The Review at the End of the Universe
Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge tells the true life story of Desmond Doss, a pacifist who saved the lives of a lot of his fellow soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa. Pacifism is a tough subject to make a film about as there is a high risk of sounding preachy and judgemental. When you add religion…
There are evil things hiding in the dark in David F. Sandberg’s Light Out where a family are terrorised by a foe who attacks when the lights are off. Pretty much everyone will have had a fear of the dark at some point in their lives. This makes for perfect horror film fodder as most…
Ross Katz’ The Choice adapts the Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name and chronicles the romance between Travis (Benjamin Walker) and Gabby (Teresa Palmer) as they experience the ups and downs of life together. I’ll preface this by saying that films like this typically aren’t the sort of thing I would go far so…
John Hillcoat’s Triple 9 boasts an all star cast playing gangsters and corrupt cops who plan to murder a police officer so that they can pull off a massive heist. The cast is a very impressive collection of actors who all play their parts believable. Chiwetel Ejiofor has an incredible presence and manages to be…
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…
