‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ movie review
Arriving almost ten years after the original sleeper hit, Adam McKay’s Anchorman sequel has to be one of the most anticipated films of 2013.
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Arriving almost ten years after the original sleeper hit, Adam McKay’s Anchorman sequel has to be one of the most anticipated films of 2013.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, was a very accomplished and entertaining opening chapter of this prequel trilogy, albeit an undeniably uneven one.
The Desolation of Smaug is probably superior, but suffers from a curious inverse of the problems that the first had. Luckily for Desolation, it has a dragon up its sleeve.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows survivors Katniss and Peeta after their first Hunger Games, a futuristic game show where children have to fight to the death for the public’s entertainment.
Frozen, the latest offering from Disney, may not be up there with ‘90s classics such as The Lion King or Pocahontas, but it’s a refreshing and thoroughly modern fairy tale for a new generation to enjoy.
The Family should be good. With the talent in front of and behind the camera, it really should be good.
It should be a smart, snappy and entertaining deconstruction of the gangster movie, providing laughs, knowing references and exciting action. The Family is none of these things, and provides none of these things.
Michael Fassbender leads a stellar cast in The Counsellor, a confused, sluggish, drugs-and-diamonds thriller directed by Ridley Scott from the first original film screenplay by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road).
Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a medical engineer, is embarking on her first shuttle mission when a routine spacewalk goes horribly awry. Adrift in space, she must team up with soon-to-be retired astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) in order to survive.
The first Thor film established that this franchise will be the whacky, fantastic and out-there branch of the Marvel super-tree (at least until Guardians of the Galaxy arrives). Not that we’re suggesting the others are grounded in gritty reality, but this one featured frost-giants, rainbow bridges, and Idris Elba in contact lenses.
Thor: The Dark World is very much an extension of that. And it’s a whole heap of fun.
Director Paul Greengrass (Green Zone, The Bourne Supremacy) has a habit of making movies that blend his documentary-maker’s sensibilities with his interest in the political situations of the day, leading to films that are both intelligent and unique twists on the action/thriller norms.
While the Expendables franchise has united them previously, Escape Plan is the first genuine double-header between arguably the two biggest action stars in Hollywood history – Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. That may come as a surprise – they’re so often mentioned in the same sentence that it’s strange to think they’ve never co-headlined a film together.