Spectacularly star-studded and a behemoth of a cool action movie for action movie aficionados; Atomic Blonde starring Charlize Theron, just might be the 80s set, sexy spy movie of your dreams… Based on Antony Johnston’s graphic novel The Coldest City and adapted for screen by Kurt Johnstad (300), Atomic Blonde is stacked with solid car chases, […]
Baby Driver movie review – “One more job and I’m done”
It’s finally out in NZ cinemas! Baby Driver, the movie I’ve been banging on about since I saw it at the NZ Media screening on July 5th! It’s the perfect combination of: work written and directed by an auteur that I very much respect (Edgar Wright), superb performances, an incredible soundtrack (that I couldn’t stop […]
XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE DVD and Blu Ray movie review
It’s completely outrageous, it’s totally unbelievable and fanciful but that makes XXX: The Return of Xander Cage great viewing on the couch while you gasp as Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) with his friends and foes, perform all these crazy stunts of extreme(!) daring. Will you like XXX: The Return of Xander Cage? When a group of […]
WIN: 1 of 3 STAR TREK BEYOND in-season double passes
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via The third chapter of the ‘new’ Star Trek films is upon us! Chris Pine as Captain George T. Kirk. Image via We join the USS Enterprise crew as they explore the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy Krall, played by man-of-the-moment […]
WIN: 1 of 3 Warcraft: The Beginning in-season double passes
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor TWO WORLDS. ONE DESTINY. Released in NZ cinemas on June 16th from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures comes Warcraft: The Beginning, an epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based on Blizzard Entertainment’s global MMORPG gaming phenomenon. The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization […]
The Nice Guys movie review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via Combining Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling? I was interested from the moment they started creating buzz for this slapstick detective comedy when they presented together at the 2016 Oscars. My optimism paid off… I had an absolute ball at The Nice Guys. It’s a classic injection of […]
Deadpool movie review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via It’s breaking records all over the world, fans and critics are heralding Deadpool to be the Marvel movie that not only mercilessly rips on the brand and any films in the cannon that have come before itself; but it also gleams with everything that is exactly, perfectly […]
Dracula Untold movie review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Image via: Mr Leon Taylor Being a serious vampire fan growing up, I was interested to see what Dracula Untold was going to deliver; and when I said I was a serious vampire fan I mean I’m a Vlad (Tepes) the Impaler, Bram Stoker, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Anne Rice (books […]
Guardians of the Galaxy movie review
Uugh. Get prepared for a rave, there I said it straight off the bat I love this film! It appears I’m also not alone in this complete devotion to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy; with the stunning comic hero adaptation raking in millions of box office takings worldwide and catapulting semi-unknown Chris Pratt into mega […]