"Today's productions demand actors that can move people. O.T. Fagbenle is one of those rising stars that is answering that call. The way O.T. Fagbenle manages to connect with his audience in The Handmaiden's Tale convinces me that there is much more he has to offer." Check out the full opinion article at: livinglifefearless.co/2017/opinions/o-t-fagbenle-fills-the-demand-for-outstanding-actors/
Video Games aren’t art. We’ve heard the argument before. But video game characters are no longer stand-alone ventures. They’re juggernauts: franchises that serialize this style of creative, immersive entertainment. Since Lara Croft first emerged in the 90s, she has spawned several game titles, movies, and comics. She has also appeared as an anime character in Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series and has gone through many incarnations as a poseable action figure.
For my full list article with all the killer fan art, head to the following link: www.thegamer.com/tomb-raider-fans-who-made-cool-af-lara-croft-art/ Director Oren Moverman takes the theme of family conflicts and serves it up on a grim platter. Food is how we experience and share our culture, however, in The Dinner, it’s not specifically what people eat that matters. That’s superfluous to the real stuff. Everything families seek, or want to avoid, or suppress, is laid out on the table here.
Check out Steve Coogan, Richard Gere & Laura Linney in this excellent drama that deals with family politics and even promotes awareness about mental illness. As Cream Magazine's Publisher and Editor says, it's 'A film about family politics and the politics of dinner conversation.' To read the review online, head over to: www.creammagazine.com/2017/09/dinner-is-served At the crack of dawn, a light switches on in an old stone farmhouse in the English countryside. A harsh wind blows while a soft light of early morning brings in a new day. There’s no rest for the wicked, growing up on a farm. Something that is epitomised in the young son of a farmer who lives a dreary, monotonous existence between his responsibilities and getting soused every evening until late night. For Johnny Saxby, there is little room for joy.
Director Francis Lee explores the restless heartache of Johnny Saxby in God's Own Country. The film is first and foremost a love story between two men, but it also doubles as a coming-of-age message of hope for lost souls that long for a deep connection that can save them from the loneliness of the harrowed land on which they live. www.creammagazine.com/2017/08/gods-own-country-where-the-platonic-veers-toward-the-biblical/ there is something to be said for young actor Tom Taylor who plays Jake Chambers in the 2017 adaptation of The Dark Tower. You have to ask yourself how this newbie is able to out-act every cast member. Taylor puts a solid effort into the role about a boy plagued by dreams of a Man in Black and his dark agenda that involves the torturing of children. Soon he is to learn that these occurrences are real and are happening in another parallel place known as Mid World.
With the slew of Sci Fi hits and misses of late, including Valerian, Alien: Covenant, Guardians Vol 2 & War of the Planet of the Apes, Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, is a decent film with good action. Tom Taylor surprises with his solid effort (not many could carry a film's plot by themselves) and favourite Idris Elba brings the stunning Gunslinger's skills to life. Check out the review here: www.creammagazine.com/2017/08/how-one-kid-manages-to-carry-most-of-the-dark-tower/ In this age of come-and-gone again tentpole films which recede from memory just as soon as they have been released, 'The Time of Their Lives' is a brilliant, fresh revival of a feel-good movie that relies more on character and the old romance of the golden age. Hats off to Joan Collins, Pauline Collins and the ever-charming Franco Nero who manage to pull off a film that leaves all the empty action films in the dust. Check out my review here:
www.creammagazine.com/2017/08/grabbing-hold-of-good-ol-fashioned-romance/
Whoever said action movies with simple plots aren’t worth watching failed to understand one thing: in some films, action is the story. This can definitely be applied to John Wick: Chapter 2, the first 20 minutes is a blaze of fury, hard-hitting pain and hardcore martial arts, all, albeit, creating some form of narrative.
In John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeve’s titular character could also enter into its own cult status, so far loved by action movie lovers worldwide. Now he returns as the lethal hitman, known to his enemies as Baba Yaga, aka ‘The Bogeyman.’ One staged fight after another, the second chapter of this hitman’s fight for freedom and survival superbly escalates the conflict to near impossible ends. Reeves demonstrates the edgier moves he has refined since his Matrix days as he performs his own stunts. This film once again shows off his skill in judo and jujitsu in a hybrid style that combines the fictional gunfighting and close-quarters combat called ‘gun fu.’ Check out my review of John Wick Chapter 2. Every frame of this picture delivers! www.creammagazine.com/2017/05/action-packed-cinema-but-with-a-decent-enough-plot/
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