Friday, 22 May 2020

Neon NZ kids movie of the week - Abominable

Neon NZ kids movie of the week - Abominable


Dreamworks' latest dials up the cute, channels a bit of Kubo and the Two Strings, and showcases Chinese leads - so in theory, it should be a home run.

But the tale of Yi (SHIELD's Chloe Bennet) and her quest to return a furry Yeti back to Everest at times suffers from an over-familiarity of themes and ideas, rendering parts of it too much like deja vu.

Abominable: Film Review

However, it's in the subtleties and the beautiful evocation of some of the sum of its parts that Abominable justifies itself on the big screen.

It's the visuals which soar in Abominable, not the characters. Sure, there's comedy Peng, the basketball-yearning youngster who bonds with Everest in a kind of dude-bro relationship that brings some of the funnies the kids will love; and there's a silly snake that pops up from time to time to amuse, but much of Abominable's characters are sadly forgotten when the film's over.



The aforementioned evocations of landscapes, of giant Buddha or of the lunacy of a blueberry attack from the sky soar, lifting the King Kong chase scenes early on from a kind of mental checking out that may attack parts of the audience during the film.

But when the group surf a field of yellow daffodils towards the end, Abominable finds its visual groove, a symphony of magical mixing with the mystical proving to be the bright vibrant compelling colour touch the script desperately needed.

Abominable: Film Review

Izzard is serviceable as an English villain named Burnish (a sly nod to a mix of Carl from UP and Mr Burns from the Simpsons - hence Burnish perhaps?), and Bennet has earnestness aplenty as Yi the strong and yet vulnerable heroine throughout. Animation on the Yeti is stunning, mixing Toothless visuals with white furry edges and blurring the line between pet pooch and cutesy Yeti with aplomb.

(Though little with the Yeti is better than the opening POV escape which hints at the menace within.)

Ultimately, heading into safe territory does much to harm Abominable's chances of standing the test of time, but it's perfectly enjoyable-in-the-moment animated fare that's more interested in evocative visuals than deep meaningful storylines.


Disclaimer: Neon provided a promo code for access to this movie.

PlayStation launches free demo of Iron Man VR

PlayStation launches free demo of Iron Man VR

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PlayStation announces free demo of Iron Man VR. Available for download today!

We’ve all been there: running around with outstretched palms, firing imaginary repulsor blasts at unseen adversaries as we soar across make-believe skies. Why settle for imaginary when PlayStation VR lets you live it? PlayStation is excited to announce that you can download a free demo of Marvel’s Iron Man VR later right now on PlayStation Store! In this extended playable demo, you’ll get a taste of the full game.

The demo includes:
  • “Malibu” tutorial mission
  • Interactive Stark Jet cinematic starring Tony, Friday & Pepper Potts
  • “Out of the Blue” Stark Jet gameplay mission
  • Flight Challenge optional mission
  • Advanced Combat Challenge optional mission
  • The above is just a small slice of the main game, but by the end of the “Out of the Blue” mission, you’ll start to feel like Iron Man as you fly, shoot, and Rocket Punch through some of Tony’s Ghost-hacked, Stark Tech drone problems.

What’s more, download this free demo to unlock the exclusive Molten Lava Armor Deco when you purchase the full game!

There are hundreds of PS VR games and experiences currently available worldwide, with many new games on the horizon, so keep an eye out. For now, grab your PS VR headset to suit up as the Armored Avenger in an original Iron Man adventure that’s full of humor, heart, and suspense.

Thursday, 21 May 2020

Neon NZ movie of the week: Midsommar

Neon NZ movie of the week: Midsommar


Director Ari Aster's next project after Hereditary is a descent into a psychological freefall, rather than an out-and-out freakout fest.

The ever wonderful Florence Pugh stars as Dani and Jack Reynor stars as Christian, her feckless boyfriend. When something happens to Dani (an event best left unspoiled, thanks to the pre-titles play out of dread), the pair try to get back on track.

Midsommar: NZIFF Review

Invited by Christian to tag along to a trip to a commune in Sweden where he and a handful of mates are heading for research, Dani finds her uncertainty in their relationship escalating.

It's exacerbated by the pagan rituals and lifestyle of those at the Swedish midsummer festival in Hälsingland .... but there's more going on than any of them realise.

If Hereditary was psychological terror, then Midsommar is the break-up album.

A sprawling, slow-moving descent that's in no rush to unveil its hand, the film's commitment to unsettling can be interpreted in many ways.

Whether it's a take on Americans crashing European ways of life and disrupting cultural matters, or simply a feeling of off-kilter unusual behaviours, Midsommar's desire to unnerve is there from the start - and carefully telegraphed.

Artfully executed by Aster, and beautifully choreographed by DP Pawel Pogorzelski, and blessed with a turn of frailty and subtlety by Pugh as she negotiates extreme trauma, Midsommar is more about the horrors of human behaviours than the appearance of the supernatural and what it can entail.

There are lashings of humour throughout, but as the crescendo of the creepy builds, there's more a sense of uncertainty rippling through this Wicker Man / League of Gentlemen hybrid folk horror and bucolic beastliness.

The horror comes in the consequences, and the reality of what's next - and while the conclusion may infuriate some and feel derivative to others, what Aster's done is essentially cycle back to the beginning's themes.

Midsommar is less a dream, but even less a nightmare - it's a waking breathing feeling of insomnia, and it's stiflingly good because of it.


Disclaimer: Neon provided a promo code for access to this movie.

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

2K Announces Mafia Trilogy

2K Announces Mafia Trilogy

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse: 2K Announces Mafia: Trilogy

Live the life of a gangster across three distinct eras of organized crime in America with Definitive Editions of all three Mafia games from 2K and Hangar 13

Mafia II remaster and re-introduction to Mafia III now available,
built-from-the-ground-up remake of the original Mafia to launch on August 28


Sydney, Australia – May 20, 2020 – 2K and its Hangar 13 development studio have announced Mafia: Trilogy, a new collection featuring the only interactive entertainment series that lets players live the life of a gangster across three distinct eras of organized crime in America.

Combined, the critically acclaimed Mafia crime dramas have sold-in more than 18 million units worldwide. Now, for the first time on modern consoles, experience all three entries of the revered action-adventure series together in one definitive organized crime saga. Mafia: Trilogy includes:

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition – The built-from-the-ground-up remake of the beloved classic;
  • Mafia II: Definitive Edition – The ultra HD remaster of the fan favourite;
  • Mafia III: Definitive Edition – The re-introduction of the award-winning narrative masterpiece.

To view the Mafia: Definitive Edition Trailer click the image below
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Players who purchase Mafia: Trilogy digitally prior to August 28 will be able to access Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition immediately on PlayStation® 4, Xbox One, and Steam, and will be able to download Mafia: Definitive Edition as soon as it becomes available on August 28. The Mafia: Trilogy physical edition will release in full in Australia and New Zealand on August 28.

To view the Mafia II: Definitive Edition Trailer click the image below
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Mafia: Definitive EditionMafia II: Definitive Edition, and Mafia III: Definition Edition are also available for purchase individually. The Definitive Editions for Mafia II and Mafia III are available today within the Mafia: Trilogy and as standalone purchases on Xbox One, PlayStation® 4, and PC via Steam, and will be coming to the Epic Games Store and Stadia at a later dateBoth Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition feature all original bonus add-on contentplus completely remastered 4K compatible visuals for Mafia II.

Mafia: Definitive Edition – the centrepiece of the collection – launches August 28 as a comprehensive, rebuilt-from-the-ground-up remake of the original Mafia, complete with an updated script filled with rich new dialogue, expanded backstories, and additional cutscenes; all-new gameplay sequences and features; the same stellar game engine that powered Mafia III’s best-in-class cinematics; and other enhancements. It’s the Mafia players remember, only much more.

“The original Mafia made such a lasting impact on how video games can tell serious stories, and we know how much the series' fans still revere it,” said Haden Blackman, President and CCO at Hangar 13, who led the development of Mafia: Definitive Edition across the studio’s offices in Brno and Prague, Czech Republic; Brighton, United Kingdom; and Novato, Calif. “Nearly 20 years after the Mafia series started, we now have an amazing opportunity to introduce this beloved game to a new generation of players and give long-time fans a chance to relive Tommy's story with a stellar modern presentation, as well as new story elements and gameplay features.”

To view the Mafia III: Definitive Edition Trailer click the image below
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Players who pre-order Mafia: Definitive Edition – as well as players who purchase the digital version or pre-order the physical version of Mafia: Trilogy – prior to August 28 will receive “The Chicago Outfit” bonus add-on content for Mafia: Definitive EditionThis content pack includes:

  • Exclusive Player Outfit: The Don;
  • Exclusive Vehicle: Smith V12 Limousine;
  • Exclusive Weapon Skin: Gold Semi-Automatic.

Furthermore, players can sign up for a 2K Account to unlock these bonus items for each game:

  • Mafia: Definitive Edition: Black Cats Motorcycle Pack;
  • Mafia II: Definitive Edition: Made Man Pack;
  • Mafia III: Definitive Edition: Classico Three-piece Suit & IL Duca Revolver.

Mafia II: Definitive Edition will be automatically granted to all existing owners of Mafia II on Steam today at no additional cost. Additionally, all existing Mafia III owners on PlayStation® 4, Xbox One, and Steam will be upgraded to Mafia III: Definitive Edition today at no additional cost. Customers who own a combination of titles will receive special reduced-price upgrade offers to complete their trilogy via in-game menus within each of the Mafia titles.
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To learn more, please visit MafiaGame.com, and stay tuned to @MafiaGame on Twitter for additional information on Mafia: Definitive Edition starting in early June.

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad: TV Review

Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad: TV Review


You'd be hard pressed to find another more genial TV show in these coronavirus times.

Essentially a travelogue cum father son bonding experience, Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad sees the Chase presenter Bradley Walsh head on a road trip with his son, Barney.

Just turned 21, Barney is a youthful puppy of a lad, a floppy haired, wide-grinning bundle of enthusiasm who's never short of a smile and a desire to get his dad out of his comfort zone.
Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad: TV Review

His dad is older, wiser, but still has an irascible streak that clearly needs to be amused. Walsh Sr is the cheeky dad you've always wanted, a presence that brings out the best of everyone, and never really stops entertaining - he is the consummate professional, but he's still also the guy you'd happily have a beer with once filming's stopped.

Roughly four decades separate the duo, but to be frank, they are father and son goals; their relationship is warmth and geniality - it's hard to imagine them falling out over illegal drinking or not doing homework while sneaking out.

Season 1 saw the boys head from LA to New Orleans, resulting in moments such as seeing Walsh Sr put in an attempt to follow in the footsteps of John Glenn and pushed into centrifuge training, or enjoying an impromptu motorbike ride on the infamous Route 66. It's beyond genial, and difficult to deny.

Season 2 puts them back in the RV and into the Florida states before heading north,taking in Ernest Hemingway's birth place, diving with sharks and some hoverboarding.

And it's easy viewing, nothing challenging, but immensely entertaining.
Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad: TV Review

It's a bite-size travelogue that doesn't challenge the viewer, offers some mini guides to some of the US' more memorable areas, and given we're all unable to travel currently, it offers hope and areas to bookmark in future. But it proves the Walsh charm lives on, and that being game for anything proves to be out-and-out entertaining.

Quintessential family viewing, it shows the Bradley Walsh charm juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down. Perfect family fare, with as many laughs as it has heart, Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad is the quintessential viewing experience during lockdown times. And to be honest, outside of them as well.

Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad airs TVNZ 1 on Mondays at 7.30pm and on TVNZ OnDemand.

Monday, 18 May 2020

The Last of Us Part II - Inside the story

The Last of Us Part II - Inside the story


The Last Of Us Part II is being released in June, which is but a few weeks away.

To that end, Naughty Dog has released some more information about what's coming up.

Take a look at the story video below.


Sunday, 17 May 2020

Win a copy of Bad Boys For Life

Win a copy of Bad Boys For Life


To celebrate the release of  Bad Boys For Life, thanks to Sony Home Entertainment, you can win a copy.

About Bad Boys For Life

The Bad Boys Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are back together for one last ride in the highly anticipated Bad Boys for Life


Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

To win, all you have to do is email your details and the word BAD BOYS!

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Saturday, 16 May 2020

Bad Boys For Life: Blu Ray Review

Bad Boys For Life: Blu Ray Review


17 years after Bad Boys 2 exploded onto screens, the apparently final outing for Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's buddy cops series has arrived.

In all honesty, it may have been better to be shelved than to try to relive and recapture some of the former glories of the franchise.

Bad Boys For Life: Film Review

In this latest, Mike Lowery (Smith, still looking flash as the Miami cop) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence, appearing in some scenes like he's struggling) are forced to reassess their lives when the past comes calling - and brings with it the Grim Reaper.

With one apparently last score to settle, the duo's forced back into a world not all of them want to be in...

Bad Boys For Life's elongated script drawing out moments doesn't help matters here.

It's rarely better than when both Smith and Lawrence are allowed to get back to their bickering best, but even that feels a little muted in parts, when really it should have soared higher because of the obvious chemistry between them.

Sure, there's a tale here of personal demons coming back to haunt and of looking to family and friends as being more important than your legacy, but Bad Boys For Life doesn't really build on that promise, preferring to go with racial stereotypes for the villain that's as outdated as ever in the current climates (but which some Trump supporters will adore, and those still smarting from Rambo's outing last year will groan at) and action that's solid but never spectacular.

As mentioned, Lawrence looks in parts like he's struggling to deliver a flat script, and where there should be comedy, there are, aside from one genuine laugh-out-loud moment from within a plane, warning signs of tumbleweeds lumbering into view.

Had 20 minutes of the Gemini Man style script been excised and the pace tightened along with some of it being beefed up, Bad Boys for Life would have been passable action movie fare.

As it is, it's less than memorable thanks to feeling stale and forced, and in parts more risible than it should be - instead of sending these bad boys off into the sunset, Bad Boys For Life has seen them hobble into retirement like some lame mules desperately in need of being put into pasture.

Friday, 15 May 2020

Win Little Women

Win Little Women


To celebrate the release of Little Women on Blu Ray and DVD,thanks to Sony Home Entertainment, you can win a copy.

About Little Women


Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on their own terms.

Little Women is directed by Greta Gerwig

To win, all you have to do is email your details and the word WOMEN!

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Ghost of Tsushima: 18 minutes of exclusive gameplay

Ghost of Tsushima: 18 minutes of exclusive gameplay


PlayStation has today unveiled 18 minutes of exclusive gameplay from their upcoming Sucker Punch release, Ghost of Tsushima.
Ghost of Tsushima: 18 minutes of exclusive gameplay

In an exclusive State of Play presentation, the team showed off more from the July release.

Take a look at the Ghost of Tsushima state of play below

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Win Jumanji: The Next Level

Win Jumanji: The Next Level


To celebrate the release of Jumanji: The Next Level on Blu Ray and DVD,thanks to Sony Home Entertainment, you can win a copy.

About Jumanji: The Next Level


In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. 

As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world's most dangerous game.

To win, all you have to do is email your details and the word JUMANJI!

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First look at PlayStation 5 Unreal 5 game engine

First look at PlayStation 5 Unreal 5 game engine

Epic Games has unveiled a first look at what the PlayStation 5 can do.

Unreal Engine 5 empowers artists to achieve unprecedented levels of detail and interactivity, and brings these capabilities within practical reach of teams of all sizes through highly productive tools and content libraries.
First look at PlayStation 5 Unreal 5 game engine

Join Technical Director of Graphics Brian Karis and Special Projects Art Director Jerome Platteaux (filmed in March 2020) for an in-depth look at "Lumen in the Land of Nanite" - a real-time demonstration running live on PlayStation 5 showcasing two new core technologies that will debut in UE5: Nanite virtualized micropolygon geometry, which frees artists to create as much geometric detail as the eye can see, and Lumen, a fully dynamic global illumination solution that immediately reacts to scene and light changes.

Also present in the demo are next-gen features already available in Unreal Engine 4.25, such as Niagara VFX improvements, Chaos physics and destruction, animation system enhancements, and audio advancements. Unreal Engine 4.25 also includes support for next-gen consoles.

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Spaceship Earth: Film Review

Spaceship Earth: Film Review

Director: Matt Wolf

Granted, there's a timely nature to this documentary release about how 8 men and women lock themselves into a biosphere for a two year "scientific" experiment.

In the 1990s, Biosphere 2, along with its self-sustaining ecosystem, was supposed to be the answer to a question that would become more urgent in the 21st century. However, Matt Wolf's documentary spends more than half of its time building background up than getting to the real meat of the inevitable conflict that would always show up in such an experiment.

Genial to a point of failing to really pick its subjects apart, the film begins with something reminiscent of a Galaxy Quest photoshoot as the group readies themselves to enter the Arizona-based dome and their rose-tinted perfect future.
Spaceship Earth: Film Review

While early elements hint at a sort of cult developing by a group of people who come together via theatre, the idea to build a ship and sail on leads to the development of the dome and the dreams of their apparently benevolent leader, John Allen.

And while Spaceship Earth uses a great deal of archive footage to demonstrate the bond between the initial players, the doco spends too long prevaricating with the background of its subjects, and not enough time examining some of the reasons for the cracks and their fall out.

It lacks a eureka moment that truly grips, and Wolf uses more candid moments to hint at the problems ahead - tensions over trying to even close the door to start the experiment show more than a contrived narrative could.

It may be "trendy ecological entertainment", but the hints of public deception charges, claims of help from outside, the negativity starts to showcase the fact there is a cracking story somewhere in the Spaceship Earth story - and the arrival of Steve Bannon late in the piece only seems to ramp up the more insane elements of the story that would have made a truly compelling and jaw-dropping story.

Instead, Spaceship Earth provides an intriguing peek inside what was going on, but it assumes a degree of familiarity with the subject and goes along with the idealism. Should there have been a little more of an intrusive interviewer edge, the film could have had a bite and veneer that's impossible to shake.

Spaceship Earth is streaming now on Docplay.

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: DVD Review

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: DVD Review


The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole: DVD ReviewReleased by Madman Home Ent

In the 80s, Sue Townsend's novels were iconic - and on the 80s TV circuit in the UK, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole was equally iconic, even if it was title star Gian Sammarco's biggest ever role.

In these six episodes, Mole is back with the love of his life Pandora as the Falklands War, and negotiating the passage into adulthood.

Sure, it doesn't shine as much as it did in more innocent times, but there is a purity of heart about this short run series.

It's not as good as the secret diary of Adrian Mole by a long shot, but for a short blast of nostalgia, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole will suffice.

Even if the tribulations faced by this teen feel like something out of yesteryear, with nary any technology in sight to mar this teenager's life.

Monday, 11 May 2020

Hex: The Complete Series: DVD Review

Hex: The Complete Series: DVD Review


Hex: The Complete Series: DVD ReviewReleased by Madman Home Entertainment

Packed over 7 discs of varying quality, Hex: The Complete Series is one of Michael Fassbender's earliest roles.

Starring Christina Cole as Cassie and set in a school, this show dabbles in the supernatural, the sexy and the obsessions of teens. Desperate to fit in, Cassie finds herself the target of a fallen Azazeal (Fassbender, in a wooden performance) who becomes obsessed with her.

The only one who can try and save her is roommate and ghost Thelma (Jemima Rooper, in one of her early roles) - as the battle for souls begins.

Riffing on the older man / bad boy love story, Hex is less than original in its later series, but its first series delights in atmosphere, and its soapy edges.

It still doesn't set the world alight, and shows the Brits determined to plough another furrow at the time of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Hex may not cast a lasting spell, but it certainly does bewitch in parts.

Sunday, 10 May 2020

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: DVD Review

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: DVD Review


The latest from the director of the much underrated Can You Ever Forgive Me....is less about the US icon Mr Rogers and more about the surrogate father relationship that springs up between Hanks' seems-too-good-to-be-true TV icon and a jaded reporter Lloyd Vogel, played by The Americans' Matthew Rhys.
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: Film Review

When Vogel is tasked with a 400-word profile piece on Rogers for a heroes issue of a magazine, he feels it goes against every fibre of his cynical being to deliver a puff piece. However, when he meets Rogers, he finds the reality of the man somewhat different to his expectations and begins to reflect on his own fractured relationship with his own father (Cooper, outstanding in a predictable role.)

It's easy to be dismissive of A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood's intentions. 


Its desire to showcase a nice guy (played by Hanks in a quietly disarming role that at times veers dangerously close to feeling like a serial killer) and make you realise that good can always win out is almost cloying in its grab for sentimentality.

It helps little that at its core, this film is once again about the relationship between a father and a son - and that it does little differently with the narrative flow of what transpires, pushing Vogel more into the mentor counselling a disturbed and emotionally destroyed male.

Where it does present a point of difference is in its disarming framing of the film.

From having Rogers narrate an episode of his alarmingly honest US show and centring in on Vogel, the film wrongfoots you from the get go, drowning everything in a meta-sheen that's more creepy than charming.


Matters get more surreal on the visual presentation later on, but director Heller uses this, along with model shots of Rogers' toy village as cutaways, to disorienting affect throughout.

Ultimately, it's Rhys who deserves the most praise here, as Hanks' Rogers is more a sidelined character than the centre of a full biopic - little is unveiled of Rogers' life outside of the show other than some tossed-off tidbits that hint that his seemingly-perfect veneer is not all you'd expect.

If you're looking for an in-depth take on the man, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is not the film for that as it's more concerned with other dynamics than deeper analysis.

Saturday, 9 May 2020

Midway: DVD Review

Midway: DVD Review


One-note, thin characters and some dialogue that's purely about gung-ho jingoism rather than deep insight, B-movie Midway is exactly the kind of film you'd expect from disaster movie director Roland Emmerich.
Midway: Film Review

Based on a true story and a sequel of sorts to Pearl Harbour, Midway is the story of what happened next as the Americans scrambled to prevent another attack from the Japanese after December 7, 1941.

In the wake of the attack, a group of fly-boys, led by Ed Skrein's Dick Best scramble to take to the skies, while Patrick Wilson's intelligence team tries to work out where the next attack could come from.

Midway has potential - Emmerich certainly knows how to effectively present disaster on screen, with his Pearl Harbour attack channeling some of his Independence Day roots with ease.

Midway: Film Review
But the script sends the Japanese to one-note villains, dressed in black and huddling to contemplate their next move (it's alarming the Chinese have backed this film so heavily) and it elevates the Americans to do gooders with whiter-than-white intentions. It could be hagiography, if it were deeper and more insightful in its character realisation.

However, as it stands, what Midway becomes after an interesting opening, is simply a series of attack scenes, which jump around the different viewpoints from within the American world. Much like levels of a video game, Midway doesn't have time to go deeper than the surface to get to its action.

CGI and jeopardy mix hand in hand, and granted Midway never aspires to be more than a computer-generated spectacle. Yet, with Wilson's stoic work, a practically wasted Eckhart, and Harrelson in a wig, the film wastes its best assets on the exploits of the gum-chewing, chiselled jaw jutting, rule-floutin' Dick Best, who's embodied by Ed Skrein with all the delicacy of a paper cut out; there's no nuance in this real life flyboy, merely a hollow shell filled with the script cliches, and brimming with nothing else.

Midway: Film Review

All in all, while Midway delivers on its spectacle early on, it soon becomes clear that the bombast and bombing raids are all it has - narratives are dropped and ignored, only to be resolved right at the end, robbing the film of an emotional edge, and a human element to cheer for in one of America's darkest days. 

Friday, 8 May 2020

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: DVD Review

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: DVD Review


Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls: DVD ReviewReleased by Madman Home Entertainment

Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura returns in a sequel which is a do-over for Carrey, and a bit of a dud for the audiences.

This time around, Ventura's called in to rescue a bat from Africa. The downside - he's not a fan of the bats at all.

With Simon Callow and Ian McNeice, the film tries for a bit more acting class, but this time around mines more of the crass than is necessary.

A little bit of the diminishing returns rather than the comedy of the first, the novelty of Ace Ventura does wear a little thin, but the film once again benefits from Carrey's total commitment to the role.

Again, like the first film, check your brain at the door - and then laugh without feeling guilty.

First look - XBox Series X Games

First look - XBox Series X Games


Here is your first look at rhe XBox Series X Games

First look XBox Series X Gameplay

First look XBox Series X Gameplay


Here's your first look at the XBox Series X Gameplay.

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