Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is nearly at an end and Captain America is set to return to action once again in a very entertaining and satisfying start to the 2014 blockbuster season. Since the events of The Avengers, Steve Rodgers/Captain America (Chris Evans) has become a full member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is working […]
I came to this film aware of Veronica Roth’s trilogy, but having never read the books, my expectations going in were nonexistent. As a huge fan of The Hunger Games, I thought I could give Divergent a chance and see how I liked it. I found the story to be as engaging as anything else out […]
The prison sub-genre has produced many great movies over the years, giving us the likes of The Shawshank Redemption, Hunger and Escape from Alcatraz. The critically acclaimed British movie Starred Up from Perfect Sense director David Mackenzie hopes to join their ranks. Eric Love (Jack O’Connell) is a 19-year-old sent to adult prison two years […]
The original TV series of Tiger and Bunny was an incredible mixture of superheroes, reality TV and anime sensibilities. Being a fan of both anime and American comic books, I loved the ideas and execution of Tiger and Bunny, so it warmed my heart finding out that there would be a sequel film that continues […]
A painting, murder, deceit, young love, and a decapitated head, where else, but at The Grand Budapest Hotel? Set in the fictional European country of Zubrowka during the 1960s, the tale is as follows: The concierge of the Grand Budapest, Gustave, is having an affair with a wealthy, older lady. There’s nothing particularly special about […]
300: Rise of an Empire is a sequel that expands on the original film and manages to satisfy one’s urge to see carnage and bloodshed on the big screen. Typically, sequels that are filmed years apart, like Escape from L.A. and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, are usually terrible in their […]
As you would expect from the controversial Lars von Trier and a film called Nymphomaniac, you know in advance that we are not getting a shy, conservative affair and von Trier does not disappoint. The infamous director manages to craft a two-part movie which fans of art-house cinema will be salivating from the mouth over. […]
Fans of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 version of Robocop cried betrayal at even the idea of a remake, let alone it being a PG-13 action movie. As a movie on its own merits, this version of Robocop is a perfectly enjoyable and amiable effort at restarting the Robocop series, even though it does not reach the same […]
The Justice League. You know who they are. You know what they are about. You come to this film expecting to get something more or less familiar; more or less traditional, right? However, if you’re not familiar with something called The New 52, which is a relaunch of DC Comics’ entire line of ongoing monthly […]
Today is the start of a new feature for Entertainment Fuse, BritFlicks which aims to celebrate the cinema of my nation. Some will be big, well known movies, others being much smaller affairs. In this installment of BritFlick, we’ll start with the low budget thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed. First time writer/director J Blakeson […]
