This science fiction movie had controversy saddled to it before its release, all tied up in how authentically or not these filmmakers would treat the Japanese source material. This was especially so given they’d hired several European actors, such as…
Neither Simon nor Steve was quite brave enough to make their way to Mount Smart Stadium last night to see Justin Bieber on his Purpose world tour, so we’ve enlisted the help of Debbie, our favourite Guest Reviewer, who last…
You can’t keep a good giant ape down. This is the eighth Kong film, although only the fourth that’s on my radar. They are the original of 1933, the 1976 version with the famous Jessica Lange bared breast scene (a…
Imagine the out-takes from Apocalypse Now, badly edited into the out-takes from Jurassic Park. Now mix in half a dozen top-end actors, but tell each of them they’re acting in a different film. Tell your CGI people just to do…
In this week’s episode of Crave!, Simon is significantly more impressed by the rawness of Logan than Steve is by the inanity of Fist Fight. Simon still has a few more words to say about the Bruce Springsteen show he…
Logan introduces yet another sub genre of superhero movies – the serious, adult drama. It’s full of graphic violence and expletive-laden language. Its tone is light years away from the Avengers, and even though Deadpool also contained the language and…
In a very film-heavy edition of Crave!, Simon and Steve are a little puzzled by what to make of The Great Wall, the new Matt Damon vehicle set in mediaeval China. Steve is utterly blown away by T2 Trainspotting, the sequel…
I confess I’m finding it difficult to review Silence, or at least, to give one clear and definitive statement for it. At times I was engrossed by it, and at others, I was weary of it. Its two hour forty…
I went into this film a little heavy hearted, and guilty of writing a review in my head before I’d actually sat down to watch it. The reason was that Goodbye Pork Pie, the original of 1981, was such an…
As supernatural thrillers go, this is a pretty good one. It’s the genre you’d expect from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, and while he has suffered from the critics in the latter part of his career, one suspects he will have…