Venom, the latest addition to the Marvel Comics cinematic universe probably won’t be well known to non-comic fans although the main creature briefly appeared in Spider-Man 3. Venom is in fact an alien parasite that hitches a ride to earth aboard a spacecraft and arrives with nefarious intentions for us puny humans. Essentially a slimy goo monster, the creature can
Read moreLegend has nothing to do with Ridley Scott’s 1986 fantasy film, instead it dramatises the rein of infamous London crime lord brothers Reggie and Ronny Kray. The film is based on the book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson. Like the recent Whitey Bulger biopic, Black Mass, Legend is a flawed
Read moreWith the initial Mad Max film trilogy, director George Miller established an idiosyncratic but distinctly Australian franchise that earned first a cult then a mainstream following and provided a springboard for star Mel Gibson’s ascent into the Hollywood stratosphere. After a mere 30 years Miller has delivered the fourth instalment Mad Max: Fury Road. The film has thus far had
Read moreLawless is based on the true story of the Bondurant brothers – Forest (Tom Hardy), Howard (Jason Clarke) and Jack (Shia Labeouf) – who were hillbilly moonshine peddlers in Virginia during prohibition in the 1930’s. At first they have a cosy arrangement with the local sheriffs flogging rot gut whiskey around the hills and seem to be free from the
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