Meet Baby (Ansel Elgort).
He’s not quite your average wheelman.
He looks like the lovechild of Ferris Bueller and a young, slightly goofier Harrison Ford (right down to the Han Solo waistcoat), and always has a pair of sunglasses at the ready.…
Author: robertmwallis
Graduate of Royal Holloway and the London Film School. Formerly Film & TV Editor of The Metropolist, Official Sidekick at A Place to Hang Your Cape, and co-host of The Movie RobCast podcast. Current member of the Online Film Critics Society.
PODCAST: POTC 5 Vs. The Mummy Vs. Wonder Woman Vs. Transformers 5 [Electric Shadows]
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A cinematic showdown for the ages – or at least until the next batch of blockbusters arrives in cinemas.
In Ep 24, Rob Daniel & myself take a flying visit to the Caribbean for brief opinions on Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (or Dead Men Tell No Tales dependent on which part of the world you’re being forced to watch the film).…
Transformers: The Last Knight owes fealty to every major blockbuster in recent history
CONTAINS SPOILERS
A barbarian horde swarms across a green-gray hillscape, their cries rending the air.
The earth is torn beneath their feet and the hooves of horses.
Sword meets sword; shield, shield.
Balls of fire envelop the unfortunate and unwary.
A small band in steel breastplates prepare to renew the charge against overwhelming odds.…
REVIEW: The Mummy shows a cinematic universe unravelling before it’s even begun
How do you get a mummy film wrong?
By making it part of a calculated attempt to get a franchise off the ground What Universal could have learned, however, from any of the mad scientists in their catalogue, is the danger of hubris when it comes to this not-so-new world of God’s and monsters.…
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge – a franchise barely staying afloat
For a big summer blockbuster, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is surprisingly nimble vessel.
Even given its comparatively svelte run-time, whether the film is a voyage worth the taking is another question altogether.
Directed by Norwegian duo Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, the film is more akin to the original installment than its first two sequels – lumbering galleons weighed down with double-crosses – or the leaky lifeboat that was Stranger Tides, the film speeds through its first act like it’s afraid of taking on water.…
WORLD CINEMA GRAB-BAG: Graduation, Frantz, El Pastor, and After The Storm
Graduation
A rundown estate; shabby, grey blue tower blocks; a cement roadways; a patch of grass; off-screen someone digs.
We never discover who is digging or why, nor who’s responsible for the rock that flies through a living room window that same grey morning.…
Wonder Woman is a breath of fresh air for the DC Extended Universe
Well, that wasn’t so difficult – was it?
After a series of critical misfires, it seems Warner Bros. have finally figured out what was missing from their movie-making formula: fun.
Apart from her brief but winning appearance in Batman V Superman, this marks the long-overdue cinematic debut of perhaps the most iconic female superhero (who’s not somebody’s cousin that is). …
Alien: Covenant & Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Electric Shadows podcast)
In Episode 23 of The Electric Shadows Podcast, the generation gap rears its head.
Rob Wallis quite likes Alien: Covenant and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol.2. Rob Daniel pines for the good old days of Alien movies and reveals he spent most of Guardians playing Shag, Marry, Kill with the movie’s characters.…
Fast 8, Rules Don’t Apply, & Last Jedi teaser (Electric Shadows podcast)
Episode 22 of the Electric Shadows Podcast sees Rob Daniel & myself revving their engines as they ironically mosey through a discussion of Fast & Furious 8, and the surprisingly robust franchise as a whole.
We also dive into the insane world of Howard Hughes in Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply, and get ambivalent about the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer.…
