The amazing and brilliant first season of Westworld left more than a few questions still to be answered. As ever, if you haven't seen the first season, even a mention of something that happens in season 2 might be considered a spoiler, so read on at your own risk! With the Hosts now taking control of … Continue reading Westworld (season 2)
Back in 1973, one of the robots (Yul Brynner) in a Wild West theme park went a bit berserk. Fast forward 40-plus years, and the new Westworld shows that sometimes revisiting old ideas really is a good idea, and that TV is no longer the poor cousin of the big screen. In fact, this 10-hour … Continue reading Westworld (season 1)
When a poor pioneer town is threatened by some no-good industrialist types (led by Peter Sarsgaard, (metaphorically) twirling his moustache with a vengeance!), bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) is approached to help the townsfolk regain control of their home - or at the very least, extract some revenge if not justice for the latest … Continue reading The Magnificent Seven (2016)
With the bank due to foreclose on the loan on the family ranch, Texan brothers Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) take to robbing banks - all branches of the one trying to swindle them out of their inheritance, by their reckoning. Come hell or high water, they must get the money to the … Continue reading Hell or High Water (2016)
The Lone Ranger was critically panned when it came out. To be honest, it's not difficult to see why, and yet it's not as bad as all that. What's to like: well, Armie Hammer is actually quite appealing as the clueless, overly-moralistic John Reid, pushed into becoming the titular character over the course of the … Continue reading The Lone Ranger (2013)
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