The Review at the End of the Universe
Ericson Core’s Point Break is the latest in a long line of pointless remakes trying to cash in on the name recognition of a film that people like. I personally have no massive attachment to the original Point Break. I like it but I don’t number it among the great untouchable films so the fact…
,The 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) kicked off for me with The Legend of Barney Thomson, the first feature film to be directed by Robert Carlyle. Carlyle also takes the lead as an unassuming barber named Barney Thomson who is heavily unappreciated in his job. An opening monologue relays that he would rather just…
Pierre Morel’s The Gunman casts Sean Penn as a sniper on a mercenary assassination team forced to go into hiding after a successful kill shot puts him on a hit list. Following in Liam Neeson’s aging action hero footsteps Sean Penn does a really capable job of doing the action hero thing. He has an…
