We’ve had sparkly vampires and we’ve had funny vampires. We’ve even had whatever it was Johnny Depp was doing in Dark Shadows. However, it is safe to say A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is our first Iranian Western vampire.
One Last Fight: Danny Collins
It is safe to say that Al Pacino hasn’t done his best work in the twilight years of his career. While there is no denying his talent, recent years haven’t been kind to the great man, as the number of films he releases dwindles and the ones he does appear in hardly set the world afire. He’s not alone in this however and he’s joined a surprisingly strong list of actors who have attempted to stage a comeback, by playing a character in a very similar position.
Taking a Risk: Tomorrowland
There are plenty of films out there that just do the bare minimum. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are bad, but they play to an audience that they know exists and whether they are good or not, there is a decent chance they will find that audience. However, every now and then a film comes along that tries something a bit different and is full of big ideas. Quite often these films don’t quite work and something is a bit off about them. However, should these films not be celebrated over even the better of the safe films? Movies that go for broke and don’t quite make it are surely more exciting than movies that play be all the rules?
Pitch Perfect 2
It has been said before and it will be said again, comedy sequels ain’t easy. Keeping what is good about the first, but not treading over old ground is a hard game to play. However, it has never stopped Hollywood churning them out at a rate of knots and with Pitch Perfect having been ten times more successful than anyone could have predicted, it is hardly a surprise to see number two hitting our screens.
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller’s Mad Max series was always the odd one out in terms of this years summer blockbusters. Going up against Marvel, The Terminator and Jurassic Park, it had almost been shoved to the side, forgotten for its more illustrious peers. Therefore, it may come as a bit of a shock that Mad Max: Fury Road stands a very good chance of being the best of them.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Adapting classic literature is never an easy game. As with all books, people have a very clear mind as to how they view the characters within them and with the classics, you also have many years of history to compete with. Therefore, I don’t know if it is an advantage or a disadvantage to me and the film, that I come into Far From the Madding Crowd with a completely fresh pair of eyes. Having never read the book or seen the 1967 version, this is my first experience of the world of Bathsheba Everdene.
Unfriended
Traditional horror is basically a morality tale. Anyone who has seen the Scream films will be aware that the easiest way to survive a horror film, is to make sure you stay as far away from sex as possible. However, in 2015 that idea doesn’t really work anymore. Times are changing and horror movies need to catch up. Enter Unfriended, a horror movie for the internet generation.
The Falling
It takes a certain kind of film to release on the same day as something like Avengers: Age of Ultron. You either have to be a little bit insane or be peddling something so completely different, that you believe your audience will find it. The Falling definitely falls into the second category, as Carol Morley‘s film looks at a fainting epidemic in a 1960’s girls school in England.
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
It’s fitting that the newest Marvel film sees it’s biggest stars coming up against an ever multiplying robot, which is set to take over the world. It in many ways bares resemblance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is slowly spreading into every corner of our entertainment world and is probably making more money than God. The jewel in the crowd of that universe is The Avengers and with the first movie playing a big part in raking in that money, it’s safe to say the pressure was on for Joss Whedon and co with the follow-up.
Fast and Furious 7
Roughly ten minutes into Fast and Furious 7 The Rock and Jason Statham are having a good old-fashioned rumble. The Rock grabs the Stath and for all intents and purposes Rock Bottoms him through a glass table. Following this, The Rock and one of friends are blown out of a window (which is several stories up) and land on top of a car, causing it to crumple in on itself. No one dies in this exchange and it’s the moment I got on board with Fast and Furious 7.
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