Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Previous: Saw 3D
After releasing a film a year for seven years there was a seven year gap before this film, Part 8. It makes the most of being a Legacy Sequel by having Jigsaw now being seen as a cult figure by some, ten years after his death. This gives us fans, collectors - and copycats.
This isn't a bad concept for a late entry in a Horror franchise but unfortunately it just didn't work for me and it…
Previous: Saw VI
After a flashback to the original Saw and then a new trap, this follows straight on from Saw VI.
At first I wondered if this was going to have all the tests move out of the dingy basements and into the daylight and the open but, although this is flirted with, we are mostly back in the normal green-tinged warehouses.
What is interesting is the focus on the survivors of Jigsaw's games, which also plays into the…
So far the Phase 2 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have both been sequels; 'Iron Man 3' was more of the same but with a fun Shane Black twist; 'Thor: The Dark World' took an unexpected but slightly muddled Sci-Fi route. However, the second solo Cap film was a completely different genre from his entertaining WW2 origin and a completely different tone from the other films. Marvel tend to go for the more humorous approach but this was…
A sweary prison-set epilogue to Iron Man 3 where we find Trevor Slattery enjoying his notoriety and being interviewed by a documentary film maker.
I was pleasantly surprised by this. It worked well with a fun yet dark tone and a 1970's feel to it. It serves to tie up loose ends from the Iron Man trilogy, whilst also setting up a possible future film.
The twist in Iron Man 3 pleased some, angered some and surprised most. I was…