With The Mummy, we’ve now firmly entered the Peter Pan period of Tom Cruise’s career, the 54-year-old actor still convinced he can play the action hero he did when he was 25, the movie star who never grew up. This is a shame as he is a talented actor. Collateral, ...
Wonder Woman is, at its heart, a cheesy action film, a glorious throwback to the days of matinee adventures, Nazi-punching, cackling villains and virtuous heroes and heroines. It’s a telling reminder that before the industry got obsessed with introspection, character development and flawed morality, superhero movies were fun and is, ...
The Uncharted movie has been on and off for years, but apparently it’s getting closer and closer to release and today we heard the heard the first credible rumour on who will play the infamous Nathan Drake. According to Deadline, it looks like Tom Holland will be playing the iconic adventurer, ...
Guy Ritchie’s interpretation of the King Arthur legend has a surprising central flaw; it’s not enough of a Guy Ritchie film. Throughout his career, from establishing himself as the auteur of the East End with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, to Hollywood fare like his 2009 take ...
Mindhorn is half of a great film. For 45 minutes or so, it’s great fun, co-writers and stars Julian Barratt (one half of The Mighty Boosh) and Simon Farnaby (probably best known for the Horrible Histories TV series) finding comic gold in the tale of Richard Thorncroft, the star of ...
Hello, and welcome to Gaming Respawn’s newest feature, Primal Screen. Every Thursday, I’ll take an in-depth look at something in the world of film, TV and video games, ranging from the little details that really make them work to genre-spanning trends. Basically, just whatever’s got me fired up that week. ...
Given that pop music plays such a central role in the film, it’s perhaps fitting that watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 occasionally feels like listening to a greatest hits album. Notably, the group dynamic that practically defined the first film is only really present at the beginning and ...
Over here at Gaming Respawn, I seem to be the Star Wars guy. It probably has something to do with the fact that Star Wars consumes my very existence and is by far my biggest passion in life, yeah it must be something to do with that. Well, over in ...
In Big Little Lies, the 2014 novel, Australian author Lian Moriarty took a scalpel to the fictional coastal Sydney neighbourhood of Pirriwee, cutting under the idyllic surface to reveal the neuroses, passions and scandals of a group of intensely competitive Pirriwee mums. The star-studded HBO adaptation may have shifted the ...
Hacksaw Ridge tells the harrowing story of Desmond Doss, a World War 2 Field Medic who was a devout Christian, a Seventh Day Adventist, and, most importantly, a conscientious objector. He refused to carry any sort of firearm during combat, but this did not stop him serving his country when ...
As the film at the glitziest time in the cinematic calendar, it’s difficult to watch La La Land without preconceptions. It’s simultaneously the clear favourite for the Best Picture Oscar starring two icons of the new Hollywood, and something of an indie triumph, the passion project of a rising star in ...
If you’re a Batman fan, you definitely went to see the animated film Batman: The Killing Joke when it was released in theaters (it was out only for one day on July 25th) maybe you even own the comic. If you’re lucky, you still own a first or second print ...
Upon first seeing ParaNorman back in 2012, I was immediately impressed by studio Laika’s beautiful stop motion animation and wonderfully compelling stories. Since then, I’ve continued to be blown away by their creative talents in Coraline and The Box Trolls. Because of this, when the studio announced it’s next project, ...
