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Mechanic: Resurrection (film review by Frank Ochieng)
British badass Jason Statham is back and doing what he does best: kicking butt and taking targeted names in the process. The veteran…
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August 2016
May 2016
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Captain America: Civil War (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Well another super-sized Marvel Comics super-hero saga hits the big screen with the selected saviour Captain America taking the top billing on the…
March 2016
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Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice (film review by Frank Ochieng)
One would think that the ultimate showdown between two of the most iconic super-heroes would make for some downright compelling action-oriented exploits against…
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The Divergent Series – Allegiant (2016) film review by Frank Ochieng.
The first compulsion is to reach for an unflattering label when dubbing the third installment of the ‘Divergent’ series as ‘the poor man’s Hunger Games’. Sure,…
August 2015
NewsFilms
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The high-powered and hyper-kinetic ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ is a pulsating production that one would expect from the off-kilter imagination of writer-director Guy Ritchie whose…
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Fantastic Four (film review by Frank Ochieng)
So the question remains: does Marvel Comics continue its movie-making tradition of escapist excess on the big screen with the latest superhero entry…
February 2015
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (film review by Frank Ochieng).
The kinetic super-spy caper ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ will serve as a boisterous blueprint for those teen fanboys out there that will fancy an elaborate…
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Jupiter Ascending (film review by Frank Ochieng).
It is safe to declare the sci-fi soap opera ‘Jupiter Ascending’ an epic in the making. Now wait and let us finish this thought process…an…
November 2014
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (film review by Frank Ochieng).
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ arrives on the heels of its pulsating predecessor ‘Catching Fire’ and continues the riveting saga of rebellious Herculean heroine…
May 2014
NewsComics
X-Men: Days Of Future Past (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Summertime cinema is in the air and the extravagant strides of escapism are in full force. Time travel. Mutants. Killer robots. Superheroes. Days…
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Godzilla (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Cinema’s legendary large lizard is back trampling over the escapist dreams and desires of those humans that dare to stand in the way…
March 2014
NewsFantasy
300: Rise Of An Empire (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Ask for a pointless and testosterone-driven banal bloodbath and you shall receive…at least the monotonous and myopic ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ is satisfying in…