Film review: Logan

If I was going to sum up Logan in one word then I’d probably go straight for “evisceral”.  Make no mistake, this is not your mother’s superhero movie.

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The final film outing for the phenomenally successful Marvel comics character (that pretty much made Hugh Jackman’s career) jumps forward to the year 2029. America has becaome a walled country and a no-go area for the very few mutants that are left (talk about life imitating art). After years hiding just over the border, Logan and Professor Charles Xavier find themselves on last mission of mercy: to smuggle a mutant child across the country to Canada while being persued by a band of cyborg mercenaries.  Continue reading “Film review: Logan”

Film review: Lion

Off the bat, Lion is a corker of a movie. It’s about of a boy who becomes separated from his family in India and is taken to Tasmania for adoption. After 20 years, he manages to track down the village of his birth through Google Earth (yes, really) and begins a journey to find his lost family.

It’s a true story, and true stories always make the best movies – Lion is no exception. The writing is brilliant, the acting superb (though I wouldn’t expect anything less from Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel), and cinematography was brilliant.

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In fact, there was only one real problem I had with the film, and I’m not sure there’s much they could really have done about.

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