Month: December 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 4DX & 3D Review

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story I’m going to try and keep this review short because it’s extremely important not to offer any spoilers for it. Setup In Case You Missed It As you may remember from the opening scenes of Star Wars: A New Hope the Rebel Alliance gets hold of the plans for the new super weapon that the Empire are building, the Death Star. Princess Leia is captured by Darth Vader who tortures her trying to find out where the plans are. Star Wars is Luke’s quest to become a Jedi, join the rebel alliance and...

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Musicals That Are Worth Buying

It’s not often that a musical film is made that I would feel comfortable recommending to anyone. I love good music and I love great films so I don’t find it easy to relax my standards on either issue. This means most musicals don’t really float my boat.  So here’s my list of films which I can actually enjoy watching and qualify as musicals. Before I go any further my definition of musical in this case only includes films that wouldn’t have a complete story if you removed the music. Guardians of the Galaxy is a great film and has an...

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Into the Woods Review

I’m not a fan of musicals and it was really only boredom and the (apparently misremembered) idea that this received good reviews at the time that made me watch it at all on a streaming service. The list of musicals I actually enjoy is pretty short and maybe I’ll put them up in a group review some time. Suffice to say I demand a plot and good music if I’m going to watch a musical and enjoy it at all. Ok, I’ll settle for a semblance of a plot, some humour and a reasonable music. Into The Woods, I...

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A United Kingdom Review

A United Kingdom – A Historical Film With an Exceptionally Timely Title It’s a shame that A United Kingdom was released so late in the year, had it come out before June 23rd, 2016 it might have taught some unsuspecting people a few valuable lessons. This biopic covers the courtship and marriage of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of Bechuanaland and Ruth Williams. The couple faced considerable opposition from their own families, the Labour government of Britain and even interference from South Africa which the British Government was trying to maintain an economic partnership with.   At face value, it’s a romance...

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