Month: February 2016

The Naked Gun (1988)- Film review 

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The Naked Gun is a police spoof comedy from the creators of Airplane and Top Secret. Directed by David Zucker and staring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, an incompetent cop who has to try and save Queen Elizabeth II from an assassination attempt. The creators of these spoof films (the Zuckers and Abrahams) are legends in the spoof comedy genre, with very over the top comedy with ridiculous gags mixed in with some surprisingly clever satire of the genres they are trying to spoof, whether it be disaster movies with Airplane, spy movies with Top Secret, or cop movies with The Naked Gun. While most people believe Airplane to be their best, I find it a little too messy; The Naked Gun is there best film in my opinion, it is absolutely hilarious and definitely a must see. Continue reading “The Naked Gun (1988)- Film review “

28 Weeks Later (2007)- Film review

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28 Weeks Later is the squeal to 28 Days Later and is set 28 weeks after the zombie virus outbreak that happens in 28 Days Later. The rage infected humans have starved to death and the US military has sectioned off a section of London to begin bringing back English refugees. The film follows some children who find there mother in an abandoned section of London and she seems to have an immunity to the disease. It’s not as simple as that though and the action continues from there. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and staring Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau and Idris Elba, the film wasn’t well received, which I think is a shame because I think this is a really good sequel to 28 Days Later and if your enjoyed that film and want to know more about what happened to the world created you should check this out.  Continue reading “28 Weeks Later (2007)- Film review”

28 Days Later (2002)- Film review

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Directed by Danny Boyle and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Ecclestone, 28 Days Later is one of the must see zombie films and one of the best horror films of the early 2000s. Set in England, the plot follows Jim (Murphy) as he wakes up from a coma 28 days after Monkeys infected with “Rage” escape from a testing facility. The Zombies aren’t the slow undead type of zombies, but are instead living people infected with a kind of intense rabies that passes through blood and saliva. They can run an are just as strong and fast as people jacked up on adrenaline, and so are very vicious and threatening. It is an intense film with a lot of harsh moments and a modern classic of a horror film. Continue reading “28 Days Later (2002)- Film review”

Chicken Run (2000)- Film review

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Chicken Run was a film I grew up loving, so when I saw it on Netflix I thought I’d see if it is still any good. Happily it is, it is still one of my favourite kids films, not without it’s flaws, for a number of reasons. It is created by Aardman Animations, the genius stop-motion studio behind Wallace and Gromit, and staring Julia Sawalha and Mel gibson. The film follows the Chicken Ginger (Sawalha) and the other Chickens of the Tweedy’s egg farm in Yorkshire as they try to escape. The farm is styled more like a prison camp and the chickens are treated like prisoners of war, and eventually executed when they fail to meet there egg quota by Mrs Tweedy (Miranda Richardson), a greedy and abusive woman, and her simple husband Mr Tweedy, who is obsessed with the chickens, believing they’re organised despite Mrs Tweedy telling him it’s all in his head. All seems hopless for the Chickens after many failed escape attempts, until Rocky (Mel Gibson), a flying Rooster, crashes into the farm and brakes his wing, and promises to try and teach the Chickens to fly so they can escape over the fence. The film is a lot of fun and amazingly created, the stop-motion is very well done, I feel it’s much more personal than computer animated films as you can see the work gone into creating it and you are actually looking at something someone created! The review may have some small spoilers but nothing too much. Continue reading “Chicken Run (2000)- Film review”

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)- Film review

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I rewatched this classic comedy today and felt like talking about it. The Holy Grail is the first feature length film the Monty Python crew made (not including And Now For Something Completly Different as it’s just a film lenght collection of sketches) and obviously is made by and stars the 6 Pythons: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. It is an amazing and influential comedy so if you’ve not seen it you really should go back and give it a go. Continue reading “Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)- Film review”

Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)- Book Review 

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Ready Player One is Sci-Fi Novel written by Ernest Cline. Set in the year 2045, Society is crumbling after multiple catastrophies and worldwide neglect as almost everyone in the planet choses to spend all their time in the virtual reality “OASIS,” a massive, no, epic online multiplayer game, like World of Warcraft or Runescape but multiplied by a million! The games creator, James Halliday, was absolutly obbsessed with 80s onward pop culture, as it was the period he grew up in, and so fills his game with countless references from everything from movies, video games, tv shows, music, books and much much more! When he dies in 2040 he leaves a will that says his now multi-billion dollar fortune, and control of his game, are hidden inside his game as an Easter egg, and the player who finds the 3 keys and gates first will find the egg and inherit Hallidays immense fortune. Egg Hunters, know as “Gunters,” have been searching for the egg for 5 years without any luck, until 18 year old Gunter Wade Watts, and his avatar Parsivel, finds the first key, and the story progresses from there. It is a story of absolutly epic proportions set in both a harsh depressing future and the worlds best video game imaginable at the same time. It is very well written and I found it impossible to put down, best book I’ve read in a long time! Continue reading “Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)- Book Review “

The Voices (2014)- Film review 

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So after seeing Deadpool and absolutely loving Ryan Reynolds in that I thought I’d give him another shot and see some of his films that I’d skipped previously, as after Green Lantern and X-men Origins Wolverine I’ve not been a fan of his, One of my friends recommended the Voices so i thought I’d start with that and I must say my opinion on Ryan Reynolds has completely changed for the better.  Continue reading “The Voices (2014)- Film review “

My Cousin Vinny (1992)- Film review

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My Cousin Vinny is a comedy about two young guys, Bill and Stan, who are on a road trip when they get arrested in Alabama for a murder they didn’t commit, and so they turn to Bill’s cousin Vinny, who is a lawyer, but he has never been in court and so is very much out of his element in a murder trial, and so he struggles to prove their innocence against overwhelming evidence. It’s the classic ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ story. It is directed by Jonathan Lynn and stars Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield and Fred Gwynne, and is an entertaining film. Continue reading “My Cousin Vinny (1992)- Film review”

Deadpool (2016)-Film review

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Ok so I’m a big fan of the Deadpool character, so I was naturally excited for this movie, I’d heard good things about it before and I was going in with high hopes. I did have that edge of caution though as films have disappointed me before, and I’m not the biggest Ryan Reynolds fan.  However, I’m happy to say that I was not disappointed in the slightest! Continue reading “Deadpool (2016)-Film review”

Children of Men (2006)-Film Review

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Children of men is set in England in the dystopian 2027 where the world has fallen into chaos and fascism because all women on the planet have become infertile, so a baby hasn’t been born in 18 years. The plot follows Theo Faron (Clive Owen) as he discovers the first pregnant woman in 18 years and tries to escort her to the coast. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron and staring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Kane, Clara-Hope Ashitey and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film is a powerful social message and a harrowing portrail of a world devoid of hope. Continue reading “Children of Men (2006)-Film Review”