Rebecca Ferguson

Hercules (2014)

Hercules (2014)
Rating: ★½
Jul 26, 2014Greek Mythological Hero's Ordinary Exploits
Dwayne Johnson starring Hercules film that just wants to be a big dumb cartoon without a brain cell in its body. The script takes the interesting approach that Hercules was an ordinary man whose exploits were all down to PR
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 1, 2015Spy/Action Film
The Mission: Impossible films have become superbly polished vehicles with exotic locales, death-defying stuntwork and spectacular action sequences. This enacts it all well; the main problem is that Ghost Protocol is such a tough act to follow that this cannot help but fall in its shadow
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Life (2017)

Life (2017)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 10, 2017Alien Organism Amok on the International Space Station
This is essentially Alien reworked for the fad for scientifically grounded space travel films we have had in recent years with Gravity and The Martian. The film features an original alien menace and contains itself to a series of exciting set-pieces about the International Space Station
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The Snowman (2017)

The Snowman (2017)
Rating: ★★
Dec 24, 2017Norwegian Serial Killer Thriller
Big international production based on a series of books about a Norwegian detective. This flopped badly in release with many calling it confusing. I didn't find it confusing but the failing I would level is that it is a serial killer thriller that fails to do much to hold you gripped with its unfoldings
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The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Rating: ★★★
Mar 29, 2021Modern-Day Arthurian Legends
Joe Cornish gained much buzz with Attack the Block. His follow-up film concerns a modern-day kid who inherits Excalibur where Cornish has fun translating elements of the Arthurian legends to the present-day
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 29, 2018Spy/Action Film
The sixth of the Mission: Impossible films. Not the best of the series but Tom Cruise and associates have everything polished to an expertly honed formula by now and the film is a kinetic ride of intensive and often jaw-dropping action sequences
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Men in Black: International (2019)

Men in Black: International (2019)
Rating: ★★
Aug 3, 2019Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency
The original Men in Black was a witty parody of alien coverup conspiracy paranoia; the sequels became slapstick films about pop-up aliens and hi-tech gadgets hidden behind everyday things. This offers a new cast line-up but little else that is new
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Dune Part One (2021)

Dune Part One (2021)
Rating: ★★★★
Oct 30, 2021Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel comes with a determination to give the story and its richly detailed world faithful life on screen. Villeneuve adapts freely in many areas but gets the complexity of the saga
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Dune Part Two (2024)

Dune Part Two (2024)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 20, 2024Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
The second part of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic SF novel Dune, this delves more deeply into the world of the Fremen, although starts to diverge more from the book
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