Before Justice League, the DCEU took a number of films to finally find its feet with Wonder Woman, and when it finally did, there was hope that the future was bright for this cinematic universe. With Justice League, I can’t help but feel they’ve taken a huge step backwards in terms of…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews LFF Special | NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
Nocturnal Animals is a dark and devilishly stylish thriller from Tom Ford, who knows a thing or two about style having worked as creative director for both Gucci and Yves Saint Lauren in the past. It could have been in danger of being a case of style over substance however, Ford’s perfectionism…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews LFF Special | ARRIVAL
The mystery of the unknown is something that doesn’t get explored enough within science fiction. Too often we see science fiction films, particularly involving aliens, that are only interested with how we, as a species, would fight back against them. Every now and then however, we get a film like Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival that comes along…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
Three years ago, Batman v Superman was announced in front of Hall H at the San Diego Comic-Con and the world was ready to see the two most iconic comic-book characters go head-to-head, in a film inspired by Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns comic. A year later, it was revealed that the full…
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86th Academy Awards – My Predictions
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this Sunday sees the 86th Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. With 24 awards available and with such a wonderful array of films over the past 12 months, this could well be the hardest awards show to call in…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – HER
Both a heartfelt and captivating film, Her is a love story like no other. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Theodore Twombly, a writer going through a divorce who decides to purchase a new operating system to meet his every need. The trouble is that it does more than that when he falls in…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – American Hustle
American Hustle is a film that exudes confidence from start to finish. David O. Russell really impressed me with his previous films The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, but this is easily the most confident of the bunch. That comes as no surprise when he gets to work with what could be regarded as the most…
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