70/100

A delightfully barbaric example of how to reanimate clichés. The ultimate testosterone-driven "look at me now" revenge fantasy reinvigorated and unapologetically conjoined with Scott Adkins and his majestic spinning heel kicks. This was my second watch and while the action was just as graceful as before, I admittedly spent most of my attention on Adkins as an actor and I have to say his magnetism is undeniable. This is my first Adkins film but it's clear this is a…

It's difficult to articulate the skin-crawling, bone-chilling and spine-tingling aura of Denis Villeneuve's Enemy. In the full 90 minutes, we cross and recross the emotional spectrum all the while mesmerised by the films surreal tone and eeriness. Mystifying to all upon first inspection, the film was never intended for lethargic audiences. It was intended for the analytical and inquisitive who constantly and passionately congregate the clues in an attempt to solve the bamboozling riddle. I, myself, may not have unlocked…

The arresting fashion in which Darren Aronofsky injects profundity into a predominantly superficial genre may be the most impressive accomplishment of the resplendent and epic Noah. Aronofsky, a filmmaker with the incessant purpose to innovate and redefine, puts forth one of his most divergent motion pictures but simultaneously one of his most mainstream with this re-imagining of Noah's ark. A true blockbuster on the surface, the sweeping temperament of Noah is uncommonly matched with intelligence and a bonafide, gravitating narrative…