Reviews

Film reviews Reviews 

Thor: Ragnarok

October 20, 2017October 18, 2017 Russell Matthews #marvel, #reeldialogue, #Thor, #ThorRagnarok, Avengers, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Universe, The Incredible Hulk, Thor: Ragnarok, Tom Hiddleston

Being the third instalment in the life of the Norse god and despite its title of impending doom, Thor: Ragnarok

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DVD reviews 

Spider-man: Homecoming

October 18, 2017September 8, 2017 Russell Matthews #marvel #spiderman, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #spidermanhomecoming, #stanlee, Avengers, awkward teenager, high school, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr, Spider-man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom holland, Vulture

With his reintroduction into the Marvel Universe during Captain America: Civil War, fans have been waiting for Spider-man: Homecoming with

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Book reviews 

Home Again

October 18, 2017October 10, 2017 Russell Matthews #divorce, #filmmaking, #homeagain, #reesewitherspoon, #russellingrevs, Bad choices, Bad parenting, Candice Bergan, Film making, Michael Sheen, Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon is an award-winning actress that has managed to conquer the big screen and recently the small screen on

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Book reviews 

The Only Living Boy in New York

October 11, 2017September 27, 2017 Russell Matthews #theonlylivingboyinnewyork, authors, Coming of Age film, infidelity, Jeff Bridges, Kate Beckinsale, New York, Pierce Brosnan, publishing company

Throughout literature and cinema, writers have brought cities they love to life and make them a character within their imaginative

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Film reviews Reviews 

The Mountain Between Us

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Russell Matthews #IdrisAlba, #katewinslet, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #Survival, #TheMountainBetweenUs, Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Plane crash, Snowstorm, The Mountain Between Us

‘It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.’ Edmund Hillary The story of human survival has always made for

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DVD reviews 

My Cousin Rachel

October 11, 2017September 4, 2017 Russell Matthews #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Daphne Du Maurier, Iain Glen, My Cousin Rachel, Mystery, Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, The Biblical answer to evil, The human condition

The name Daphne Du Maurier may not be familiar to modern audiences, but she was the author responsible for many

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Blade Runner 2049

October 4, 2017October 16, 2017 Russell Matthews Denis Villeneuve (Sicario), Harrison Ford, Philip K Dick, Replicants, Ridley Scott, Ryan Gosling, Wallace Industries

Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic has confounded audiences since its 1982 release and has produced reactions over the years that

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Film reviews 

Final Portrait

October 4, 2017September 13, 2017 Russell Matthews #armiehammer, #finalportrait, #Geofferyrush, #Giacometti, #russellingrevs, Alberto Giacometti, Armie Hammer, Existentialist, Final Portrait, Geoffrey Rush, Stanley Tucci, Surrealism

‘I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality… to protect myself.’ Alberto Giacometti may not be as familiar

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DVD reviews 

Churchill

October 4, 2017September 8, 2017 Russell Matthews #churchill, #dday, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #winstonchurchill, #WWII, Brian Cox, D Day, Depression, England, Miranda Richardson, Winston Churchill, World War II

There have been so many accounts of D-Day written, it is hard to imagine that there is much more to

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Transformers: The Last Knight

October 4, 2017September 8, 2017 Russell Matthews #lastknight, #markwahlberg, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #transformers5, Anthony Hopkins, Bumblebee, John Turturro, Knights of the Round Table, Michael Bay, Optimus Prime, Stanley Tucci, Transformers

Has there been a film franchise that was inspired by children’s action figures that has had more success than Transformers?

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