbox, xbox 360, xbox one
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Movie Review: Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)
Now this is an incredibly weird film. On the one hand it has the best movie title of any title ever made. One the other hand it is one of those rare breed type of film that could never be … Continue reading
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Tagged british, British Comedy, Come on Eileen, comedy, Dexy Midnight Runners, Dominic Coleman, Films, inbetweeners, indie, indie film, Johnny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook, Mark Gattis, naughties, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sex Lives of the Potato Men, Sherlock, The Office, UK
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5 of the Best Documentary Films
I think documentaries get a bad rep of being dull or slow; incapable of action or humour. We’ve seen more and more in recent years that the documentary genre can make some of the most tense and exciting films out … Continue reading
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Tagged art, banksy, documentary, donkey kong, exit through the gift shop, film, Films, games, grizzly man, indie game, indie game: the movie, king of kong, movie, movies, ps3, the cove, tv, video games, xbox 360, xbox live
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Tom Hardy’s top 5 films
In honour of Legend, the crime biopic in which Tom Hardy plays both of the Kray twins, coming out in cinemas very shortly, I’ve decided to take a look at Tom Hardy’s best 5 films. Now this isn’t a list … Continue reading
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Tagged acting, Batman, Bronson, Charles Bronson, Ellen Page, Films, Inception, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo Di Caprio, Locke, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, MMA, movie, The Dark Knight Rises, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, tom hardy, UFC, Warrior
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