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I’ve just about finished the arduous journey of my Fast and Furious Marathon, so it seems appropriate to take a comprehensive look at driving films in general. I bet you’re wondering what film I’ve put at the top spot, hm? Yep, I bet you’d have the kind of insane psychic powers of Mew to guess that old doozie. Anyway, uh, check out my thoughts.

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(I think this post got deleted for some reason or other. Website was being sketchy. Anyway, it’s back.)

Continue reading “The Christopher Nolan Ranking”

When it comes to ‘spectacle’ in 21^st century film, a few BNOCS (big names of campus, for the unversed) come to mind. Spielberg, Cameron, Villeneuve. Those directors who have climbed so far up in the film world with their craft that you just need a surname to recognise the figure. And high among those titans of talent sits Nolan. With Oppenheimer performing so strongly in conjunction with the ‘Barbenheimer’ gambit a few years ago, the world was, once again, at Nolan’s feet. After spending a decent few hours of 20^th century historical angst seen through the eternally engaging expression of Cillian Murphy, Nolan chose to turn his sights backward. As in, centuries backward. Homer level backward.

Continue reading “Review: The Odyssey”

Only a week to go until The Odyssey hits screens and we get to see Odysseus’ loyal pal Argos. With The Dog Stars and Heart of the Beast on their way too, Hollywood seems to be letting the dogs out. In the spirit of that, I’ll be looking at some of our furry fellas on the big (and the small) screen.

Continue reading “Friday Film Fight: Dogs”

I recently managed to watched The Last Viking when it got its UK release, so I thought I’d tally up what I’ve seen from this talented guy so far. And there’s still a lot of Mads’ work I haven’t seen so far, so this post will inevitably be updated at some point too.

Continue reading “A Mads Mikkelsen Ranking”