Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a film I have been meaning to get around to watching for a long time. I think Edgar Wright has made two of the greatest comedy films of the twenty-first century – Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (I have yet to see the final part of the…
Category: Action
Free Fire (2017)
One complaint always thrust upon action films is that they are too reliant on action sequences, with explosions and gun-fights, which often take the place of character development and plot progression. This very idea seemed to be the reasoning behind Free Fire, the latest from the wonderfully talented Ben Wheatley. The approach is that this…
Oldboy (2003)
The year was 2004. The event was the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and the man was Quentin Tarantino, who was serving as President of the Cannes Film Festival jury. Tarantino is a personal hero of mine (as if you couldn’t surmise that already), and he decided to give the Grand Prix to Oldboy, an ultra-violent…
Power Rangers (2017)
Hollywood has developed quite an annoying habit in the last few years – playing off the fact that we all love nostalgia. There are countless reboots, sequels and comebacks, and very rarely are they very successful, and sometimes they can be outright painful. Obviously some of them aren’t all bad, but the concepts “nostalgia” and…
Run Lola Run (1998)
I could mince words, give a long-winded and elaborate opening to make a very simple point, but I feel that would just a disservice, so I will come right out and say it – Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) is one of the best films I have ever seen, and while I don’t normally find…
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
By all means, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the ultimate fantasy film – fans adore it, general audiences adore it and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences surely did adore it, bestowing it with the all-time record of most Academy Award wins, including for Best Picture (making…
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The second film in a series or trilogy is always the trickiest – usually, the first film is widely acclaimed and adored, and it is the responsibility of the second film to live up to that high standard – such as in the case of the original Star Wars trilogy, it is Episode V: The…
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
So it finally happened – I finally watched The Lord of the Rings. I have been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien (not quite for The Lord of the Rings, but for some of his more oft-forgotten works) for quite a while, yet I had never seen or read The Lord of the Rings. It turns…
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Someone who doesn’t enjoy superhero movies must have a difficult time with the constant bombardment of superhero movies every year. I know I was certainly one of them – other than the odd Batman film, I was never for superheroes. Then the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed up, and while I was initially hesitant to them,…
The Next Man with the Golden Gun: Who Should Be the Next James Bond?
Daniel Craig claims to be done with James Bond. Its an unpopular opinion, but quite frankly I am ecstatic about that. I was never a fan of Craig’s portrayal of the iconic character, and while Casino Royale was a great rebooting of the franchise, and Skyfall was a tremendous film, Craig was merely an effective,…
The Postmodern Pelican 