Another year, another remake from Hollywood, this time in the shape of Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born. The third remake of the Frederic March and Janet Gaynor starring 1937 original, following the James Mason and Judy Garland 1954 and Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand 1976 starring remakes, sees Bradley…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Ten years ago, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was birthed with Iron Man, a supremely confident film which resurrected a career and started a shared universe of unprecedented proportions. Eighteen films later and an impressive number of superheroes introduced on the roster so far, we arrive at Avengers: Infinity War,…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
Three years ago, Marvel Studios and James Gunn introduced us to the Guardians of the Galaxy, a superhero team of outcasts and misfits who resembled more of a dysfunctional family than a cohesive unit setting out to save the galaxy. It’s safe to say the world fell in love with…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – SELMA
Selma chronicles the campaign to secure equal voting rights led by Martin Luther King that culminated in a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. The events that occurred may have been well documented and known by many but that does not stop Selma from being one of the most powerful films…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – AMERICAN SNIPER
Clint Eastwood returns to fine form with American Sniper, the film based on the true story of NAVY Seal sniper Chris Kyle, the man dubbed the most lethal sniper in U.S. history. American Sniper focuses mainly on Kyle’s time serving his country in Iraq where he was nicknamed ‘The Legend’ by fellow troops.…
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Barton’s Movie Reviews – GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Guardians of the Galaxy is easily the biggest gamble Marvel Studios have ever taken. A venture into the unknown and a plan to introduce a whole new galaxy of characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is something that could have backfired. Audiences are familiar with MCU characters such as Iron…
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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 – 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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