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Mary Poppins Returns

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Russell Matthews #disney, #emilyblunt, #marypoppins, #marypoppinsreturns, #russellingrevs, Ben Whishaw, Colin Firth, emily blunt, Emily Mortimer, Is this Mary Poppins better than the first?, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep

To imagine Mary Poppins as anyone else besides Julie Andrews in the 1964 Disney classic will be a stretch for

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Bumblebee

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Russell Matthews #bumblebeemovie, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Autobots, Bumblebee, Decepticons, Do we need another Transformers film?, Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Optimus Prime, Transformers

‘My own giant robot. I am now the luckiest kid in America.’ – Hogarth Hughes (The Iron Giant) It’s hard to

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Mortal Engines

December 7, 2018 Russell Matthews #mortalengines, #reeldialogue, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, Robert Sheehan, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

The perplexing aspect of reviewing a film like Mortal Engines is trying to get the premise of Philip Reeve’s novels

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Ralph Breaks the Internet

December 6, 2018December 8, 2018 Russell Matthews #RalphBreaksTheInternet, #reeldialogue, #russellingreviews, Disney Animation, Ed Oneil, Gal Gadot, John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Vanellope von Schweetz, Which Disney Princess Are you?, Wifi, Wreck-It Ralph

Audiences were introduced to the throwback era of Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly), Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) and the

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Second Act

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Russell Matthews #adoption, #romcom, corporate sabotage, deception, Flexible morality, Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini, Lying, Second Act, What is the value of a parent?

‘If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfilment.’ Tom Hanks There

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Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Russell Matthews #marvel, #reeldialogue, #spiderman, #spiderverse, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Kingpin, Liev Shreiber, Mahershala Ali, Nicholas Cage, Shameik Moore, Spider verse, Spider-man

‘Comics are stories; they’re like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a

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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

November 30, 2018 Russell Matthews #canyoueverforgiveme, #leeisrael, #melissamccarthy, #writing, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Estee Lauder, Forgery, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant

One of the greatest challenges writers can experience is finding an audience for the subject matter that they find fascinating.

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The Grinch

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 Russell Matthews #reeldialogue, Birth of Jesus, Christmas, Dr Seuss, Horton Hears a Who, The Grinch, The Grinch that Stole Christmas, Theodor Seuss Geisel, What is the Real meaning of Christmas?, Whoville

Theodor Seuss Geisel has been one of the most influential authors for generations. Under the pen name, Dr. Seuss, he

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Creed II

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 Russell Matthews #creed, #russellingreviews, boxing movies, DO we need another boxing film, Do we need another RoCKY film, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

The Rocky franchise has capitalised on a formula that has different degrees of success. Now with the Creed reboot, Sylvester

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Robin Hood

November 22, 2018 Russell Matthews #jamiefoxx, #robinhood, #russellingrevs, #taronedgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Give me those two hours back, Jamie Foxx, Makes the Kevin Costner film look like a classic, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton

The Lord of Loxley has been a mainstay since cinema began in different forms and he has been portrayed with

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