In God, and Doss, we Trust. Those dreaded words – “Based On A True Story” – emerge again from the blackness of the opening page. Actually, no. In a move that could be considered arrogant if it wasn’t so well researched, here we even lose the first two words. When a war film is described … Read more
“Sleep by day…”. Ben Affleck’s new movie could best be described as “sprawling”. In both directing and writing the screenplay (based on a novel by Dennis Lehane), Affleck has aimed for a “Godfather” style gangster epic and missed: not missed by a country mile, but missed nonetheless. Morally bankrupted by his experiences in the trenches, … Read more
OK, OK…. so if I’m not exactly the last person (who wanted) to see this at the cinema to actually go and see it then I must be NEARLY the last one. So in that case, treat this as an early DVD release review! I won’t start this review by harping on again about the … Read more