I am Ali (2014) & Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

I am Ali-

This Biopic on Muhammad Ali wasn't bad, just wasn't amazing. Light hearted and told through Ali's personal audio recordings from the past & interviews with friends and family. It was enlightening in the sense I didn't know what a family man his was and how good with his kids he was.

3 Stars










Muppets Most Wanted -

Not as good as the one with Jason Segal but still quite a good romp. I'd heard a lot of negative things about this film and found that I quiet enjoyed it. Not a lot to it just good family fun. Ricky Gervais stood out as Dominic Badguy.

2.5 Stars

What if (2014)

So this is a film about Harry Potter who meets a girl he likes, but she just wants to be friends as she has a wonderful boyfriend. So Harry Potter hangs around and pervs until the poor boyfriend goes away for work in Ireland... and then shazam he makes his move the sneaky bastard. This film embodies the exact reason why any guy would be not overly happy about their girlfriend having a male best friend. A horrifying cautionary tale.

2.5 Stars

Kid Cannabis (2014)

Kid Cannabis, entertaining true story on a kid who smuggled in Cannabis from Canada into America. I would have quiet enjoyed this... had it not been for the lead ...Jonathan Daniel Brown who is just an awful actor, I and you may vaguely remember him in the film Project X (he couldn't have been that good in it or it wouldn't have been such a vague memory). I could go on... but I won't. I love true stories/bio pics but this one fell short.
2 Stars

 

2015! Happy New year!

It's been awhile since the last UK Film Nuts post, Feb 14th 2011... so a little while.
This year I will do my best to review (be it possibly quite brief reviews) every film I see, including ones I've previously watch, if it's an old classic... or old tosh. I was quite busy new years day, watching 3 films on the 1st of Jan.

I would like to give some honourable mentions to the films that still really stand out for me in 2014.
Guardians of the Galaxy - so good I saw it 3 times in the cinema and once at home.
X-Men Days of Future Past - time travel films are great.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gone Girl - Should be an educational film shown in schools.

Worst films that spring to mind.
Amazing Spider-man 2 - Andrew Garfield makes a great Spider-man, but film had too many villains and needs to learn to keep it simple.
Sin City 2 - Seriously hated it, awful acting from Eva Green and Jessica Alba.
A Million ways to die in the west - Terrible... how did the same guy that made Ted poop this out?