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In my review of Breaking Dawn Part 2, I said the following: "Despite it being a year off, I'm very excited for Part Two, and if it is like anything like Part One, it will be a great film and a wonderful end to the series." As it turns out I was wrong. This film was doubly as good as part one and an absolutely brilliant end to the series. There is an obvious collaboration between Stephenie Meyer (author of the books) and Bill Condon, the director. It shows from the all the lines that are included from the book and the moments that are enlarged upon, or shrunk, to suit the film format. New characters are introduced, but not all at once, the arrivals are timed well and staggered, to give the audience a chance to figure out who's who. And how they will influence the original characters. When the book Breaking Dawn was first released, there was a huge outcry over the not-climatic battle between the Cullens and their allies, and the Volturi. On the official Step...

Christopher Nolan, as it has already been proven in the last two epic films in this trilogy, does not do things by halves. Nor are the films he makes on any average level of storytelling shown by others. The level of intensity previously expected by audiences of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, has been magnified a thousand fold in this, the final film in the trilogy. Not only are new characters introduced, but links between them and old characters created. There are many layers but all are woven together to make it all seem, seamless. As well as this, the quality is still apparent in every frame. The story does end, and the ending is satisfying. Fair warning, this film takes you right to the edge of your seat and pushes.

Not too long after I watched this film, I watched an interview with the main actor, Colin Farrell. He said that the writer director of this film, Martin McDonagh, implied that In Bruges (earlier collaboration) was a mere rehearsal, before this film, to see if he liked directing/writing a film. Whether or not that is true, what is, is that the quality of this film is beyond reproach. This is considering the subject matter and the different stories that make up the whole and the consistency and dark humour that flows through them all. With a less gifted writer director, I would have been confused within mere seconds of the film's beginning. Interesting side note, the two actors in the opening sequence are Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Pitt, who starred together in the TV series Boardwalk Empire as Arnold Rothstein and Jimmy Darmody respectively. This film also has a stunning cast, Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits, Christopher Walken, and Woody Harrelson. Excellent sup...

From the writer creator of Rake, Andrew Knight, comes another well scripted Australian drama series with another brilliant Australian actor as the title character. Which is course - Guy Pearce, who is supported by a stellar cast of old favourites from every Australian film ever made. A tense gritty drama that also has its comedic moments. This is part one of two, which is a shame, but then, was also an hour and a half long. Reminds me of another gritty drama that is being made in the UK, which is based on a well known detective. I'm curious why this show has been limited to only two episodes. Hopefully, more will be made.

I had been looking forward to seeing this film for some time and none of it disappointed with the quality I had expected from the writer director team of Nick Cave and John Hillcoat, who had previously made the film The Proposition. The only thing that I was not prepared for was the level of extreme violence and the number of times it occurs throughout the film. It was a little under two hours, but for the amount of times I had my eyes and ears blocked, for me it might have been just a little over an hour, or maybe less. The acting in this, is beyond reproach. Guy Pearce especially, is a truly scary piece of work, which considering the other hard bitten characters, is saying something. Tom Hardy, Shia La Beouf, Jason Clarke, portray the three Bondurant brothers, who as the narration by Mr La Beouf's character says in the opening, are known to be "Invincible" in the town they live in. They are making moonshine, a dangerous business to be involved in and despite thei...

This miniseries was shown, as one three hour film on channel ten recently and being a fan of Rhys Ifan's work so far, decided to give it a go, despite the mostly negative reviews. I am very much I did, because I enjoyed every moment immensely. It takes the Peter Pan story as we all know and love and decides to go back to what might have been the origins and the back story of it all. Charles Dance, Anna Friel, Q'orianka Kilcher, Raoul Trujillo and Charlie Rowe round out the rest of the cast, with great performances from them and the supporting cast as well. The originality of it was joyous, the production design, just as much so. What I really liked, beyond the adventures of the storyline and the thrills, was that Bob Hoskins once more took up his role of Smee, that he first portrayed in the film Hook. Such a laugh that was. Even gave it a sense of continuity. Well worth the three hours.

So, they borrow a well known song and album title from the band Pink Floyd, or at least part of it for the title of the third (and hopefully last) film in the trilogy. Don't get me wrong, I like a good action film, as much as the next person, and Michael Bay's style in filmmaking has, up until now, done pretty well and impressed me. See, with the first film, the action scenes and important ones to tie the story (kind of) together, were well mixed and it was a good film to watch all round. The second, not so much. It took a while for the actual story to begin, but when it got there, it was reasonable. This one, it has an entertaining conspiracy theory beginning, bit of a laugh there. The action scenes have all been given a booster jab, not that they needed it. A few well known stars have been given cameos, which is fun, for the first scenes. While I'm on the subject, the actors in this (and we're not including the Victoria Secret Model in this list) are all obvio...