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What Went Wrong With… Film, Cinema, & Hollywood?
Hollywood it seems has created a conveyer belt system of movie production. Instead of beginning with an innovative idea or exceptional plot, contemporary movie making begins by either optioning popular...
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What Went Wrong With… The Last Stand & The Action Genre?
“The Last Stand” is a film which wishes it was made in the 80’s or 90’s; a time when contrived characters and prejudicial stereotyping was accepted. Watching this film in the present day however just...
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What Went Wrong With… The Equalizer & Antoine Fuqua?
Antoine Fuqua has always been an inconsistent Director. His career has encompassed the trivial (“Bait”), the gritty (“Training Day”), the entertaining (“Shooter”), the dull (“Tears Of The Sun” and...
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What Went Wrong With… Benedict Cumberbatch & TV Actors?
Benedict Cumberbatch is living proof that movie casting has gone completely skew-whiff in recent years. Benedict who is famous for his uppity and over-the-top portrayal of Sherlock, seems completely at...
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What Went Wrong With… Interstellar?
There have been many occasions recently when we’ve been told that an upcoming film is “huge in scale”, “big in scope”, or “epic”, but once you’re finally able to watch the movie it becomes plain that...
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What Went Wrong With… Oliver Stone?
Oliver Stone is the type of filmmaker that if you ignore the majority of his work and focus on a handful of his films, you’d swear he was a movie-making maestro. Don’t get me wrong, Stone whether...
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What Went Wrong With… The Predictions For 2015 From Back To The Future Part II?
It’s October 21st 2015, the date that Doc Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer Parker travelled to in the the classic time-travelling sequel Back To The Future Part II. But looking around at the real 2015,...
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What Went Wrong With… Whitewashing Roles?
Whitewashing in film is the practice of casting a white Actor for a role originally intended for someone of colour. In a previous article I wrote about white Actors donning black, brown, or yellow-face...
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What Went Wrong With… Shawn Levy?
It’s extremely strange that someone like Shawn Levy exists in show business, his lack of talent is pretty self evident and simply glancing at a list of his films is enough to convince anybody that he’s...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With… IMAX (& The Dark Knight Rises)?
I remember as a kid looking in amazement at the giant screen which filled my field of view. I used to love the virtual experience of swimming miles underwater or flying above beautiful landscapes. IMAX...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With… Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile?
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile (starring Zac Efron and Lily Collins and directed by Joe Berlinger) is billed as a crime thriller with some critics describing it as a crime drama. It is...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With… It Chapter Two?
Set 27 years after the events of chapter one, It Chapter Two finds the members of the Loser’s Club all grown-up. Set in 2016, the group meet once more to defeat Pennywise The Dancing Clown, the...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With… The Gentlemen?
Guy Ritchie is back with his latest film The Gentlemen, which on the surface, purports to be a back-to-his-roots offering in the same vein as Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch. The trailer...
View ArticleWhat Went Wrong With… Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga?
The Story Of Fire Saga follows fictional Icelandic singers Lars Erickssong (played by Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (played by Rachel McAdams) who are unintentionally given the chance to...
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I remember as a kid looking in amazement at the giant screen which filled my field of view. I used to love the virtual experience of swimming miles underwater or flying above beautiful landscapes. IMAX...
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