Kathryn Bigelow was best know for her wannabe thriller “Blue Steal” and her wannabe action-thriller “Point Break” both of which were sub-par films if it wasn’t for the late Ron Silver and the late Patrick Swayze respectively. For the last few years however, she has teamed up with […]
“The Last Stand” is a film which wishes it was made in the 80’s or 90’s; a time when contrived characters and prejudicial stereotyping was accepted. Watching this film in the present day however just goes to show how outdated the classic Action movie template has become. In […]
Comedies for the past ten years have been on a downward spiral due to the blandness of the writers and actors on offer. Gone are the days of laugh-out-loud, thoroughly entertaining comedies like Trading Places and Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Instead we have dullness masquerading as funny, films […]
Jason Segel; a walking, talking, and acting example of how plain and unexciting Hollywood has become, an institution so out of original ideas that they now hire the most forgettable and un-charismatic people in existence to act in, or to rehash any of their properties. Jason Segel is […]
Peter Jackson, the once underrated cult director of low-budget, ultra-gory horror comedies such as Bad Taste and Braindead, has now become synonymous with big-budget adaptations. He has now become an unofficial member to an ever-increasing clique of overrated blockbuster-bullshitters whose inability to enthral audiences or display directorial individuality, […]
Judd Apatow: a producer of lacklustre humdrum comedies which for some unfathomable reason are hugely successful. His portfolio includes scripts which, in an attempt to portray real life speech, are filled with staccato lines and awkward moments between awkward people. The result is not-that-comedic comedies and not-that-entertaining entertainment […]
Hollywood it seems, has created a conveyor belt system of movie production. Instead of beginning with an innovative idea or exceptional plot, contemporary movie making begins by either optioning popular mediums such as best-selling books or “re-imagining” some property already owned by the studios. Collaborative screenwriters are then […]
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