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Patriots Day An Eye-Opening Emotional Roller Coaster Of A Film

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Peter Berg is surly becoming a favourite director of mine with his films about true life tragedies and incidents, I first saw a film he did called Lone Survivor with Mark Wahlberg about Operation Red Wings way back in 2005, definitely give that film a go if you love emotional war films.

Patriots Day does exactly the same thing and shines another light on yet another dark time in American history…. the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, oh boy this was amazing and again Peter Berg packs an emotional punch, from us seeing the explosion by using actual footage to seeing real pictures and the survivors talk about the attack, what I loved about this film is it uses actual footage of the attack, the moment the terrorist goes to the store and even uses the actual images of the terrorists themselves, it truly was an eye opening film as it shows what happens after the attack, from the FBI investigation to the manhunt that followed in Watertown Boston.

The manhunt scene is one of if the not the tensest edge of your seat moments, from the moment the first shot is fired all the way up until the very last bullet is fired it is one of the moment amazing scenes filmed, also may I also shout out the guy who was held hostage in his own car, not only was he calm and chilled out but he gave the cops the exact location as to where his car was, thanks to a GPS tracker built in to his car.

All in all Patriots Day is again another eye opener, we see exactly what happened in great detail and accuracy, most importantly the infamous manhunt for one of the terrorists, as I remember watching that live over here in the U.K. everything from the national guard all the way up to them finding the guy hidden in the boat. My final rating for this film is a solid 10/10 oh and this has possibly one of my favourite lines in it, during a shootout one of the cops says to the chief “sir we’re under heavy fire” only for the chief to reply with “yeah no shit” there are some other funny lines in here but I won’t say all of them as it will take a really long time to type the but anyway guys catch ya later 🙂

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Beyond The Black Rainbow… Trippy Nothing Else Just Trippy

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Wow, wow, wow, wow… this film is just wow! Visually amazing the soundtrack is a proper 80s throwback the plot is a little hard to follow at some points, but don’t worry about the plot with this one, this is a film where you can sit back relax and let the visuals take you on a weird acid like trip without the acid.

Clocking in at around two hours the plot starts with a classic 80s throwback and cinematography that’s straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, I can’t tell you much about the plot because it’s quite a tricky one to tell, but really you shouldn’t watch it for the plot it’s more of a visual experience, and boy this film has some amazing visuals right from the off, from the bright white room where a young girl is staying, to a glowing white pyramid in the middle of a dark and dimly lit room, now I’m not gonna lie the film is slow, like really really slow, this is the sort of film that you have to watch when you have absolutely nothing to do, oh and probably watch it in a quiet room where there’s no distractions, while I’m at it don’t watch it if anyone you know is epileptic… trust me not a good idea. The acting is impressive (trust me you will hate the therapist/psychiatrist guy)

All in all Beyond The Black Rainbow is a visually impressive slow burner of a film and a right proper throwback to the sci-fi movies of the seventies and eighties final rating 10/10 for the amazing visual hypnotic journey you take.

Oh by the way this film was requested by a user who goes by the name warriornonoba shout out to him/her for recommending this fantastic film one of my new favourites at the moment, so as always guys catch ya later 🙂

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The Belko Experiment… What Even Was This Movie

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Oh boy this one is a doozy of a film, by that I mean it was awful, I had heard of this film for quite some time as it kept popping up on my recommended list on YouTube clips, trailers and sneak peeks, I went in blind and came out feeling sick to my stomach after watching this, it really is a mess of a film.

The Belko Experiment follows eighty people in a Colombian office block, for reasons unknown they send only the Colombian employees away only keeping the American employees, said employees have a chip in their head said to be a tracker, ah but a tracker it is not no it is in fact a tiny ball bearing explosive (yeah you can see where this is going) so all out war ensues, and our American office workers are forced to kill each other.

Now I for one hated this film, I mean it was a huge pile of dog faeces the plot was terrible as were the decisions made by the characters in the movie…. now I’m going to throw in a disclaimer for people who are easily offended (you have been warned) I can only compare it to the selection process made by Nazi troops in Auschwitz, that decision was basically people who have kids under the age of eighteen to the left and people who are fifty or over to the right, we then get a lovely Latin American rendition of the classic Mamas and The Papas song California Dreaming, the people who are fifty and over are then shot in the head.

Trust me the soundtrack gets even better as one final massacre occurs all while Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No.1 In B Minor plays… oh did I mention right at the start of the film we get a Latin American version of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, yeah the soundtrack guy really needs to have his head checked.

All in all The Belko Experiment is a right bloody mess of a film it’s horrible and made me feel really uncomfortable watching certain scenes, particularly when one of the employees pulls out his wallet and shows us a picture of his children only to have them tossed on the floor and for the guy to be shot in the back of the head. So do yourself a favour and give The Belko Experiment a miss and if someone ever offers you an opportunity to work in an office in Colombia think twice and say “hell no nah ah nope no way Jose” trust me give this film a miss, final rating 0/0 until next time guys catch ya later!

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It Comes At Night A24 Produce Another Smash Hit Movie

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Ah independent horrors, you could get an outstanding cult hit or a dud, It Comes At Night is in the cult hit area, directed by Trey Edward Schulz director of a little independent movie known as Krisha (which by the way is an outstanding movie)

The marketing for this film was minimal no one and I mean no one had a clue what this was going to be about, the teaser didn’t provide us with anything https://youtu.be/tNE8oUtDaWk you can check that out here, then the movie hit us with an official trailer, which again didn’t provide us with anything. Then we got the film, what starts off as an isolated claustrophobic horror quickly descends in to a 28 days later esque type movie which is amazing, the film has a few jump scares and the plot is easy to follow, a few strangers end up secluded in a cabin in the woods only to become infected with an unknown virus, think Cabin Fever if Eli Roth didn’t add the gore and disgusting parts.

For a film that is relatively unknown it quickly shows that it can become a big independent horror flick, however A24 have only gone and released another small independent horror film… okay it’s more of a romantic horror without all the jump scares, A Ghost Story it’s titled, just watch the trailer and decide for yourselves because this film will be an acquired taste I guarantee it.

Any I’m digressing quite a bit, It Comes At Night is an amazing horror that you need to see final score 10/10 it’s dark it’s creepy it’s an amazing film all round definitely check this one out but until next time catch you later

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The Dark Tower Works As A Standalone Film Rather Than An Adaptation

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I am a huge Stephen King fan, I’ve read and loved every book he wrote, from The Shining to Carrie and my personal favourite It which hits cinemas next month, this year we’ve seen a lot of Stephen King adaptions quite recently The Dark Tower, however I say adaption but the dark tower is nothing like the books, the director really wanted to squeeze in as much as he could with the dark tower, all in all it’s a jumbled up mess.

The dark tower weaves together all the dark tower series in to one film rather than stick to just one source material, I didn’t particularly enjoy this movie and I’m going to be really honest about it, it sucked…. It sucked big time, like really sucked probably the worst film I have ever had the displeasure of seeing at the cinema, the story was dull and unfaithful to the books the acting was sub par and the CGI looked like something out of a cheesy 80s action flick.

Even one guy I was sitting next to mumbled “that didn’t happen” “oh that certainly didn’t happen” “well this is just god awful” no wait that was me, anyway the film was a massive pile of crap, do yourself a favour and go see something else, don’t waste your money on this, it really is just a god awful film try and find another Stephen King adaption to watch I guarantee it’ll be a thousand times better than this mess of a film.

Final score 0/10 possibly the lowest I’ve ever given a film on here, anyway guys until next time catch you later.

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The Emoji Movie…. Do You Think Critics Should Critique Kids Movies

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Please don’t judge, please don’t judge for the love of god please don’t judge but I quite enjoyed this movie.

With that being said it was good it was funny and had tons of adult humour in it, it was definitely something for everyone kids and adults will like this movie however this does beg the question should kids movies be reviewed by critics… okay, okay, okay I know what your thinking “but Jack your a reviewer and your reviewing a kids movie” hear me out I’m praising the movie saying it was good, but critics go out their way and slam and slate a children’s movie, shouldn’t it be the other way round, what I mean by this is shouldn’t we here from the people that these films are intended for which of course is the children, I would love to hear children’s opinions on these movies, instead we get critics who repeatedly slam a kids movie saying “it’s dull” “don’t waste your time” and the most common one “too many fart jokes”I honestly would love to hear your thoughts about this, let me know if you think this is right or wrong

That’s humour that kids know and understand they love all the farting and burping, I should know I have a 10 year old brother who laughed at Paddington squirting tomato sauce, kids get that sort of humour, now I’m not having a rant or throwing a tantrum I just think it would be nice for us to hear some opinions from the future generation. With that being said The Emoji Movie is really good, okay I do have one nitpick and that’s the moral which is find who you are and don’t let others tell you who you are, we do see that a lot in children’s movies.

Anyway the Emoji Movie is an enjoyable kids movie with funny jokes and plenty of adult humour… Oh also look out for Patrick Stewart playing the poop Emoji he has some pretty funny lines too. Anyway final rating of the Emoji Movie I’m giving it a 9/10 it’s funny, enjoyable and just plain silly just the moral was a bit too cliched any way guys apart from that… catch ya later

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The Book Of Henry The Sort Of Film You Will Find In The DVD Bargain Bin

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Colin Trevorrow director of such films like Safety Not Guaranteed and 2015s smash hit Jurassic World, and now he returns to the big screen with The Book Of Henry starring Naomi Watts Jaeden Lieberher and Jacob Trembley, like the title suggests here’s why I think this.

Firstly I’m not slating the movie in anyway I really enjoyed it however the film doesn’t know sometimes what it wants to be for example we open up with a typical suburban family with single mother Susan (Naomi Watts) and her two sons Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) and Peter (Jacob Trembley) we get a happy run of the mill family comedy, we then suddenly get what I like to call it a kiddyfied PS, I Love You Henry is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumour and dies in his mums arms (didn’t see that coming) then suddenly it turns in to a drama/thriller, basically Christina played by Maddy Ziegler is being abused by her step dad (Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris) Henry comes up with a plan to save Christina from the abuse.

The film then takes us on a journey where Susan tries to complete Henry’s wish, by killing Christina’s step father (say what!!!) yeah this film then gets turned in to a kiddyfied John Wick (a great film in case you haven’t seen it) I’m not gonna say if the plan is successful or not, trust me the ending will leave you like “what the hell just happened”

Okay I may of slated this film a little bit but hey it was enjoyable to say the least, this film will eventually become underrated at some point and when it comes out on DVD you will find it in the near future in say a bargain bin in your local Tesco’s or Asda. So to summarise, The Book Of Henry is enjoyable and heartwarming I just think it should of stayed being a family comedy/drama but hey who am I to judge.

So final score I’m giving The Book Of Henry a 7/10 it was enjoyable but really needs to decide on a genre rather than mashing 3 into 1 anyway guys hope you enjoyed and until next time catch you later 🙂

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Detroit A Film That Everyone Must See This Year

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Kathryn Bigelow is slowly but surly becoming one of my favourite directors out there, the first film I watched of hers was 2009s The Hurt Locker, a war film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq, that film was thrilling and a proper edge of your seat flick, her next film was Zero Dark Thirty a film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden again it was thrilling exciting and an eye opener in to how the operation to find and kill the most wanted man alive became a reality. Detroit however does something different sure it’s gripping and tense but it’s more of an eye opener on such a dark time in American history.

It takes place in the late 60s in Detroit, we see police shut down an illegal bar, as they are arresting the customers things take a turn for the worst when an angry protester hurls rocks at the police, suddenly Detroit has become a war zone and this film doesn’t waste anytime as it literally jumps straight in, from there we see the cops, the national guard and the army deployed, all while this is happening and incident in a motel is taking place, this will be known as the Algiers Motel incident, I’m not saying what happens but let me tell you it’s not pretty.

As all this is going on I’m looking around the cinema and seeing everyone’s reactions, some have their head in their hands others are just merely looking on with shock, as was I during this, it certainly was an eye opener and sheds much needed light on such a dark time in American history, the film as a whole was dark, gritty and very powerful to say the least, there are some jaw dropping and emotional scenes particularly one where a member of the national guard thinks an innocent little girl is a sniper and starts shooting at the window where she was looking.

All in all Detroit is an eye opening film for the right reasons it sheds light on a tragic subject in the USA one that I think needs to be addressed and Kathryn Bigelow certainly does that, the film stars John Boyega as a security guard in charge with protecting a store while the riots are taking place, it also stars Will Poulter as a cop during the riots, I enjoyed this film and hope you do too final rating 10/10.

Until next time catch you later

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Christmas Season Starts Here 

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… you know how the song goes, so yes it’s that time of the year where Christmas movies are thrown at us left right and center, so here’s a heads up on what is going to be happening this Christmas on my blog. 

Everyday starting from the first of December I will be posting a review of a Christmas movie whether it be a drama, horror, comedy or a classic like it’s a wonderful life, so just to clarify everyday starting from this Thursday I will be posting a review everyday up until the 24th of December. If you have any suggestions whether it would be your all time favourite Christmas movie or one that you have recently seen let me know by commenting and I will make a list of all the suggestions I get.

But until then from me to you merry Christmas.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens…. Or Star Wars: The Return Of The Franchise Strikes Back With A New Hope 

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See what I did there…. So yes the Star Wars franchise returns to the cinema screens with amazing results, the film has broke… Well not broke but smashed box office records making the fastest film to earn 12 million, Avatar managed to do it in thirteen days but Star Wars managed to it in twelve, yeah twelve days to earn 12 million amazing, so let’s take are tie-fighters and x-wings and fly in to a galaxy far far away… I wonder how Star Wars puns I can fit in to this review.

So if you you haven’t  seen this film then Luke no further because there will be no spoilers here… See what i did there anyway the film introduces some new characters including brand new terrifying villain Kylo Ren, oh believe me when I say terrifying I mean terrifying, we have new Stormtroopers who work for the First Order, one of them is called Finn, he then meets Rey a scavenger on the planet Jakku, who then meets BB-8 who is arguably the most cutest droid out there.

They go on to meet Han Solo and Chewbacca, who help BB-8 to find Luke Skywalker who has disappeared, and the only way to find him is a map, and there you go the plot for the force awakens no spoilers at all. I absolutely loved loved loved this movie it’s a proper throwback to the old trilogies none of that prequel rubbish  anyway it’s a really fun film, when the titles come on and we see the line ” a long time ago in a galaxy far far away” be prepared for the most well known theme tune out there you know it I know lets sing it together… Ahem… Daaaaa dadadada dadadadadadadaaaa dadada da da dada da daaaa da dada da daaaa da dadadaaaaa….. You get the point. Anyway I give this film a solid 10/10 it’s awesome it’s action packed it’s amazing.

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