Some grumbled about Antoine Fuqua’s straight-faced approach to this “Die Hard in The White House” wannabe, but I mostly enjoyed the way it got back to basics, without the need for knowing self-parody that so many action films feel oblige to include these days. Gerard Butler plays it dead straight as a former Secret Service […] Read more »
Louis LeTerrier delivers an Oceans 11 style caper flick in the world of David Copperfield celebrity magicians, infusing an unashamedly ludicrous plot with enough sparkle, sheen and high energy razzle dazzle that it totally entertains – if only until the credits roll. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco play a quartet of […] Read more »
Four magicians are brought together by an unknown person to create a spectacular magic show and, it seems, pull off an audacious bank robbery at the same time. It’s an intriguing setup to Louis Leterrier’s entertaining caper-film Now You See Me. We are treated to a blockbuster cast, with Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco […] Read more »
This week we are back to our regular pattern of reviewing films. We take an in depth and critical look at Oblivion, the latest big budget blockbuster from Joseph Kosinski, the director of Tron: Legacy and starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman (and Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko). Then we turn our attention to a […] Read more »
Oblivion is an ambitious but flawed post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi blockbuster. Starring Tom Cruise, with Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Olga Kurylenko, Oblivion sadly doesn't have the storyline to match is magnificent visual style. Diverting and worth watching, but ultimately unsatisfying. Read more »
Oblivion is the latest Tom Cruise blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski, who brought us Tron: Legacy. This is a big budget, high concept and it has to be said, visually stunning post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi epic. Without doubt the strength of this film is the visual style. Tom Cruise plays Jack Harper, a mysterious character whom we […] Read more »