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Only God Forgives
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"Time to meet the devil." An unreasonable amount of expectation surrounded 2013's Only God Forgives, as it's the second collaboration of director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling after 2011's Drive. Fans of Drive expecting someth... More

Hugo
Reviewed by johanlefourbe
I already saw this movie, in fact, I saw it in the movie theater when it was released, but, since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. Basically, after making all those gangsters flicks, Scorsese decided to make for... More

State of Play
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"You're just seeking the truth. You're a truth seeker. You can't help it, that is just who you are. You're such a hypocrite. You're not interested in me. You come in here, it's all about you and you getting your story. I trusted you. You're... More

Requiem (Delirium)
Reviewed by Villiana
“There are some losses we never get over.” I don’t know if I like this whole story. There were moments when I was terribly bothered, even to the extent that being in the middle of the book I reached for another book, I found myself... More

Titanic
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"It's been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was." With its budget said to have exceeded a whoppi... More

Final Fantasy X-2
Reviewed by TonyDanza
You'll hear a lot about how terrible this game is, but it isn't. If you've been playing Final Fantasy games as long as I have, you will respect this game for daring to be original. It is a game you have mixed odds of liking. You have to und... More

1984
Reviewed by Villiana
Will certainly be spoilers :) “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.” I'm going back to the classics. My first contact with this book took place about 15 years ago, when this item ... More

Adaptation. (2002)
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size." Although 200... More

Quantum of Solace
Reviewed by Rollo Tomasi
I have always felt that Casino Royale was the best book in Ian Fleming's 007 series, it featured a Bond who was noticeably different to that in the films that followed, a more human Bond. Daniel Craig captures the essence of Fleming's Bond ... More

Jurassic World
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"She will kill anything that moves. She is finding where she fits in the food chain, and I don't think you want her to figure that out!" Fourteen years of rumours, false starts and cancelled release dates have finally culminated with 2015'... More

The Martian
Reviewed by johanlefourbe
After the disappointing 'Prometheus', the almost abysmal 'The Counselor' and the really underwhelming 'Exodus: Gods and Kings', I was starting to loose faith in Ridley Scott and I can’t say I was expecting much from this flick. I mean, su... More

Sansho the Bailiff
Reviewed by Kenji
Drawing on a popular traditional tale and a 1915 novella by Mori Ogai, Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff/Sanshô dayû (1954) is a jidai-geki historical film concerning the cruel misfortune befalling the wife and children of a humane exiled ... More

Django Unchained
Reviewed by Rocconeverdies
A decent western from the QT. Jamie Foxx gets his freedom from the shackles by the bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz(Waltz) and gets in the bounty hunting business with him before getting after the people who took his wife. Story is full of wo... More

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"For a special agent, you're not having a very special day, are you?"The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is the latest attempt to transform a bygone television show into a new cinematic franchise, following in the shadow of Mission: Impossible, The Equ... More

Legend
Reviewed by Villiana
"Legend" was lying on my shelf for a long time before I took to reading. I do not know what exactly distract my attention from this book, maybe a little impressive cover, maybe quite patriotic titles of the series, I assumed that it would b... More

The Secret of Kells
Reviewed by JxSxPx
Hand-drawn animation doesn’t appear nearly often enough for my liking. But the few recent hand-drawn films have done unique and bold things with the genre. There’s Studio Ghibli, who continually produces smart, adult-orientated features... More

Irrational Man
Reviewed by johanlefourbe
I really wanted to like this movie... But all things considered, I must admit that it was rather disappointing.  The first issue I had was that the two main characters were rather unlikable. Indeed, Abe Lucas was pretty much a drunk who ha... More

Tropic Thunder
Reviewed by PvtCaboose91
"I'm just a little boy who plays with his penis when he's nervous." Tropic Thunder was Ben Stiller's most ambitious project yet. The actor/director/writer's career abruptly plummeted after starring in a number of disappointing films such... More