The late Robin Williams makes his final on-screen appearance in Boulevard. He plays Nolan Mack, a man who has worked the same job in a Nashville bank for nearly 26 years, who is stuck in a dead-end marriage with his wife, Joy (Kathy Baker). After a chance encounter with a street-wise man named Leo (Roberto Aguire), Nolan begins to finally accept who he really is. Robin Williams is no stranger to films of a more depressing...
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat Movies are magical in more ways than one. They create fantastical worlds that only exist in the minds of people and have brought to life some of the most beloved fictional characters in the world. Now You See Me 2 is a movie about magic but sadly it creates little movie magic. Like a lot of sequels its bogged down in the audience having to know what happened in the previous movie and is...
This is the End is an apocalyptic comedy, which features a wide range of actors playing parodied versions of themselves. The film is directed by both Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who have frequently collaborated in the past, producing comedies such as Superbad (2007) and Pineapple Express (2008). Rogen and Goldberg’s films are consistently hilarious, never shying away from audacious and outrageous humour. In This is the End, they divert in a slightly different different. The film is comically self-aware and has...
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat Produced by Ridley Scott, Equals is a Romeo/Juliet type love story. It’s plot is simple enough and it had the chance to stun its audiences with amazing story telling and the chance to one-up The Giver. Instead it leaves the audience feeling unsatisfied and uneducated as they leave the theater wondering, “What happened?!â€.
By: Daniel Chadwick-Shubat High Rise is the typical Ben Wheatley movie. It’s super violent, really funny and its premise challenges the audience to actually think while watching it, a big plus in my mind. But the big difference with High Rise is that Wheatley has been given a big budget and an amazing cast of well known actors to work with. A Field in England (also directed by Ben Wheatley) was one of my favourite movies of 2013 and blew my...
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