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March | 2015 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. March 22, 2015. Came out in the US last October but it’s taken a few months to come over here. Keanu Reeves plays the eponymous hitman who decides to get revenge on the son of the Russian mafia godfather when he takes everything from him. Very much in the. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. March 12, 2015. Liam Neeson has become the slightly past-it Hollywood action hero over the last few years. It started with. Is the latest in this long lin...
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January | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. The Blind Leading The Bland. January 24, 2014. THE BLAND LEADING THE BLAND. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character was a semi-regular fixture on the big screen from 1990’s Hunt For Red October. Until The Sum of All Fears. Chris ( Star Trek). Films raised the bar significantly on Hollywood action films but Jack Ryan. Is a perfunctory but ultimately forgettable film. For Folk’s Sake. January 20, 2014. In 2010) was competent but ultimatel...
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March | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. March 27, 2014. It’s been three years since Captain America: The First Avenger. And we’ve had a number of other huge Marvel movies since ( Avengers (Assemble). Thor: The Dark World, The Wolverine. And Iron Man 3). So audiences have been trained to expect bigger and more bombastic Marvel studio efforts. The first Captain America. Fast-forward three years and the film-makers can jump right in. Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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August | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. August 30, 2014. Patricia Highsmith has been adapted to the cinema before, most notably in. The Talented Mr Ripley. Back in 1999 and before that in. In 1960, which adapted the same novel as. Ripley. The Two Faces of January. Adapts another of Highsmith’s works and while it isn’t quite as dramatically satisfying as. The story itself isn’t as ingenious as that film or book but it still makes for thrilling viewing. Directo...Mickey ...
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July | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. July 27, 2014. 2014 has already seen three Marvel movies:. Captain America: The Winter Soldier. X-Men: Days of Future Past. To this we can now add. Guardians of The Galaxy. As it shall be known from now on to save on characters) was never going to be quite the same beast as many of its Marvel stablemates. Basically, Quill (Chris Pratt) is kidnapped by alien buccaneers led by Yondu (Michael (. Days of Future Past. Director James G...
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February | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. February 14, 2014. There are two George Clooneys. There’s the actor who has appeared in serious weighty dramas like The Descendants. Good Night and Good Luck. And Syriana and then there’s the Hollywood heartthrob who has been seen in fluffy, vacuous Hollywood blockbusters like Ocean’s Eleven. And Kelly’s Heroes. But the problem here is that The Monuments Men. Lacks the anarchic edge of something like Kelly’s Heroes. Based on the ...
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November | 2013 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. November 19, 2013. GO WEST, OLD MAN. Over the last few years, the films of Alexander Payne have become a particular highlight when they are released. Election. Are movies that have really engaged with me (I am less fond of About Schmidt. Is an effective study of the human condition and while not much actually happens, Payne presents us with a film that stays with you after the credits roll. It is refreshing in these days of b...
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September | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. ALL THINGS BEING UNEQUAL. September 24, 2014. Denzel Washington is a very likeable actor. He usually manages to lift things that he appears in that would be rather pedestrian without him. But don’t come to it with particularly high expectations. September 20, 2014. September 18, 2014. Despite being well into his seventh decade, Woody Allen continues to make a film every year. They aren’t all memorable (for every. Set in 1928 main...
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October | 2014 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. ON THE SHELF OCTOBER 2014. October 25, 2014. Until TRIPWIRE returns as a website hopefully in the new year, I’ll continue to post reviews and material here that would normally be in TRIPWIRE. First up is. Deals with LeBrock being hired to find a missing girl, only to get embroiled in the machinations of a sinister cult. Is a worthy addition to fans of graphic novels, Bryan Talbot and adventure. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND 2014. And to...
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September | 2013 | Walls and Bridges
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The musings of Joel Meadows. OLD SCHOOL WITH A TWIST. RUNNING OUT OF STEAM. September 22, 2013. WOODY’S BLUE PERIOD. It seems that every time there’s a new Woody Allen film out, there are clamours that it is a return to form. His form has been very inconsistent over the past twenty years. Midnight in Paris. Was very good but To Rome With Love. And You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Were very weak indeed. Blue Jasmine. And perhaps there are echoes of that here but Blue Jasmine. Is a return to form (there...
