BrendanW
Follow @BrenW23 The Iraq War was a very divisive issue back in the early-to-mid 2000s. You were pretty much either on-board for the invasion or you thought President Bush...
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Follow @BrenW23 In 1977, Disney made a film that combined live-action and animation called Pete’s Dragon. It starred reliable ol’ Mickey Rooney along with Red Buttons and Shelley Winters....
Follow @BrenW23 Kevin Spacey is one of the finest actors of his generation. This is a guy who can pull off a complex dramatic role like his iconic uncredited...
Follow @BrenW23 Meryl Streep has been nominated for 19 acting Oscars throughout her career. Yes, you read that right. NINETEEN. This means that anytime Meryl has performed in a...
Follow @BrenW23 It’s nice to see a gender-switch on a typically male-driven raunchy comedy every once in a while. While Mike and Dave was an unexpected crowd-pleaser I also...
Follow @BrenW23 Everyone’s favourite nearly-indestructible Matt Damon character is back and better than ever! Well, I don’t know about better than ever but Damon and Greengrass have teamed up...
Follow @BrenW23 It’s been a 50/50 year for horror. In my opinion, The Conjuring 2 set a pretty high water-mark for the year while crap like The Boy and...
Follow @BrenW23 I have never been a fan of Star Trek. Ever. I didn’t like the original series with William Shatner, I didn’t enjoy Deep Space Nine. I could...
Follow @BrenW23 Anyone who follows anything I do in social media (or in real life for that matter) knows that I absolutely adore animals. Dogs, cats, squirrels, you name...
Follow @BrenW23 Well, this one is going to divide some people no matter what I say. It has come to this: no one asked for it and no one...
Follow @BrenW23 You take a gamble with silly comedies like this one most of the time. They can end up like Dirty Grandpa (pretty much universally despised by critics...
Follow @BrenW23 Roald Dahl has written some wonderful children’s books, many of which have infiltrated various facets of my childhood and will stay with me forever. There was the...
Follow @BrenW23 There has been a lot of talk over the past few years about the upcoming election and we now know that it’s between Hillary Clinton and Donald...
Follow @BrenW23 I enjoyed the original Independence Day film for what it was: a loud, ridiculous and entertaining big-budget explosion-fest involving aliens. It was ultimately silly but it had...
Follow @BrenW23 Take any actor and stick them in a situation where they basically have to act all by themselves and it can be a make-or-break result. It has...
Follow @BrenW23 I hadn’t seen Finding Nemo as soon it was released back in 2003 and it wasn’t until a good five or six years after that (maybe more)...
Follow @BrenW23 Sometimes you just have to go to the theatre and watch a movie just to have some good, shallow entertainment. I did not expect this one to...
Follow @BrenW23 Sequels are so risky. Whenever a film studio sees an opportunity to make more money from a film based on the success of the original, they can...
Follow @BrenW23 You know how sometimes you are so tired that it doesn’t matter what the movie is because you are just NOT having it? Well, I will preface...
Follow @BrenW23 I have seen a lot of bad movies. I have seen movies based on songs, movies based on videogames and even movies based on board games. I...
