Independence Day
Will Smith encounters alien life in this Scientologist origin story from 1996. Roland Emmerich’s alien-invasion blockbuster has all the spectacle, subtlety and American flags one expects from the Master of […]
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I, Robot
Before iPods, iPlayer and I, Daniel Blake (but after I, Claudius) came I, Robot, based on the Isaac Asimov book of the same name. In the ludicrously near future (2035) […]
My Super Sweet Sixteen: The Movie
A man with more money than sense tries to buy a film career for his spoiled teenage son. The pair play a father and son from space who get stranded […]
Suicide Squad
In the latest entry into the DCEU, a government operative (Viola Davis) rounds up a team of supervillains to save the world. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Suicide Squad is such a mess […]
Focus
Veteran con artist Nicky (Will Smith) takes small-time hustler Jess (Margot Robbie) under his wing, in this crime caper with a twist (that Will Smith left his kids at home this […]
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
The idea that until guilt is proven, a criminal suspect should be assumed not to have committed a crime, underpins our legal system. It protects the innocent and avoids the […]
Strictly Classified Part 3: Enemy of the State
With the huge array of Hollywood films vilifying foreigners and foreign governments, it’s refreshing to see a thriller which looks closer to home for its antagonists. Tony Scott’s Enemy of the […]
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