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Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty saw the director returning to the theater of war in the Middle East this time examining the long road to finding the most wanted man in history. Jessica Chastain stars as a fresh faced agent tasked with the impossible but armed with any amount of human rights violations to get it done. A brilliant supporting cast brings tension and excitement to even the quieter…
Oh that me? Pure aura. Press tours, polyester edits and a hunger for Tom to return as Spidey on our big screens after a 5 year drought has created the worlds newest and fastest billion dollar movie. No multiverse, no surprise cameo's, a world of quality. Holland and friends play their characters better than ever, and new comer Sadie Sink is fierce in her role introducing the next era of the MCU.…
We're back with another Frank Miller adaptation, again at the hands of a mediocre director who sure as hell has flair. The testosterone fueled anthology film features a star studded cast including Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson and genuinely so much more as they reckon with the corruption and violence of Basin City. With a style that truly transports you into the pages of…
Defy the gods and the source material Once again a Christopher Nolan film gets discussed and dissected by three adoring white fan boys, with his most recent effort being an adaptation of Homer's epic, The Odyssey. An incredibly old story about a man going there and back again with the help and hinderance of some wacky creatures. Each of us have a different relationship to the source but that…
After years of threatening to get around to it, we’ve finally watched and reviewed Netflix’s globe trotting action thriller The Gray Man (2022). Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the film stars Ryan Gosling as an elite CIA operative, with Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, and Billy Bob Thornton. We compare the Russo brothers’ work here to the rest of their filmography and discuss how their reputation…
There really is no better time to review Zack Snyder’s 300 than for episode 301 of Cinema Effect. Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, and Michael Fassbender, this stylised action epic retells the legendary Battle of Thermopylae, where King Leonidas and 300 Spartan warriors make their final stand against the invading Persian army. Despite being familiar with many of its iconic…
It’s pretty unbelievable that we’ve reached the 300th episode of Cinema Effect, so what better way to celebrate than with the grand finale to one of our favourite franchises, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, after spending the last eight months revisiting the entire saga. The film brings Harry’s journey to its explosive conclusion as the Battle of Hogwarts erupts and the fate of the…
We have unintentionally ended up reviewing every Steven Spielberg alien film on the podcast (yes, we’re counting War of the Worlds, whether he does or not), and now we bring that journey home with Disclosure Day. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth (who sports an exceptional beard), Spielberg’s latest blockbuster surprised us in more ways than one, blending a…
There’s only one way to tackle Oldboy, Park Chan-wook’s revered South Korean masterpiece (not the Hollywood remake!), and that’s to dive in head first. The film follows a man who is mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years before being suddenly released and given the chance to uncover who ruined his life and why. Needless to say, this is a dark, twisted, and often confronting cinematic experience that…
Continuing our trend of reviewing films with "Mortal" in the title, we arrive at Mortal Engines (2018), Peter Jackson’s attempt to launch a new fantasy blockbuster franchise on the scale of The Lord of the Rings. Starring Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, and Jihae, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where moving cities roam the Earth and consume smaller settlements for…
