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THE SHADOW - VLOG REVIEW

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My review of the 1994 comic-book movie The Shadow , starring Alec Baldwin.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT - VLOG REVIEW

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Talking about the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the latest instalment: Mission: Impossible - Fallout .

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION - REVIEW

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The Mission: Impossible franchise is back with yet another larger-than-life adventure in which Tom Cruise is running topless somewhere exotic, kicking all sorts of butt. This time, the main threat being a secret organisation known only as The Syndicate, which is essentially a villainous version of the IMF. They've been causing chaos all around the world and Ethan Hunt (Cruise) has always been one step behind. After Alec Baldwin's government official pretty much closes down the IMF, it'll be up to Hunt and his crack team to take down The Syndicate while acting under the radar. The team in question being composed of computer wizard Benji (Simon Pegg), field agent William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) and all-rounder Luther (Ving Rhames). They also get the help of Isla Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), a resourceful badass gal Ethan meets during several missions, though it's not always clear who she works for so trusting her is a gamble throughout. The film opens with the much pr

BLUE JASMINE - REVIEW

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One more year, one more Woody Allen film. After the success of classy but light-hearted effort Midnight In Paris and the uneven but mostly enjoyable To Rome With Love , comes Allen's latest Blue Jasmine and, this time around, things are slightly different. For one thing, this isn't one of those "holiday" movies where the setting is the main character and everyone else is kind of a walking and talking accessory. Here, we have a more focused character piece that's really about the main character and what impact her selfish actions are having on the people around her. Cate Blanchett plays the titular Jasmine as we find her post-nervous breakdown having to go and live with her working class half-sister (Sally Hawkins) after her rich but dodgy ex-husband (played by Alec Baldwin) was caught pursuing fraudulent financial endeavours and her marriage crumbled. Jasmine is introduced as eccentric and self-involved, linking everything that happens to others back to her