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Mundane Rambling: Inside Out
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Saturday, 25 July 2015. Every time a new animated film is released there is always the hope that it will be another Up or How To Train Your Dragon. Unfortunately, more often than not, animation fails to live up to the hype. With Disney Pixar expectations are always high and after a ridiculously entertaining trailer Inside Out had the potential to go all the way. Riley’s emotions being the main characters made the film stand out as something quite unique. He emotions lacked subtlety with Sadness being fat...
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Mundane Rambling: Ant-Man
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Sunday, 26 July 2015. The Marvel Money Train rumbles on and I’m not ashamed to admit that I have bought my first class ticket. I'm enjoying the ride and although some films are bumpier than others I am with it until the bitter end or my metaphor completely derails. My problem with Ant-Man was never the concept. It was always the casting. A poor and over played trailer didn’t do anything to increase my enthusiasm. Scott Lang dons the Ant-Man suit and becomes the hero he was born to be. The heist involved ...
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Mundane Rambling: The Gift
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Sunday, 9 August 2015. The Gift had a slow and steady marketing campaign and despite never having viewed the trailer the TV spots and positive word of mouth were enough to convince me to choose it over Fantastic Four this weekend. T. His was the right decision. Simon (Jason Bateman) and his wife Robyn (Rebecca Hall) have recently moved back to Simon’s hometown. The Gift is a slow burner with Gordo’s uninvited visits becoming creepier and more intense as the film progresses. It’s always a pleasure t...
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Mundane Rambling: Ripper Street - A Man of My Company
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Monday, 18 March 2013. Ripper Street - A Man of My Company. After further questions were raised about Jackson’s past by Constantine in Tournament of Shadows. Ripper Street didn’t waste time in giving us a Jackson-centric episode. There had been hints about a dark past scattered throughout the season and episode7, A Man of My Company, promised to answer them. Although the series has finished its television run the usual spoiler warning still stands. Each episode of Ripper Street comes with some form of so...
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Mundane Rambling: Southpaw
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Saturday, 25 July 2015. I know absolutely nothing about boxing and I have zero interest in learning but I do find sports films surprisingly entertaining and, on occasion, down right emotional. I still haven’t recovered from the devastation of Friday Night Lights. Southpaw could have focused on any sport and I would have gone to see the film with the same expectations. Jake Gyllenhaal was the main draw and it is never a chore to sit through his films. Before you can say Motivational Montage. As the plot d...
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Mundane Rambling: Pitch Perfect
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013. I have said it before and as I tend to repeat myself often I shall say it again – if a film has singing and/or dancing it is almost certain that I will love it and will thereafter try to justify and possibly apologise for doing so. The casting of Anna Kendrick made Pitch Perfect more intriguing than most offerings of this type. Pitch Perfect follows the overly familiar coming of age/finding yourself themes. The soundtrack is made up of a cappella versions of chart topping numbe...
