Film

Thunderbolts* Review

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Thunderbolts, or “Thunderbolts*  *The New Avengers” was probably one of the most uninteresting MCU films announced in recent memory, but I don’t know whether it was because of extremely low expectations or if it is just that good, but I really enjoyed it! The cast was fun, the lead “villain” was a good adaptation of a particular favourite obscure comic character of mine and generally it was a good time. Was it perfect? Well no, for example the ending felt a tad anticlimactic, but it was at least a whole film that didn’t feel like it was coming apart at the seams like some recent efforts… Let’s take a look!

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Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Review

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It’s time to immediately finish off this return to the Game to Movie Marathon as I finally got a chance to sit down and watch the third live action Sonic film, a series that still baffles me how it’s not only a thing but a good thing and a successful thing. My main gripe over STH2 was a few long scenes of the human characters and some really poor humour and thankfully for this third film they seem to have fixed both of those issues as the human characters take a backseat for the most part and the humour is the fun kind of kids film humour that I can still enjoy as an adult, rather than … whatever that stuff was in the long wedding scene last time… Let’s take a look!

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie – Infinity Castle Anime UK News Review

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Another one of those rare “cinema screener” reviews from myself (plus a review from a co-writer who actually went to a physical screening!) this time for the latest, insanely high-Japanese-box-office offering from the Demon Slayer franchise. It can be viewed by clicking HERE.

Basically, it’s more of the same, which given its the (first third of the) final arc makes sense!

Captain America: Brave New World Review

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Catching up with the MCU now, with a film I’d been putting off for a while just because I hadn’t heard it was terrible or great, just lots of middling reviews. “Brave New World” had lots of rewrites and re-shoots and by the end of the film it was obvious that it was a bit of a jumbled mess, and hey guess what? Decidedly average, as “promised”. Oh well, at least it tied up a few loose ends in the MCU canon, that’s something, right?

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Alien: Romulus Review

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I’ve been looking forward to finally watching Alien: Romulus for a while now, so I treated myself to the 4K Blu-Ray over Christmas, and you know what? It lived up to my expectations, thanks to my expectations being that it would be a pretty by-the-numbers Alien movie but shot and acted really well. I’ll admit I didn’t see quite how much it “borrowed” elements from the original four films coming, especially in the ending, but I can’t say I didn’t have a good time watching it. Let’s take a look!

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Deadpool & Wolverine Review

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I’ve said on this blog a few times that I tend to steer away from flat-out comedies because what you find funny is extremely objective. Case and point, while I enjoyed the first Deadpool film I found the second one leaned too heavily in the more crass humour that I don’t really enjoy, but I wouldn’t feel right reviewing it and giving it a low score because it might be right up someone’s alley, unlike more traditional storytelling issues which I feel more comfortable pointing out. Deadpool & Wolverine though is a “canon” entry in the MCU, and I really don’t want to miss one of the films out, so here we are! Thankfully for me the film doesn’t go down the crass route this time and lands some pretty good gags while keeping things gory and verbally explicit. Let’s take a look!

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Die Hard with a Vengeance Review

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Finally following up from covering the first two Die Hard films a few Christmases a go with the third! I honestly go back and forth as to which film I like more out of the original and “with a Vengeance”, as this film has such great dialogue and interaction between Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson alongside some great action set pieces that it’s always a joy to watch. Most importantly while Die Hard 2 was just a rehash of the original film this script is completely different and its “Simon Says” game of cat and mouse has gone on to inspire copy-cats all over the place. So let’s take a look at the last great Die Hard film…

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Dune – Part One Review

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I’ve always been interested in Dune, but attempts to get into the beefy novel in the past have failed and while I enjoyed the 80s cheese-fest adaptation it didn’t really feel like I’d experienced the all-time classic, so when this film came along and was said to be only half the book due to how accurate they aimed it to be I was excited, but also weary of potentially the second film not being made so put it in the back of my mind until Part Two was official… Then I sort of forgot about it, until now! So with Part Two about to hit cinemas, let’s take a look at the first half of the original Dune story, shall we?

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Psycho-Pass Providence Review

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I’m reviewing Psycho-Pass all out of order on this website, but to be fair they’re also released quite a bit out of order as well as “Providence” takes place after the Sinners of the System OVAs but before Psycho-Pass 3, finally filling in the last few gaps in the story so maybe we might be able to move forward should a Psycho-Pass 4 arrive? Maybe? Well, anyway, Providence itself is a fun ride throughout its runtime, so let’s take a deeper look!

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