The Review at the End of the Universe
Peter Berg’s Patriot’s Day tells the tragic story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing manhunt by celebrating the people involved. It’s easy to think that making a film about tragic events that happened less than 4 years ago is looking to exploit those events for entertainment and maybe there’s some truth in…
Scott Cooper’s Black Mass covers the life of Boston Gangster James Bulger (Johnny Depp) when he acted as an FBI informant from 1975 to the nineties. In theory this film is really interesting as it has different elements at play to make this a really deep story. The idea of Federal corruption around the gangland backdrop…
Jon Watts’ Cop Car focuses on two 10 year old boys who take a seemingly abandoned cop car for a joy ride and find themselves in a whole heap of trouble as a result. The film opens with the two boys, Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays Wellford) wandering through a field trading knowledge of curse…
