Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)

Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)
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Mar 23, 2014James Bond Creator Biopic
TV mini-series biopic of James Bond creator Ian Fleming that substantially embellishes details of Fleming's biography to create its own story. Dominic Cooper is absurdly miscast as Fleming, playing the part with a boyish smirk

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
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Feb 18, 2017Vampire-Werewolf War
I am at a loss to understand who the audience for the Underworld films is – they are films devoid of minimal requirements like plotting and seem to only exist as a series of forgettable action sequences and interchangeable Gothic poses by characters in black leather – and yet we keep getting more of them

The City & The City (2018)

The City & The City (2018)
Rating: ★★
Dec 7, 2018Two Cities That Inhabit the Same Geographic Space
The first of China Mieville's works to be adapted to the screen, a detective story set in two cities that exist in the same geographic space but where each act as their own country. This misses as much as it succeeds