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I only ever tend to write about films that I either really loved, or that I really despised. This is mostly because I find it a lot easier to write about something I have strong feelings for rather than something that didn’t stir up anything in me. Last night I went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles knowing that I’d definitely be writing about it afterwards. The question was which side of the fence would the film fall?

Even More Film Reviews

This weekend was one of those times that I really made the most of my Cineworld Unlimited card, after a rather lax September in which I basically avoided the box office. I took in I three films, a rather eclectic collection of films actually, and I’m glad to say that they were all pretty decent. One of them I’d recommend to everyone, another I’d recommend to a handful of people and the other I actually wouldn’t recommend to anyone despite the fact I did enjoy.

Chef

It’s rare that I leave a cinema feeling, for lack of a better word, happy. That’s not to say there aren’t lots of films that I enjoy, this year in particular has been a great one for cinema. Under the Skin was brilliant but I left the cinema feeling rather disturbed and uncomfortable. Twelve Years a Slave was incredible but everybody left the cinema in complete silence, unable to put into words how harrowing the film was. When I left the cinema after watching Chef I was happy, “Ow my face hurts from smiling and I feel warm inside” happy.

The Edge of Tomorrow

I went into the Edge of Tomorrow with low expectations, and I can honestly say that I didn’t come out disappointed. Whilst it didn’t have me on the edge of my seat (see what I did there?) it did manage to keep me in it until the end of the film…just about.

Oh I've done a blog entry.

So let’s talk about Captain America: Winter Soldier. I sat down in the cinema with low expectations, Captain America’s flag-waving patriotism has always belonged in ‘golden era’ of comics in my mind, out of touch with contemporary thinking. That being said Brubaker’s run on Cap was exquisite, as is more or less everything the man does, and I was hoping that Marvel would take this on board with this latest instalment in the Captain America franchise.

Papadopoulos and Sons

I thought I'd do something a little bit different with this post, no pictures of Ghost and no wrestling talk. Instead I'm going to write about a film that's coming out April 5th that I think everyone should go and see, Papadopoulos and Sons. It's a self financed, self produced, self promoted and self distributed film by Marcus Markou. It's the story of a Greek self made millionaire who loses everything in the financial crisis and is forced to team up with his estranged brother to reopen the fish and chip shop that their dad left them. It's a great feel good story and it's really encouraging for anybody that wants to make films that aren't 'cool' or pander to the Hollywood market. It looks funny, it looks heartwarming and I can't wait to see it. You can check out the trailer here.