John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
What elevates Parabellum above its John Wick predecessors is a sharp sense of humour.
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
In The Equalizer 2, Denzel Washington plays a moralising, monkish superhero.
Deadpool 2 Is Nowhere Near as Funny as it Thinks it is
By all rights, Deadpool 2 should have been a vast improvement on the first film. It’s not.
Black Eyes and Bare Breasts: Atomic Blonde and the Aesthetics of the Body
Charlize Theron plays a female James Bond – so why is she introduced in the nude?
Giveaway: Win Double Passes to Atomic Blonde [COMPLETED]
Thanks to Universal Pictures Australia, ccpopculture has 10 double passes to give away to Atomic Blonde, releasing in Australian cinemas Thursday August 3rd.
John Wick: Chapter 2
In one of John Wick: Chapter 2‘s rare peacful moments, Keanu Reeves sports a turtleneck in Rome. Even this film’s lulls are indescribably awesome.
The Accountant (2016)
The Accountant attempts to leverage Ben Affleck’s star power in a John Wick-esque action thriller, but the sums don’t quite add up.
Let’s Be Cops (2014)
Let’s make a mainstream comedy with a pair of intensely unlikable characters with a pathological fixation on power; a failed footballer who tackles children (Jake Johnson) and a games designer who’s upset that he doesn’t run the place (Damon Wayans Jr). Let’s allow them to indulge their power trip by impersonating police officers, because that…
John Wick (2014)
I remain impressed – and a little perplexed – by filmmakers who choose to title their productions with nothing more than a person’s name. It’s not like there isn’t a storied history of such films doing well – Ben Hur, anyone? – but it strikes me as requiring some serious self-belief to throw a film…
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