There are a fair few genres that the Oscars have routinely turned their nose up, with Fantasy, Action and Horror rarely getting the nod when
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Rocky (1976) – Review
Regardless of which sport manages to float your boat (including boating), surely the most cinematic sport of them all must surely be boxing: a literal
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – Review
No one goes out of their way to prove the rule that the third part of of a trilogy is often the weakest but then
The Revenant (2015) – Review
And with a swirl of promotion, that contained Oscar hysteria for Leo Dicaprio, hyperbole about the extreme filming style and a ludicrous amount of rumour
Midnight Run (1988) – Review
One of the most solidly, unashamedly blue-collar sub-genre in film is that of the buddy comedy. Almost a legitimate genre in it’s own right the
Boyz N The Hood (1991) – Review
In these divisive times in which we live it’s incredibly distressing that John Singleton’s 1991 classic Boyz N The Hood is still as fiercely relevant
Hannibal
Following up Silence Of The Lambs was always going to be a fool’s errand (in BOTH book and movie form) and yet how could Hollywood
BlacKkKlansman (2018) – Review
First up, let me level with you all…This is the first Spike Lee movie I ever got round to seeing. I know, I know! Legitimately
Mad Max 2 (1981) – Review
Sometimes known by the unfeasibly bad-ass title “The Road Warrior”, George Miller’s ambitiously deranged sequel to his own DIY dystopian original somehow is regularly forgotten
The Incredibles (2004) – Review
Despite populating their stories with gaudily coloured monsters, bickering fish and prat-falling playthings, Pixar has no problems when it comes to drilling the hardships of
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Reviews
The pros of the (still relatively new) practice of filming sequels back to back are all fairly apparent. After all the Lord Of Rings trilogy
Inception (2010) – Review
After impressing the cinema going public with such standout movies such as Momento and The Prestige (two films as notoriously twisty as a piece of
Mad Max (1979) – Review
Undoubtedly the crown jewel of of the 70’s Ozploitation explosion, George Miller’s blistering, dytopian 1979 revenge flick Mad Max kicked opened the doors for Australian
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Review
There is a school of thought that in a perfect world there would be no need for sequels and regardless how you feel about such
A Bug’s Life (1997) – Review
Sandwiched between the impressive, plaything-themed one-two punch of the first two Toy Story movies, it’s fair to say that 1998’s A Bug’s Life has become
Interstellar (2014) – Review
Christopher Nolan over the course of his career has taken great measures to bring complex to the multiplex. Gleefully screwing with way cinema handles such
The Matrix (1999) – Review
The year was 1999 and the world was focused on the fact that George Lucas’ Star Wars saga was about to make it’s return to
Conan The Barbarian (2011) – Review
It was 2011 and after the fantasy genre had long been resurrected by the twin forces of a group of Hobbits and a bespectacled wizard
Rocky Balboa (2006) – Review
There’s a bit fairly late in this, the sixth movie in the Rocky franchise, that perfectly encapsulates what it was like to watch this movie
Men In Black (1997) – Review
It’s a fairly accurate comment to say that the summer season of 1997 was somewhat bloated, but when you dig into the list of offenders
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