Tag: Zac Platt

Illegal Downloads: Friend or Foe?

Written by Zac Platt. Last week Deadline posted an article explaining the findings of a paper published by European researchers examining the effects that last year’s shutdown of file hosting service ‘Megaupload’ has had on box office revenues. The study

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You’re Next REVIEW

There’s an exchange deep into the second act of this home-invasion horror/thriller that encapsulates perfectly the entire You’re Next experience. Our Australian heroine Erin (Sharni Vinson) has finally taken charge and sets about instructing her fellow survivors on what must

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Red 2 REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. Red 2 picks up where we left off with ex-ex-ex-black ops agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) enjoying suburban bliss with Sarah (Marie-Louise Parker). While Frank is fairly happy in his re-retirement, the magic is starting to

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Kick-Ass 2 REVIEW

Kick-Ass 2 is the second film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s hit comic series about people in the “real world” deciding to follow their comic book icons by fighting crime as costumed superheroes. But the grounded view

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The World’s End REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. After proving that no comic is unfilmable with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, writer/director Edgar Wright reunites with star and co-writer Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and producer Nira Park for the third instalment in the so-called

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The Wolverine REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. With two to three years passing between each film, and some pretty embarrassing (though financially successful) entries over the last 13 years, things were looking pretty grim for Fox’s X-Men movie franchise. Before X-Men: First Class

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Man of Steel REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. Walking in to see Man of Steel, I really wasn’t sure what to expect. On one hand there is the burden of a new DC property needing compete with the Avengers franchise, and with a character

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Thank You James Gandolfini

Written by Zac Platt. How do you measure the life unlived? Is it by the accomplishments you’ve made, or by the hole of those you haven’t? The legacy you leave, or your potential unfulfilled? When James Gandolfini left us last

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After Earth REVIEW

Written by Zac Platt. After Earth’s trailer hooked me straight away. An original sci-fi story with Will and Jaden Smith in a desperate struggle against a romanticized vision of the forces of nature. But as quick as it came, any

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