"All our lives we've been bad boys. Now it's time to be good men." And with that line of dialogue - one of many groan-inducing but perfectly on-brand nuggets that the Chris Bremner/Peter Craig/Joe Carnahan-penned script drops throughout - Bad Boys For Life very much presents itself as exactly the type of movie you expect it to be. It's something that the ageing Marcus … [Read more...] about Bad Boys For Life – Film Review
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Angel Has Fallen – Film Review
The third entrant in what I can only assume we're referring to as "The Fallen Trilogy", Angel Has Fallen very much operates as its own, 1980's-type actioner that works for both audiences familiar with the previous entries - 2013's Olympus Has Fallen and 2016's London Has Fallen - and those unversed. After thwarting a duo of prior assassination attempts on the President of the … [Read more...] about Angel Has Fallen – Film Review
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Film Review
With a reputation that precedes him so that even his enemies are introducing themselves as fans before they attempt to maim him, the very utterance of Keanu Reeves' stoic John Wick by name is still enough to send shivers down soon-to-be-broken spines in this second sequel of the surprisingly resilient action franchise. Immediately picking up from the closing moments of Chapter … [Read more...] about John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Film Review
Glass – Film Review
M. Night Shyamalan's directorial travels have been fascinating, to say the least. Once hailed as a filmmaker worthy of being dubbed "the second coming of Spielberg", a series of twists and fantastical ideas weren't enough to sustain the public as he came crashing down to Earth quite spectacularly following back-to-back-to-back misfires that failed to land with both critics and … [Read more...] about Glass – Film Review
The Girl in the Spider’s Web – Film Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QTmNtRpnbU You just can't keep a good Swede down! After tragically passing away due to health complications in 2004, Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson saw his Millennium series (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) posthumously published in 2008 to both critical and commercial … [Read more...] about The Girl in the Spider’s Web – Film Review