The Movie Addict

My knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons is pretty limited. I know its popular and the closest I have come to experiencing it is watching Stranger Things and The Big Bang Theory so I was able to watch this not really expecting too much. I also know that there was a version in 2000 which isn’t very good apparently.  I thought that this was a good film overall. Despite characters and everything else being utterly alien to me, I didn’t feel like was missing out on an in joke. There may have been some references that I didn’t get but I don’t think my enjoyment would been greater if I was more aware of the ins and outs of D&D. The film follows Edgin (Chris Pine) as he escapes from prison and tries to reunite with his daughter Kira (Chloe Coleman). Along the way he has a band of merry men & women who help him but one person stopping him is Forge who is played brilliantly by Hugh Grant. There is something about his performances recently (probably going back as far as Paddington) where...

Air tells the story of how Nike basically became the biggest shoe company in the world. Normally this wouldn’t be something that would get me to go to the cinema but as it was directed by Ben Affleck i thought I would give it ago. I think his previous track record is good and if anyone can make a story about a shoe work then its Affleck.  There is a weird thing that goes on here that this film is about the creation of the Michael Jordan shoe and yet we don’t see Michael Jordan. We hear his name and he’s in the room when the big deal goes down but this a film essentially about Michael Jordan that doesn't feature Michael Jordan. That’s a brave thing to do, its like having a film about Richard Nixon that doesn't feature Richard Nixon, it could be done but it requires a lot of thought about how the film will work and to the films credit and given that the subject matter is about a business deal for a shoe, its surprising how much I enjoyed this film. Instead the story focuses on De...

I enjoyed Shazam! when it came out in 2019, I thought that they did a good job of making a superhero character I didn’t know about and making them interesting. So here we are with the belated sequel (belated probably because of the pandemic) and to say that its a step down from the previous film would be quite the understatement.  There are many things that don’t work with this film. Primarily the trio of Anthea, Kalypso & Hesperian who are supposed to be on the same side but don’t appear like that. It seems to be Hesperian & Kalypso vs Anthea. They rarely seem to be on the same page so if you were smart then you could just let them take each other out. There is also a potentially cynical piece of casting because Rachel Zegler is clearly a lot younger than both Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren and it would appear that they have cast Zegler purely so it seems more logical when she flirts or develops feelings for Freddy. There is also the Wonder Woman problem. So there is a scene wh...

I came to the John Wick fan club quite late. It was only when the fourth one was announced that I decided to give the films ago and have enjoyed this a lot. They make lack anything approaching a plot but I don’t think the appeal of this series is the plot. It’s just watching Keanu Reeves beating people up and there is something satisfying about that. There is something about Bill Skarsgard that means he can do evil with such ease but is probably a nice guy in real life. The inclusion of Donnie Yen was another reason why I was looking forward to this film and he didn’t disappoint.  The fight sequence down what look like the longest set of steps ever is my abiding memory of this film. It was exhausting just watching them so its difficult to imagine what it was like to film it. The fight scenes in this film are of the same quality as they have been in the previous instalments.  I don’t know if the ending was implied to be the end of the series. I hope not, i have genuinely loved ...