Author: Luke Kent

Writer and overlord at flicksandpieces.com. Peanut butter aficionado.

Creed Review

Over the course of five separate decades, and now seven films, the character of Rocky Balboa has become so entrenched in the hearts of filmgoers that his return to the big screen always felt like an inevitability.

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) Review

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 opens with a nipple joke. If that’s the sort of thing that you’re in to, then this is the film for you! For everyone else, you’re in for a pretty tiresome time.

Oscars 2016: The Best Cinematography Frontrunners

The fantastic folks over at Indiewire have been putting together their list of predictions for the upcoming 88th annual Academy Awards, and as always competition is fierce. This year in one category in particular we’ve had some truly stunning entries: Best Cinematography. From the sweeping desert landscapes of Mad Max: Fury Road, to the cold and…

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Fantastic Four (2015) Review

What a great job Josh Trank did helming low-budget superhero flick Chronicle. Such a great job, in fact, that it makes his efforts with the Fantastic Four reboot all the more baffling. A few months out from its release there’s been plenty of time to dissect what’s gone wrong (read: everything), it’s taken its critical mauling and licked its…

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Review

Considering that Mockingjay – Part 1 consisted almost entirely of set up for the closing chapter of the Hunger Games series, Part 2 picks up directly where its predecessor left off at a markedly plodding pace. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her army of rebels are banding together for the final assault on the Capitol and its dastardly leader, President…

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It’s Christmas! Must Watch Christmas Movies!

And so we reach December, the month when it becomes acceptable once more to put a giant tree in your living room, hang up those stockings, and settle in for a Christmas movie, to warm you up and guard against the cold winter chill. So what better time than now to dust off the old…

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