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‘I Play Rocky’: A Middleweight Romp Through Hollywood History
⭐⭐⭐ (3/5 Stars) I've never really liked the original film 'Rocky'. There, I've said it, sorry. Thankfully there's not much of that film here and that's a good thing. What we have in 'I Play Rocky' is a classic underdog story. For those of us who have always found the 1976 boxing monolith a little too saccharine—a movie too eager to wallow in its own sweat-soaked, fist-pumping melodrama—Peter Farrelly’s latest directorial effort offers a surprisingly refreshing alternative. '

Denise Breen
13 hours ago3 min read


Sound, Fury, and Heartbreaking History: A Review of Godzilla Minus Zero
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ Godzilla Minus Zero roars into cinemas as a visually staggering, deafeningly loud spectacle that demands to be experienced on the absolute grandest scale possible. Walking out of a screening equipped with a 7.1 surround sound system, my ears were ringing in the best way imaginable; the superb sound editing is a visceral, bone-rattling triumph that you feel vibrating in your very chest. If you are going to see director Takashi Yamazaki’s ambitious sequel, you abs

Denise Breen
5 days ago4 min read


'Wild Horse Nine': A CIA Comedy That Aims for ‘Banshees’ but Misses the Mark
Rating: ★★★☆☆ There is an undeniable audacity in attempting to wring belly laughs from the darkest chapters of American foreign policy. Wild Horse Nine, the darkly comic geopolitical thriller hitting cinemas this week, walks a razor-thin tonal tightrope, balancing slapstick banter against the grim reality of US-backed South American coups. The result is a film that is frequently hilarious, occasionally brilliant, but ultimately hindered by its own desperate need to be profoun

Denise Breen
5 days ago4 min read
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