"Film Noir done properly..." - Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly.
"Bruce Willis is apparently only capable of playing Bruce Willis at this point, therefore Joseph Gordon Levitt has to do his best to play Bruce Willis and this he does extremely well."
Thumped's Random DVD trip: Wherein Hector Grey enters the Xtravision across the road and grabs the first couple of things that appear in the shelf. This week: The Raven & Playback.
Thumped's Random DVD trip: Wherein Hector Grey enters the Xtravision across the road and grabs the first couple of things that appear in the shelf. This week: Chernobyl Diaries & Dredd.
'Broken City constantly tries to tell you how gritty and 'real' its story and characters are without actually putting in the work to develop these themes in a justifiable and meaningful way.'
'...if you're going to make a 'by the numbers' revenge crime triller like this, you should at least make it entertaining' - Thomas Parkes on his almost-biopic, Parker.
'A saga about poor decisions, and the heavy price attached to trying to do the right thing, about atoning and consequences' - Dara Higgins on The Place Beyond The Pines.
GORE! SLASH. CRIMSON ARC OF ARTERIAL SPRAY! KAPOW! LOUD NOISES! INCESSANT FUCKING LOUD NOISES! Break it down, it’s HORROR time.
'This is a film to remind you, you whinging, big city prick, with your negative equity and pension levy, that things could be much worse' - Dara Higgins counts his blessings on Pilgrim Hill.
'Once the film starts it goes fucking nuclear and I nearly moved a few rows back because I thought my brain might explode, for real' - Thomas Parkes on Star Trek Into Darkness.