Author: The UK Reviewer

Avid pop culture fan wanting a medium to talk about films, games, books etc

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”

Batman, The Long Halloween- Comic Review

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I really don’t want to spoil much from the plot of this story as the mystery is a lot of the enjoyment, but the basic plot is that an unknown killer starts to murder family members of the Gotham mob coinciding with anual holidays, starting with Halloween, while Batman, Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent are trying to uncover the killer; and it is an amazing Batman story! Continue reading “Batman, The Long Halloween- Comic Review”

Update and Deadpool Speculation

Quick update, I believe i have everything sorted at least for now so reviews will start going up, my first review of a new film will be on Deadpool which is released on Wednesday (the 10th of Feb) so the review will go up on Wednesday or Thursday depending.
I’m very excited for this I love the Deadpool character from the comics, ‘Deadpool kills the Marvel universe’ is a great comic for a sadistic nerd like me, and it’s follow up ‘Deadpool Killustrated’ is a lot of fun and tore my childhood apart in the best way possible! I love his other appearances in other comics too and the Deadpool game from 2013 is one of the funniest games I’ve ever played.
The marketing for this film has been spot on so as long as the film follows the themes of its advertising, with the fourth wall breaking and meta self-awareness it should be fun, so I’m excited and hope I’m not disappointed.
It can’t be worse than X-men origins haha

Host?!

Had a major freak out over this thing about having a host page, i tried to sign up with one an paid the full subscription and everything hen had no idea of what I’m doing so I’m in the process of backing out and getting a refund till I know more about what I’m doing.
I think my confusion came from the act that all the videos and walkthroughs I’ve seen on how to set up a blog have said that you need to get a host before you get WordPress but I signed on to WordPress first, is WordPress not a host?
Anyway that was a first setback amoungst many i’m sure haha hopefully this will all be fine.

The UK Reviewer: First Post

Being new to this new blogging thing, I have no idea how it works or what I’m supposed to do. I’ve gone through WordPress for everything but apparently I need a host as well? I don’t really know if anyone will even see this.

Anyway, my intention with this blog is to share my love of films, games, comics, books, plays etc. Once I have worked out whether I’ve done everything I need to actually do this properly I will start reviewing things.