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Taron Egerton (Eggsy), Colin Firth (Harry Hart) and Pedro Pascal (Whiskey) in Kingsman: The Golden Circle

‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ review: More of the same

Post author:JL
Post published:September 25, 2017
Post category:Movie Reviews

In this new movie, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is now a full-fledged member of the Kingsmen, a spy agency masquerading as a posh tailor shop. When a rejected Kingsman applicant works with an insane drug lord called Poppy (Julianne Moore) to take revenge and destroy all the Kingsmen headquarters, Eggsy and remaining survivor Merlin (Mark Strong) go to America to seek help from their spy cousins, called Statesmen, who own a far more profitable whiskey business as a front than their English counterpart.

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Movies Coming Soon: September 2017

Post author:JL
Post published:September 1, 2017
Post category:Coming Soon Me and the Movies

September looks like a really boring month. I'm looking at the whole list of films that are coming out and feeling a sense of profound disinterest in almost everything being shown. It is slightly better than August, in that there are three movies I am sort of interested in, whereas I only had two last month, but the movie lineup just looks so unappealing to me. And the trend continues for the rest of the year.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 28: Cast and crew of Spotlight, including actors Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, writer-director Tom McCarthy, actor Mark Ruffalo, producers Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, screenwriter Josh Singer, producer Michael Sugar, actors Rachel McAdams and Liev Schreiber, and producer Steve Golin accept the Best Picture award onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The 88th Annual Academy Awards roundup

Post author:JL
Post published:March 1, 2016
Post category:Awards Season

Spotlight won Best Picture! It was a surprise, as The Revenant looked on track to win after picking up two of the major awards, while Spotlight hadn't won anything other than Original Screenplay. But I'm pleased it won.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ review: As always, the book is better than the movie

Post author:JL
Post published:November 30, 2015
Post category:Movie Reviews Book Reviews Books to Film

'Mockingjay - Part 2' follows the book pretty much faithfully -- except for all the subtext that they could not (dare not?) translate to screen, which Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly explains in a brilliant analysis.

Tina Fey, Margaret Cho and Amy Poehler at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards

The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards roundup

Post author:JL
Post published:January 12, 2015
Post category:Me and the Movies Awards Season

Tina Fey, Margaret Cho and Amy Poehler at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards Said it before, will say it again: I love watching award shows…

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ review: A faithful but lacking adaptation

Post author:JL
Post published:November 21, 2014
Post category:Movie Reviews Books to Film

'Mockingjay - Part 1' is as true to the book as it can possibly be, even with the addition of Effie in District 13, but it feels a little bland without Katniss' internal monologues and all the other details that brought flavour to the story.

Liam Neeson as air marshal Bill Marks in Non-Stop

‘Non-Stop’ review: Air Vigilante

Post author:JL
Post published:February 28, 2014
Post category:Movie Reviews

If you like conspiracy thrillers like Flightplan and Unknown, and action movies like Taken, you'll surely like Non-Stop, which melds all these genres in a film put together specially for Liam Neeson, the star of the latter two movies. A Hitchcockian thriller set in the confines of an airplane, Non-Stop keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering whodunit, whydunit, howdunit, what-on-earth-is-it, and coming up with some fairly ludicrous theories along the way in your bid to preempt the reveal.