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In a world completely populated by motor vehicles, Cars follows an obnoxious, self-centred racing car called Lightning McQueen who is on the verge of winning the world championship in his rookie year.
When I first discovered that Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher were making a film about the coastguards of America, my initial thought was that it was going to be a Baywatch-fuelled train wreck or, more fittingly, a shipwreck.
The untimely death of Senator Robert Kennedy during his presidential campaign is a story that touched Emilio Estevez since his childhood.
The ‘prestige’ is the part of the magic trick that it makes it magic, the part that you crave to discover. It also means high status and respect, resulting from success and achievements. The former is what they do; the latter is what they long for.
Had Dreamgirls been a darker and more cutthroat representation of the Motown music industry it would certainly have been more enjoyable.
Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are still seeing each other, and Peter has plans to propose to her. However, his status as New York’s most loved individual overshadows Mary Jane, whose career as an actress is plummeting.
The tagline for 300 is ‘Prepare for Glory!’ which is ludicrous because it’s a story about losing.
Supporting the theory that nobody in space can hear you scream, Sunshine creates dark and impressive moments of claustrophobia in its attempt to show the audience that the crew have no-one to turn to, and nobody to save them.
There is somewhat of a requirement in the film industry to churn out manufactured formula-abiding films for the sake of fulfilling their annual quota.
Lurid subject matter, fine actors behaving unsanitarily, possibly an indie-crowd-pleasing excoriation of fundamentalist religion. But the film seems to delve into the tropes without the depth of conviction.