Reviews

DVD reviews 

Going in Style

August 2, 2017June 28, 2017 Russell Matthews

Audiences may not realise that Going in Style is a re-make of a 1979 comedy starring George Burns, Lee Strasberg

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The Fate of the Furious

August 2, 2017June 28, 2017 Russell Matthews #dwaynejohnson, #fastandthefurious, #furious8, #russellingrevs, #therock, #vindiesel, Charlize Theron, Do we need another Fast and Furious film, Dwayne Johnson, F. Gary Gray, The Fast and the Furious, Vin Diesel

The longevity of The Fast and the Furious franchise is mind boggling. It will be the study of studios and

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The Zookeeper’s Wife

August 2, 2017June 28, 2017 Russell Matthews #jessicachastain, #russellingrevs, #zookeeperswife, Adolf Hitler, Bison husbandry, Harbouring Jews during World War II, Holocaust, Jessica Chastain, Nazis, Save the animals, Save the Jews, Zoology

Even though it is almost a century since it began, the second World War continues to provide a multitude of

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Gifted

August 2, 2017August 22, 2017 Russell Matthews #chrisevans, #gifted, #octaviaspencer, #russellingrevs, Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, Lindsay Duncan, Marc Webb, Mckenna Grace, Octavia Spencer, What to do with gifted children?

It is the first day of school in year one for Mary Adler (Mckenna Grace) and she is not too

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Atomic Blonde

August 2, 2017August 22, 2017 Russell Matthews #atomicblonde, #charlizetheron, #MI6, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #secretagent, Charlize Theron, CIA, Cold War, East Berlin, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Russians, Toby Jones

The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the key events that led to the end of the Cold

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

August 2, 2017 Russell Matthews "Valerian and Laureline", #lucbesson, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, #valerian, based on comic book, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Dane DeHaan, Jean-Claude Mézières, Luc Besson, Pierre Christin, Rihanna, Utopia

Valérian and Laureline has been a popular French comic series since the 1960s and director Luc Besson (Lucy) had been

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Dunkirk

August 2, 2017 Russell Matthews #harrystyles, #nolan, #russellingrevs, #tomhardy, British, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dunkirk, French, Harry Styles, Kenneth Branagh, Nazis, Tom Hardy

Christopher Nolan is a director that continues to redefine genres and take filmmaking beyond the conventional storytelling. From challenging the

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The Big Sick

August 2, 2017 Russell Matthews #arrangedmarriage, #pakistan, #romcom, #russellingrevs, #standupcomedy, #thebigsick, Arranged Marriage, Holly Hunter, Hospital romance, Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Zoe Kazan

Rarely do we get to see a culture clash of worldview that is both comedic and endearing. The Big Sick

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War of the Planet of the Apes

August 2, 2017 Russell Matthews #andyserkis, #caesar, #planetoftheapes, #russellingrevs, #war, Andy Serkis, Dawn of the planet of the Apes, Is this a film about evolution?, Matt Reeves, Planet of the Apes, Steve Zahn, virus

The war between humanity and the world of apes had come to a head in Dawn of the Planet of

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Ghost in the Shell

July 26, 2017June 28, 2017 Russell Matthews #ghostintheshell, #reeldialogue, #russellingrevs, Can the live action version live up to the anime classic? Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the shell, Rupert Sanders, Scarlet Johannsen

For those who are unfamiliar with the cult classic status of Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 anime classic Ghost in the Shell,

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