Hugh Jackman reprises his signature role yet again, this time employing James Mangold to take Logan to Japan and embrace one of the character’s best-loved comic book story arcs. While proceedings do ultimately descend into indestructible objects punching each other, this is far more of a crime drama built around strong characters and meaningful relationships […] Read more »
Director Baz Luhrmann rose to prominence in the 90s on the back of two critically acclaimed and highly successful films. His first feature was Strictly Ballroom (1992), which used the glitzy, if somewhat shallow world of competitive ballroom dancing to tell a riveting and poignant tale of two lovers separated by class, race and society’s […] Read more »
The recent trend of holiday-themed ensemble movies takes a sharp left turn into gross-out comedy territory in this sketch-based mess that sees all number of familiar faces play fiercely against type in the hope of getting a few cheap laughs. While it does produce a few laughs, vignettes featuring Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on […] Read more »
Based in part on a short story by science fiction visionary Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), Real Steel is set in 2020, where human boxing has been outlawed and replaced by dueling state-of-the-art robots. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) was a one-time contender who saw his hopes disappear when the robots took over and now hustles […] Read more »