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  Released: 18th March 2021  BBFC Rating:15 Directed by: Zack Snyder Cast: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Jason Mamoa, Hanry Cavill In 2017 Warner bros released what should ahve been a massive hit; a film which brought togther the most iconic characters in the comic book world, a film to bring the DCEU together and to set up the next stage of DC films for years to come. What we got was a film with bad dialogue, poor story, no direction and terrible CGI which for most people, including myself, was a massive letdown. As a result fan outrage pushed Warner Bros to release the original cut of director Zack Snyder which brings us this 4 hour long passion project. Question being, is it any good? Well I think it is ! I think this story is so much better and more true to the previous films as well as the characters, who this time aren't pushed aside and taking massive u-turns but intead feel more human and less characature, espeically those of the Flash and Cyborg. Th...

  I'm going to start of by saying that I firmly belive the Star Trek remakes are heavily underrated, and they are all very good to brillaint films. And yes,while Star Trek Beyond isn't quite what the first to are, I think it still holds up, however today I don't want to talk about that one, I want to discuss my favorite of the 3 and a film which or a long time found itself amoung Dunkirk, John Wick and Hot Fuzz as one of my favorite movies. Starting of I would add quickly that this was infact the first Star Trek movie I had seen, and going in I knew very little the background to the franchise and even the last film. So why does it stand out so much to me? Well theres a numerb of reason that I will get into, but overall I genuinly fele this film gets so much right and manages to do for me what only a few movies do; that is get such a great balance between and adult film and a child-like experience. More on that later though as I want to break down exactly what does it for me...

 Another interesting topic today; Rom-Com's are very much something I tend to avoid, and for good reason. I don't think many of the are very good, even the ones that are highly recommended. So for me to say which is the best is something which is very hard, as surely even then it's not that good? Now I would be tempted to take the easy way out and say Shaun of the Dead which, while it is a rom-com ( Fact ) it does seem a bit cheat-y. However with Christmas round the corner I was recently reminded of one which I think is very good, very funny and something that you can easily to return to.  Guessed it yet? It's got to be Love Actually for me, a brilliant film telling lots of interesting stories with brilliant amalgamation of them all at the end. Why is it so good though? Well there are two aspects it has to hit, 1) it has to be funny and 2) has to have a good story. For the most part this film is very funny, I think there is good humour across the stories however the sta...

Released: July 2019 BBFC Rating: 15 Created by: Craig Mazin Cast: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Emily Watson Right, before you start, yes this is not technically a film, more of a mini-series per-say. However I have wanted to write about this for a while now as a) as you'll see it is amazing and b) I find the subject of Chernobyl very very fasinating indeed. Chernobyl is pretty self descriptive in the name, telling the story of 1986 disaster across 5 episodes which when sewn together could easily be mistaken for a very long film. I had been wating for something like this to come out for ages as Chernobyl is somehting that thoughrouly interested me yet i never fully understood it; from why it happened to the politics behind it, and is somehting I could write about in a historical analysis essay. However.... I am aware this is a film blog so I will keep my historical interest at bay for now. Chernobyl is a masterpiece in storytelling, giving the audeicne what they need to know whe...

 Released: 22nd October 2014 BBFC Rating: 15 Directed by: David Ayer Cast: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Micheal Pena, Shia LeBeouf, John Bernthal It is odd that this week I would review a film all the way back from 2014, however upon conversation with people about what they have been watching very few have seen this war drama which is shocking as I think it is a very solid film, certianly an underrated one. The film would seem very run of the mill, new very young man joins tank crew cue tank battle cue war sadness cue end, however I think it is much more than that. From the very get go in this film you get a sense of a time in World War 2 that very few people would say they know much about: the final assult on Germany, or maybe thats just me. I think it tells a very intersting and important story to be told, to see not only what happened to the soldiers as the final days of the war drew nearer but also how the Germans and the surronding countries populous suffered as the slaughter drag...

Released: 23rd Cotober 2020                                                                                    BBFC rating: 18                                                                                                             Directed by: Jason Woliner                                   ...

 4 years ago Suicide squad was released to cinemas globally to...... mixed recption. On the whole fans were not pleased with David Ayer had produced and, while it was better than Batman v Superman, it just felt like a mess. However I seem to come away from it more negative than most ( which is odd for a so called DC-Fanboy ). But why was it so bad ? Well don't be suprised to hear that I have avoided this movie as much as possible since my last rewatch, but be best assured that the memory of it is certainly scolded into my brain. Suicide squad was supposed to be a fresh start for DC, we had new characters on film which for the most part were brand new to screens let alone cinema. Not to mention a star studded cast and large production value this was surley going to be an instant fan favorite. Cue Dawn of justice. Most will remeber the heavily negative reception when that was released ( at which point I was fairly posotive so to say ) which  set alarm bells ringing at DC. Where ...