Searching for Bobby Fischer
I’ve recently developed a liking for chess, which this movie is all about!
Read More Searching for Bobby FischerBite-sized reviews and insights into your favorite films.
I’ve recently developed a liking for chess, which this movie is all about!
Read More Searching for Bobby FischerA different kind of zombie movie; Army of the Dead (2021)!
Read More Army of the DeadLets review one of the best picture nominees for the Oscars this year, Minari!
Read More MinariOne of the greatest crime/drama television mini series I have ever seen. Check it out on Apple TV+!
Read More Defending JacobThe mighty Kong takes on Godzilla in this much awaited monster movie. Lets break it down!
Read More Godzilla vs KongA four hour epic of Snyder’s original vision for the JL!
Read More Zak Snyder’s Justice LeagueDisney Plus’ most popular show is streaming now for its 2nd season – let s dive into it!
Read More The Mandalorian (Season 2)Because Netflix told me to – Coach Carter (2005
Read More Coach CarterA bite-sized review on The Old Guard (2020)!
Read More The Old GuardAn oldie but certainly still a goldie – New Police Story (2004)
Read More New Police StoryBad boys, bad boys
Whatcha gonna do
When they come for you
A commentary on Ip Man II!
Read More Ip Man IILets talk about one of the best martial arts films of all time; 2008s’ Ip Man!
Read More Ip ManThe Crown Season III is streaming on Netflix now! Lets break it down!
Read More The Crown (Season III)A bite-sized review about Halloween (2018)!
Read More Halloween (2018)A short review on the 2018 Netflix series ‘Bodyguard’!
Read More BodyguardA review on the newly released Netflix film – The Devil all the Time!
Read More The Devil all the TimeAll or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspurs was a seven episode mini-series released on Amazon Prime Video that took us into the dressing room of one of the top Premier League Football Teams: the Tottenham Hotspurs. We follow the boys across their 2019/20 football season in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup to better understand […]
Read More All or Nothing: Tottenham HotspursOperation Finale is Chris Weitzs’ historical thriller about the capture of SS officer Adolf Eichmann – the architect of the Holocaust – from Argentina after the second world war. Oscar Issac takes on the role of Peter Malkin, an agent working within the Mossad who becomes part of a covert intelligence squad that travel to […]
Read More Operation FinaleJohnny English Strikes Again was directed by David Kerr and is the third installation of a spy/comedy franchise, which I genuinely thought went defunct after its first film. Rowan Atkinson reprises his role as Johnny English, a clumsy & goofy MI6 agent who is now tasked with catching a hacker responsible for breaking into the […]
Read More Johnny English Strikes AgainThe Night Manager is a six episode mini-series directed by Susanne Bier and starring A-grade British personalities Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Coleman, Hugh Laurie & Elizebeth Debicki. Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) is a night manager at a Cairo hotel during the Arab Spring of 2011. One night he receives a guest with peculiar political and military […]
Read More The Night ManagerTenet, directed by the great and powerful Christopher Nolan, is one of the most exciting films of the year. Armed with only one word, Tenet, the protagonist (John David Washington), journeys through the twilight world of international espionage on a mission to prevent the end of the world. I had to watch this movie twice […]
Read More TenetMindhunter, created by the great and powerful David Fincher, is a Netflix produced crime series set in the late 1970s. Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) is a young and ambitious instructor at the FBI in Quantico seeking to better understand the behavior of serial murderers and rapists so that their actions could be predicted beforehand. He […]
Read More MindhunterThe Green Mile, directed by the great and powerful Frank Darabont, is a cinematic adaptation of the Steven King novel of the name same. John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) is a new inmate on The Green Mile (another name given for Death Row) charged with child rape and murder. However, he is also an individual […]
Read More The Green Mile2020 is the year of television and not the year of movies because audiences are stuck at home and craving content to help them last the quarantine. The Mandalorian, created by Jon Favreau, is a prime example of such content. The first season of this show was released in November of last year and was […]
Read More The MandalorianStranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers, is a Netflix produced sci-fi TV series set predominantly in the quaint town of Hawkins, Indiana. The show opens with the unexplained disappearance of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). Will has a trusted cohort of friends; Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) & Lucas Sinclair (Caleb McLaughlin), who […]
Read More Stranger ThingsTag, directed by Jeff Tomsic, is the story of a small group of classmates who organize an annual game of tag that often goes to extraordinary lengths. In a particular tag season, four of the five friends (played by John Hamm, Aaron Johnson, Ed Helms and Kevin Sable) team up to tag their other new engaged […]
Read More TagUp in the Air, directed by the great and powerful Jason Reitman, focuses on the character of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney). Ryan enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, which is to travel around the 50 states and fire individuals from their white-collar jobs, on behalf of their companies. However, Ryan’s lifestyle is threatened […]
Read More Up in the AirWith the 2020/21 Formula One season in full swing, I decided to watch the first two seasons of this series available on Netflix. I am an avid Formula One fan, and was elated to find that such a show existed – where multiple camera crews would follow F-1 teams throughout the 21 race season, whilst […]
Read More Formula 1: Drive to SurviveTwelve Monkeys, directed by Terray Gilliam, is a dystopian science-fiction film set in the year 2035. Most of humanity has perished; only 1% of the population remain underneath the surface where they are shielded from the deadly effects of a virus that had plagued the earth several decades ago. James Cole (Bruce Willis), a convict in […]
Read More Twelve MonkeysThe Town, written and directed by the great and powerful Ben Affleck, is a heist film set in modern day Boston. Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) and his Charlestown crew are slick and professional robbers, who routinely conduct heists around the Boston municipal area. After a heist that almost went sour involving a female bank assistant manager […]
Read More The TownCasino directed by the great and powerful Martin Scorsese is a tale of greed, deception, money, power and murder occurring between two best friends; a mafia enforcer (Joe Pesci) and a casino executive (Robert De Niro). They take us into the inside world of casino gambling in Las Vegas, where we witness their rise and fall […]
Read More CasinoPrometheus, directed by the great and powerful Ridley Scott, is an honorary addition to the Alien franchise. A team of engineers, pilots, medical experts, and archeologists embark on a interplanetary mission to trace the origin of humankind. However, as they discover an artificially made structure on a distant moon, trouble soon ensues. This movie has an absolutely […]
Read More PrometheusRed Dragon, directed by Brett Ratner, is the third cinematic installment in the “Hannibal Lecter” series. In this film, retired FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) is assigned to track down “the tooth fairy” (Ralph Finnes); a mysterious and elusive serial killer. Graham enlists the help of imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to […]
Read More Red DragonThe Expendables 3, directed by Patrick Hughes, is the continuation of the Expendables franchise, where we have the honor (or dishonor) of watching our favorite 80s and 90s action stars team up to defeat a common baddie. In this movie, the crew unite to take down Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), a ruthless illegal arms trader who also happens to […]
Read More The Expendables 3The Core, directed by Joe Amiel is all about the Earth’s core. Due to an unknown set of circumstances, the core of the Earth stops spinning. This causes the Earth’s electromagnetic field to deteriorate, leading to a series of extreme natural disasters and exposure to deadly forms of radiation from outer space. It is up […]
Read More The CoreBlockers, directed by Kay Cannon revolves around three teenage girls reaching the end of their lives as high school students. As prom night approaches, the three best friends make a pact; a pact to lose their virginity. Unfortunately for them, their parents (John Cena, Leslie Mann & Ike Barinholtz) find out about this arrangement, and embark […]
Read More BlockersHope everyone is having a smashing Thursday! Below are the remainder of the color palettes that I managed to generate for some of my favorite movies! As always, let me know if you want me to generate such palettes for any movies YOU like: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-downloader/cnpniohnfphhjihaiiggeabnkjhpaldj google chrome extension that quickly downloads selected images from a […]
Read More Color Palettes of my Favorite Films (Part VII)The Change-Up, directed by David Dobin is the story of best friends Dave Lockwood (Jason Bateman) and Mitch Planko (Ryan Reynolds). Dave works as a partner in a law-firm and is often upset with himself due to his perceived repetitive and exhaustive lifestyle. Mitch on the other hand is a single man who is at […]
Read More The Change-UpScott Pilgrim vs. the World is directed by the great and powerful Edgar Wright. The plot surrounds Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), an introverted 23 year old bass player who falls in love with Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winsted). In order to win her heart, Scott must defeat her seven evil exes. Edgar Wright made sure […]
Read More Scott Pilgrim vs the WorldBelow are ten more palettes of some of my favorite movies! Enjoy! Part VII coming soon! Please let me know if you want me to make any such color palettes for movies YOU like. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-downloader/cnpniohnfphhjihaiiggeabnkjhpaldj google chrome extension that quickly downloads selected images from a web-page https://www.photovisi.com/photovisi/a-big-big-grid generates a tightly packed collage of ~200 images […]
Read More Color Palettes of my Favorite Films (Part VI)xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, directed by DJ Caruso, is the follow-up to xXx: State of the Union. In this installment, Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is resummoned to the xXx program in order to stop a rogue xXx team from possessing and utilizing an encryption device capable of hacking into satellites and military software programs. This movie […]
Read More xXx: The Return of Xander CageSo I thought I’d make a post about this Netflix series, since I’ve been binging it from time to time over the past 2 weeks. Designated Survivor is a three season (or 53 episodes) long TV series created by David Guggenheim. The show follows Tom Kirkman (Kiefer Sutherland), a former academic who is the secretary for housing […]
Read More Designated Survivor (Season 1)Paddington, directed by the great and powerful Paul King, is the story of a young Peruvian bear named Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw) and his journey to London in the search for a home. The bear stumbles upon the kind Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven. What follows is a series of mishaps, […]
Read More PaddingtonBelow are ten more palettes of some of my favorite movies! Enjoy! Part VI coming soon! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-downloader/cnpniohnfphhjihaiiggeabnkjhpaldj google chrome extension that quickly downloads selected images from a webpage https://www.photovisi.com/photovisi/a-big-big-grid generates a tightly packed collage of ~200 images https://palettegenerator.com/ creates a natural color palette from an image https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/cinema-palettes-famous-movie-colors/ a brilliant example from the web showing similiar […]
Read More Color Palettes of my Favorite Films (Part V)“Get away from her you bitch” Aliens, directed by the great and powerful James Cameron, is the sequel to the highly acclaimed science fiction film Alien, released in 1979. The story of Aliens picks up 57 years after the first film. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is awoken from her hyper-sleep after being rescued by a deep space salvage team. She […]
Read More AliensBelow are ten more palettes of some of my favorite movies! Enjoy!
Read More Color Palettes of my Favorite Films (Part IV)Contact, directed by the great and powerful Robert Zemeckis, is the 1997 film adaptation of the novel Contact, written by Carl Sagan. Jodie Foster (Dr. Eleanor Ann Arroway) plays a radio astronomer, who has spent much of her life scouring the universe for signs of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. Her efforts seem to pay off one day, when she […]
Read More ContactBad Education, directed by Cory Finley, is all about the perception of perfection. The film is based on a true story surrounding the administrative staff of Roslyn High School. Superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) and his assistant Pam Gluckin (Allison Janey) are credited with bringing the school district unprecedented prestige through their positive messaging and community […]
Read More Bad Education