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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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Michael Fassbender’s top 5 performances
Michael Fassbender is a one of the biggest talents in Hollywood right now. The recently release of the trailer for Macbeth, in which Fassbender plays the titular character, has got everyone talking and his other upcoming projects, including a Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Films, TV
Tagged 12 Years a Slave, acting, actor, comedy, drama, film, Frank, Historical, Hunger, Magneto, Michael Fassbender, movie, Oscar, oscars, Shame, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class
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Novel Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey.
I stumbled across Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave entirely by accident. After the fact, I learned that it is to be made into a big blockbuster movie with Chloe Grace Moretz, but at the time I just liked the look … Continue reading
Posted in Novels
Tagged actor, Aliens, Blockbuster, Book of Eli, Chloe Grace Moretz, film, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Independence Day, Liev Schreiber, movie, Novel, oscars, Rick Yancey, Teen Fiction, The 5th Wave
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Whiplash – An Interpretation
Whiplash is about a lot of things, obsession, success and failure, fame, the strive to be the very best, motivation, competition. At its core, Whiplash is about a young man, Andrew (Miles Teller) struggling to achieve his goal of being … Continue reading
Recent Film Thoughts
Just a quick blog of my thoughts on some of the recent releases on the big screen. Amazing Spider-man 2 Remaking Spider-man never made sense to me. I’m not against remakes, I think it can be good to revisit iconic … Continue reading
Oscar thoughts
First Blog. Instead of doing a dodgy introduction on why I’m blogging, let’s just get cracking instead. Just a quick blog to give my thoughts on the Oscars this year. I thought the academy got it mostly right this year. … Continue reading
