The Review at the End of the Universe
Hot on the heels of Ben Hur, Hollywood continues its headlong rush to remake every film in its back catalogue with The Magnificent Seven, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. Yet again this is a film no-one was calling out for, but with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) at the helm,…
Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw casts Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of champion boxer Billy Hope as he goes on a journey to prove himself again after suffering a catastrophic loss. The underdog boxing movie is nothing new and arguably done best by Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky franchise so it takes something special to really stand out from…
Denzel Washington stars as Robert McCall in The Equalizer. McCall is a man trying to put a mysterious past behind him but is compelled to help a young girl named Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz) who is being violently mistreated by Russian gangsters. This film is based on an old TV show that I haven’t seen…
