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THE REVENANT (2015): Great Movie, The Trailer Did Not Lie…

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The Revenant (2015): Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant (2015): Leonardo DiCaprio

Alejandro González Iñárritu is the director of The Revenant, a much talked about movie with a brilliant cast. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson to name just a few.

In addition to the talented film making team, the important thing prospective viewers really need to know before watching is that The Revenant is a tale of vengeance, the very highly justifiable kind.

Iñárritu is well known for his innovative shooting style, and how The Revenant is shot fully lives up to this reputation. Not to say that you’ll find anyone levitating like in Birdman (2014),  Iñárritu’s previous Oscar-winning movie. However, as the film’s magnificent teaser trailer revealed in July 2015, you’ll experience some impressive things you probably haven’t experienced before. There’s also the original musical score and beautiful wintery cinematography.

If all I’ve mentioned so far still isn’t reason enough to convince you to watch, there’s the possibility that The Revenant may just result in a long overdue Best Actor Oscar win for Leonardo DiCaprio. I mean, did you see the standing ovasion he received at the Golden Globes when his name was called for Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), for this very movie?

Bring on February 28th 2016, an Oscars presentation that will be interesting for several reasons.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama, No Spoiler Reviews, Thriller

CHILD 44 (2015): Tom Hardy Shines, As Expected…

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Child 44 (2015), Tom Hardy
Child 44 (2015), Tom Hardy

Child 44 is a Stalin-era Soviet Union crime/thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa.

Based on Tom Rob Smith’s best-selling book of the same name; Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Vincent Cassel and Joel Kinnaman are the stars.

My main motivation for watching the movie isn’t reading the book because  I haven’t, but the intriguing story. Particularly Hardy’s role as a determined investigator of a series of gruesome child murders. Murders that are taking place during a time when the powers that be refused to admit that murder is even a real thing.

I wanted Child 44 to be as thrilling as the trailer hinted. However, I did find myself wishing for a quicker pace, a shorter film, less distracting accents and an overall better/more thrilling execution.

All the lacking elements aside, Hardy’s performance is good and one of my favourite things about the movie. The other is the ending and the tension filled scene on the moving train.

Child 44 (2015), Noomi Rapace, Tom Hardy
Child 44 (2015), Noomi Rapace, Tom Hardy

You may be compelled to watch Child 44 because you’ve read the book and or you’re a Tom Hardy fan; one who wants to see how he was able to deliver a notable physical and emotional performance, in spite of the questionable Russian accents. To that I say, follow your curiosity. I did and I have no regrets, I just simply wish that the general result had been better.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Adventure

THE REVENANT (2015): Trailer Of The Week From Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Hardy

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The Revenant (2015), Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant (2015), Leonardo DiCaprio

Read my spoiler-free movie review of The Revenant (2015).

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy… There are very few other names that get me as excited about the release of a brand new trailer than these two, and what a beauty we have here.

Teaser Trailer…

Full Trailer…

The Revenant, is from Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of the 2015 Best Picture Oscar winning film, Birdman (2014). 

Based on this stomper of a  teaser, the film’s tale of vengeance might just be the one. You know, the film that finally gets that Best Actor golden trophy in the hands of… you know.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Biography, Crime, Thriller

LEGEND (2015): Thank You, Super Trailer Maker!

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Legend (2015), Tom Hardy
Legend (2015), Tom Hardy

Read my spoiler-free movie review of Legend (2015).

Tom Hardy’s Legend has a great new trailer. This third version is so well put together that you’re not going to be happy when it’s over. Sounds like an odd thing to say, until you realise that it’s only July and the release date is in two to three months time.

Impatiently goes our wait to witness the extraordinary transformation of Mr. Hardy, great British humour and that good, good music.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Biography, Crime, Thriller

LEGEND (2015): Trailer Of The Week

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Legend (2015), Tom Hardy
Legend (2015), Tom Hardy


Read my spoiler-free movie review of Legend (2015).

For all serious Tom Hardy fans, a promising cinematic feast is coming.

Legend, the Brian Helgeland-directed film has Hardy playing two characters. Namely Ronald and Reginald Kray, a.k.a. The Kray Twins – identical twin gangsters known for terrorising London in the 1950s and 1960s.

In a few months, the feast is coming. But first, an appetiser.

The Teaser Trailer…

Trailer 1…

Running Scared by Roy Orbison is the track playing throughout the teaser, for those who were curious. 

Happy Film Loving,

G