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REVIEW: Jackass Forever (2022)

April 25, 2022 Grant Watson

The Jackass movies – there have been four in all of the main series – are probably the most review-proof films one can imagine. The bottom line: you are either going to find them funny, or you won’t. Each film represents a … Continue reading REVIEW: Jackass Forever (2022)

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REVIEW: Center Stage (2000)

April 23, 2022 Grant Watson

In Nicholas Hytner’s drama Center Stage, an ensemble of young dancers join the prestigious American Ballet Academy in New York – but only a select few will progress beyond their first year. The academy itself is entirely fictional, but Hytner … Continue reading REVIEW: Center Stage (2000)

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REVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

April 22, 2022 Grant Watson

It has long become clear that Marvel Studios’ specific brand of shared universe feature films really work under their own rules. Fans of the comic book-inspired franchise may have bristled when Martin Scorsese famously noted ‘that’s not cinema’, but to … Continue reading REVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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REVIEW: The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

April 21, 2022 Grant Watson

Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper will forever be remembered for their 1933 monster classic King Kong, but it was not the only film they made together. In 1935 they co-directed the RKO Pictures Roman epic The Last Days of … Continue reading REVIEW: The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

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REVIEW: Knock Off (1998)

April 19, 2022 Grant Watson

Bear with me. Knock Off is an action vehicle for Jean-Claude Van Damme, released in 1998 when his Hollywood career had arguably peaked and his films were on a rapid one-way highway to the video store. It was not a success in … Continue reading REVIEW: Knock Off (1998)

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TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.02

April 16, 2022April 10, 2022 Grant Watson

“Summon the Suit” The first episode of Moon Knight really felt like a major jump away from the comic book antics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a welcome jump at that. The second episode still remains entirely separate from … Continue reading TV REVIEW: Moon Knight 1.02

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REVIEW: The Animatrix (2003)

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Grant Watson

When The Matrix became a global box office smash, and Warner Bros approached the Wachowskis about writing and directing a sequel, they didn’t just make the one film. Instead they engaged in perhaps the most ridiculously ambitious plan for a sequel ever. … Continue reading REVIEW: The Animatrix (2003)

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REVIEW: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

April 10, 2022 Grant Watson

Slow, overly respectful, and crushingly earnest, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is proof that fans should always be careful what they wish for. Development of a third Ghostbusters film staggered through development like a wounded gazelle from the early 1990s through to the death of co-writer and … Continue reading REVIEW: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

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REVIEW: Mata Hari (1931)

April 10, 2022April 30, 2022 Grant Watson

In 1917 the Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was shot by firing squad after being successfully prosecuted for espionage during the First World War. It is almost certain that she was not guilty of the crimes for which she was … Continue reading REVIEW: Mata Hari (1931)

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REVIEW: Venom (2018)

April 6, 2022 Grant Watson

So basically Sony went a bit mad, and the first result was the 2018 comic book adaptation Venom. It has taken me a long time to watch it; so long, in fact, that its sequel has already come and gone. … Continue reading REVIEW: Venom (2018)

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