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Tag Archives: hollywood films

Birdman, black humour

March 23, 2015by Aequus Leave a comment

Riggan Thomson: Sixty’s the new thirty, motherfucker! Caden Cotard: …and all those years in between. Private moments alone in the dark have a limited number of outcomes. But pre-dawn hours […]

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Action | Adventure, Drama, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Reviews

Blackhat: No Longer in Control | Michael Mann, Alpha of Action Cinema

October 30, 2014by Aequus Leave a comment

In cyber-security lingo, Black hat refers to a hacker who breaks into a computer system or network with malicious intent. Unlike a white hat hacker, the black hat takes advantage […]

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Film, Films, Movie, Movie Reviews, Thriller

Remembering excellent films of 2014

July 9, 2014by Aequus Leave a comment

Boyhood (2014) This coming-of-age by Richard Linklater charts the growing years of fictional protagonist Mason, from the age of 5 to 18. I found the running time a tad too […]

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Action | Adventure, Drama, Film, Films, Foreign Films, France, Hollywood, Movie, Movie Reviews, US

WTF Reviews #1 Fast 6 | Haters will hate

July 9, 2013by Aequus 2 Comments

Dominic Toretto: “You want bloody? We can do bloody.” BBC Science may have debunked the incredible Hollywood stunts and physics involved in Justin Lin’s thrilling runway scene but that didn’t […]

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Action | Adventure, Crime, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, WTF!

World War Z

June 22, 2013by Aequus 2 Comments

Max Brook’s muscular, world weary “oral history of the zombie war”, a thinly veiled geo-political mouthpiece on the world at large seen through the eyes of an agent working for the UN, has […]

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Action | Adventure, Hollywood, Horror, Movie Reviews, Zombies

Elusive movie endings | the answer lies in never (quite) knowing

June 18, 2013by Aequus 6 Comments

One of the key incidents in Downton Abbey, is the mysterious death of Turkish diplomat Mr Pamuk. The handsome, exotic visitor seduces Lady Mary Crawley and dies shortly after — still laying in […]

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Articles, Mystery, TV

Time to call it a day…

June 16, 2013by Aequus 11 Comments

At the end of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, we agreed that 2013’s Superman is a real sight for sore eyes. But I fell out of love with the caped […]

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Action | Adventure, Hollywood, Movie Reviews

Iron Man 3 | Red is the new Black

May 4, 2013by Aequus 4 Comments

Oh man… this is so good in an unfamiliar way. It has rekindled the spark of a teenager trapped in the shell of a cynical adult movie goer. In a […]

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Hollywood, Movie Reviews

Ugh… generic big studio property

April 24, 2013by Aequus 7 Comments

By now, the movie title needs no introduction. Joseph Kosinski’s follow-up to his 2010 film Tron: Legacy (which I really enjoyed); is a stunning and eargasmic feast for those who […]

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Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction

Ruby Sparks | Ambitious diatribe on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

April 22, 2013by Aequus 4 Comments

Before Ruby Sparks, there was Canadian pop starlet Robin Sparkles, a fictional character in award winning comedy How I Met Your Mother. Speaking of which, here’s one of my favorite […]

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Comedy, Hollywood, Movie Reviews

Zero Dark Thirty

March 22, 2013by Aequus Leave a comment

Political controversies aside, Zero Dark Thirty is a thriller par excellence that grips you firmly and quietly by the neck. It is also the kind of film that demands focus […]

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Movie Reviews, Politics, Thriller

Silver Linings Playbook

January 21, 2013by Aequus Leave a comment

As Sigmund Freud said, “One is very crazy when in love.” Silver Linings Playbook delivers a little less than what its title suggests; but as a romantic comedy, it is […]

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Comedy, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Psychology

Life of Pi

January 20, 2013by Aequus 2 Comments

First of all; Life of Pi has very little appeal for movie goers unfamiliar with Yann Martel’s novel. They will have to glean from whatever information is available before deciding […]

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Action | Adventure, Fantasy, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Philosophy

Django Unchained

January 19, 2013by Aequus 1 Comment

Django Unchained is written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, a veteran of exploitation films whose debut feature Reservoir Dogs, depicted violent scenes punctuated with countless expletives—a politically incorrect style that […]

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Action | Adventure, Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Western

Flight (2012)

January 19, 2013by Aequus 1 Comment

One of the pleasures of Robert Zemeckis’s latest film is the way he introduces Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington), a suave airline pilot who shuffles domestic flights for a living. When […]

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Drama, Hollywood, Morality, Movie Reviews

Seven Psychopaths

January 17, 2013by Aequus Leave a comment

With the release of this film; Hollywood has claimed its latest casualty in Martin McDonagh, writer and director of award winning British comedy In Bruges. Seven Psychopaths is a parody of […]

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Comedy, Hollywood, Movie Reviews

Killing Them Softly

January 16, 2013by Aequus Leave a comment

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. In Killing Them Softly, […]

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Action | Adventure, Crime, Movie Reviews, Politics

Looper

January 10, 2013by Aequus Leave a comment

In this latest film by Rian Johnson (The Brothers Bloom, Breaking Bad); the premise is old but execution, superb. Looper is very entertaining for a time travel science-fiction thriller Now that […]

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Hollywood, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction

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