Category Archives: Film

No, Time to Die

Posted on May 31, 2026 by JC

This past week has seen the release of the first video game based on the James Bond 007 since 2012’s poorly received 007 Legends. Outside a couples of pastiche novels, it is also the first major piece of media based … Continue reading →

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The Face that Launch’d a Couple of Bark Canoes

Posted on May 17, 2026 by JC

If you follow entertainment news even vaguely, you would have heard about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, The Odyssey based on the Greek Epic of the same name. You will also have heard that “based on” should be emphasised as it … Continue reading →

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Send a Maniac to Catch One

Posted on February 15, 2026 by JC

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone spent the better part of the 1980s in friendly competition with multiple now iconic action films released during this decade. Schwarzenegger started with Conan the Barbarian and had continued success as the titular antagonist in … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews and Articles

Posted on December 30, 2025 by JC

Similarly to my collected video game and book reviews and articles, I have now written enough about film and television series to create a separate catalogue of related posts. The way I’ve had to structure this is a little different … Continue reading →

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The Punisher (2004) Review

Posted on November 2, 2025 by JC

I never regularly collected superhero comic books growing up. I read them here and there but only acquired them from others, in show bags or in other ways that… weren’t regular. I assume this was true for many in my … Continue reading →

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Happy Gilmore 2: Another Pointless Sequel

Posted on July 27, 2025 by JC

As I’ve briefly written previously, Adam Sandler came to prominence in the early 1990s mostly through his success as part of the cast of Saturday Night Live. Like many, he was able to leverage this to transition to film which … Continue reading →

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The King of Kong Review

Posted on June 8, 2025 by JC

  In April I wrote a post on the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Billy Mitchell against Karl Jobst, a resident of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. In this I gave some background to Billy Mitchell including the 2007 documentary … Continue reading →

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The Chronicles of Riddick Review

Posted on May 31, 2025 by JC

ale The Chronicles of Riddick was released in 2004 and was a sequel of sorts to the 2000 film Pitch Black. I say “of sorts” because while both shared the same director David Twohy and lead character played by Vin … Continue reading →

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Do people realise Ghostbusters was a comedy?

Posted on December 15, 2024 by JC

One of the early posts on my blog was some brief commentary on the trailer for the all female Ghostbusters reboot from 2016. I’ve still not seen the film but by most accounts, it was as bad as I expected … Continue reading →

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Top Gun: Maverick – A Worthy Sequel

Posted on December 8, 2024 by JC

In my review of the original Top Gun a few years ago, I briefly mentioned the then upcoming sequel and described it as “probably unnecessary”. This cautious cynicism is a result of how often sequels coming years after, if not … Continue reading →

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