It’s somewhat ironic that I first saw a trailer for Roland Emmerich’s Midway at a screening of Sam Mendes’ 1917. The contrasts between the two movies highlight everything that makes Mendes’ film excel, while Emmerich makes his standard, enjoyable-enough-but-empty popcorn epic. In 1917, what CGI is used is
Stanley Kubrick refused to be bound by genre: science fiction, period drama, black comedy, war movies, Kubrick covered them all, with consistently excellent results. So, when the master turned his hand to horror, the result was characteristically brilliant. The Shining is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror movies
Richard Colledge Australian Catholic University Incredible as it may seem, the end of March 2019 marked 20 years since the release of the first film in the Matrix franchise directed by The Wachowski siblings. This “cyberpunk” sci-fi movie was a box office hit with its dystopian futuristic vision, distinctive fashion
FightingTemeraire Review of the film 1917 What a movie. The two main stars, Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch only had about 10 mins each. The story is to get a message to the 2nd Devons to stop an attack they had planned, as it was into a trap set by
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black Last month Martin Scorsese drew the ire of millennials with a condemnation of Marvel movies, as mere ‘theme parks’ and ‘not cinema’. If anyone has earnt the right to opine on the art of film its Scorsese. He has made a
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black Here’s a pub question worth a beery rumination: Who did the most for the cause of human freedom in the twentieth century? Sir Winston Churchill? Martin Luther King? Ronald Reagan? An eccentric choice but not one without a sound argument
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black Dr Sleep, the long awaited, much belated sequel to the classic horror The Shining is a bonfire of lost opportunities. The original Stephen King novel of an alcoholic writer, Jack Torrance and his wife and psychic child stranded in the Overlook
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black So let’s get the plot of the Terminator saga straight: Big bad Arnold Swarze-wish-I-could-spell-his-name was sent from a future of sentient machines to our past to kill the mother of a future leader of a human rebellion against the machines.
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black Jojo Rabbit, the new film by Taika Waititi, isn’t as brave or as clever as many critics, and no doubt the filmmaker himself, seem to think. Remember this is the same gentleman who proclaimed his homeland ‘Racist as F*#K’
AHNZ Please enjoy the ideas and let me know what you think. James Cameron’s film The Terminator was released 35 years ago on 26 October 1984. Next week the next film in this series will be released featuring the original casting pair: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton; Terminator: Dark
Doug “Uncola” Lynn thetollonline.com This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors,
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular column by John Black He’s survived the evil machinations of Blofeld, Goldfinger and Dr No but can he survive his most powerful adversary yet, the Social Justice Warrior? The trailer for the next James Bond movie ‘No Time to Die’ is imminent and the
Because it holds up a mirror to the trashworld they’ve created.
“There is only one really serious philosophical question”, wrote Albert Camus. “And that is suicide. Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.” This is the question with which Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) wrestles for two grim hours, in Joker. There are
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black A little thought experiment if you will. Imagine a movie based on the following premise: A group of single dads, working as bartenders at a high class New York bar frequented by wealthy women, decide that their generous tips aren’t
Burn, Hollywood, Burn A regular review by John Black There should be an entire circle of Hell dedicated to people who opine on movies without seeing them first. More than any blockbuster movie in recent memory, Joker has been the victim of such predestinarian soothsaying. Based on nothing but the
