‘Phil’s Quick Capsule Review’ (a nod to legendary comedian Bill Hicks who coined the phrase when he reviewed ‘Piece Of Shit’ movie Basic Instinct)… where a perfect 10 is rarer than a rain free British summer!
Written by Phil Hobden – UK based podcaster, writer and former filmmaker. Part of the All Things Film network…
PODCAST ALERT! On this episode of Ross And Phil Talk Movies we talk about Netflix’s latest release The Lovebirds as well as catching up with all the films we’ve consumed of late – old & new. We also touch on film reviews, I Am Vengeance: Retaliation’s trailer (and IGN comments), Batwoman, the Arrowverse and the Snider cut.
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed former filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Discussed: The Lovebirds, Justice League (Snider Cut), I Am Vengeance: Retaliation, Stuber, Last Christmas, Top Secret, The Birdcage, Minority Report, Walking Tall, Armageddon, Johnny Mnemonic, Police Academy, Hudson Hawk, The Last Boy Scout, Color Of Night, Sneakers, Ant Man & the Wasp, Black Panther
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies)
On this episode of the podcast Ross is away so Phil goes solo to break down his best to worst (well worst to best) Marvel films. Yup he takes look at all 22 films, sharing his original IMDB ratings on each. What come first… hint. It’s not Iron Man 2
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Films Discussed: Captain America Winter Solider,Guardians Of The Galaxy, Iron Man 3, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Endgame, Marvel’s The Avengers , Spider-Man Homecoming , Avengers: Infinity War, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Ant-Man, Black Panther , Ant-Man & The Wasp, Doctor Strange, Captain America: The First Avenger , Captain America: Civil War, Thor: The Dark World, Thor, Avengers Age Of Ultron, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies)
On this episode of the podcast we talk about the recently released Captain Marvel. We also break down our favourite and least favourite Marvel films to date. Spoilers: Ross really didn’t like Captain Marvel.
Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed filmmaker Phil Hobden.
Films Discussed: Captain Marvel, Ant Man & The Wasp, Doctor Strange, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: End Game, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Iron Man, Thor: Ragnarok, Reservoir Dogs, Marvel, Quentin Tarantino
For more on Ross Boyask search @RossBoyask on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also check out @EvoFilmsUK online.
For more on Phil Hobden check out www.philhobden.co.uk , Twitter (@PhilQuickReview) and Instagram (RossAndPhilTalkMovies)
So 2018 is almost over and it’s that time a year again where everyone reflects back on their best and worst films of the year. So we’ve covered our best and our worst films of 2018, so before we look at the films coming up in 2018 here’s my ‘Alternative’ End of Year Awards for 2018…
The Most Entertainingly Bad Film Of The Year Award…
The Gerard Butler Award For Consistently Making Entertainingly Terrible Films … Will return in 2019 when Butler stars in Den of Thieves 2, Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin, Angel Has Fallen, Afterburn and many more…
Surprise of The Year Award… Mandy. If enough monkeys with typewriters can write Shakespeare then enough filmmakers can eventually make a good Nicolas Cage film again…
Performance Of The Year Award… Blumhouse for making enjoyable film after enjoyable film this year…
Just Fuck Off and Die Award… Netflix ‘Original’ Sci-Fi Movies… Annihilation, Cloverfield Paradox, Mute, Tau and MANY others!
Yup, I’m over them Award… Jennifer Lawrence
I may have just slept through that Award… A Wrinkle in Time
Oh that came out THIS year? Award… Tomb Raider
Come In Your time is Up Award… Comic Book Films. 2018 was good but not great year for comic book films. Avengers, AntMan and Black Panther were good enough and Deadpool 2 was Deadpool 2. But even I’m feeling a wee big fatigued now…
Trailer Of The Year Award… Mandy
Let Down of The Year Award… Solo. It didn’t suck. But it was also the worst Star Wars Film since Attack of The Clones. Which meant it was a huge let down…
Emperors new clothes Award… The Shape Of Water
Runner Up: A Star Is Born
How did they screw this up Award? Mile 22 – Peter Berg and Marky Mark
The not actually that popular popular award to… The Oscars for the on off Popular Oscar award
Cameo of The Year Award… Drag race alumni Alaska in The Last Sharknado (as well as Drag race alumni Shangela in A Star Is Born)
You should have left Spacey in it… All the Money In The World
The Oscars only like REALLY famous dead people award for missing out other stars who died Award… Tobe Hooper & Adam West
The Poof That Award Shows DONT Suck Award… Roger Deakins FINALLY wins an Academy Award
The Proof That Award Shows Suck Award… Roger Deakins FINALLY wins an Academy Award but really it took THIS long.
WHY GOD WHY? Award… Overboard, Superfly, Death Wish remakes
Less Is, Er, Less Award… Ocean’s 8
The Year Of ‘Yeah that was okay’ Sequels Award… 2018 for The Predator, Sicario 2, Equalizer 2, Escape Plan 2, Pacific Rim 2
Films That SHOULD have been on my 2017 List’s but I Hadn’t Seen… Mayhem, Icarus, The Greatest Showman, Better Watch Out
Next time: Phil’s Look at 2019 and a look back at my 2018 predictions…
Phil Hobden is the former Film Editor & Writer for renowned martial arts focused COMBAT MAGAZINE in the UK. He is also a filmmaker in his own right, having produced two cult Independent action films in LEFT FOR DEAD and TEN DEAD MEN. He was the host for the award nominated Filmsploitation podcast for 4 years, currently co-hosts Ross And Phil Talk Movies and is a writer/editor for his own blog Phil’s Quick Capsule Review…
Grosse Point Geek casts his critical eye over the latest (some sometimes greatest) releases… this time out: Ant-Man & The Wasp
Plot in a nutshell: After the events of Captain America Civil War – Scott Lang aka Antman (Paul Rudd) is coming to the end of a 2 year house arrest and trying to start up a security business with his daft ex-jailbird mate Luis (Michael Pena), meanwhile, Hope and Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) are on the run from the authorities and trying to locate Pym’s long lost wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) who disappeared 30 years ago into the Quantum Realm.
What worked: Its extremely funny, in particular all the scenes featuring Michael Pena’s Luis are hilarious plus Paul Rudd is again endearingly goofy as Lang. Lilly and Douglas are also really good and the action zips along at a rare old pace with great direction from returning helmer Peyton Reed.
What could have been better: The principal villain (Ghost) is very weak plus the plot is gossamer thin.
Best scene: The truth serum bit – very funny – classic MCU comedy gold
Summary Review: The villain should have been so much better and the plot is too simple but its so much great fun throughout and the cast are that good that it really doesnt matter all that much and I for one am certainly looking forward to seeing seeing all these characters return in next years Avengers 4
Phil’s Quick Capsule Review: Ant-Man & The Wasp is a whole lot of fun and a much needed palate cleanser after the far more serious Avengers: Infinity War. Re-teaming Rudd, Lilly and Douglas proves that lightening can strike twice with their excellant chemistry once more grounding the film’s more spectacular moments with heart and soul. And those moments come thick and fast but as is now the case these days almost all are referenced or shown outright in the trailer. What let’s this film down is a criminally weak villain in The Ghost and the film is only saved in this respect by the always awesome work of Walton Goggins as the second villian, who at least gives the film some much needed menace. Overall this isn’t top draw Marvel but there’s so much fun to be had here you have to ask does that REALLY matter?
Best Bit: The central trip are great together
Cinema, Stream, Avoid: Cinema
If You Liked this Try: Ant-Man, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians Of the Galaxy
Phil’s Quick look at what’s wetting his whistle for the upcoming year in films…
Well 2017 saw Marvel driver big and DC retain it’s patchy record. Horror stood out overall as most of the big Blockbusters fell short. 2018 has the promise to be even more mixed… so here’s the films I’m most looking forward to in 2017. And a few that I’d be happy to miss.
Most Excited: Avengers: Infinity War Like it or not this is the biggest film of the year and whilst I have reservations (Age Of Ultron wasn’t great and the trailer did little for this latest instalment did little for me) BUT Marvel have been building to this for over 10 years and with the talent involved both on screen and off this could be a once in a life time film. Or Justice League Mark 2. Time will tell.
2. Deadpool 2 The original Deadpool was brilliant and by all accounts if the trailer is anything to go by this could be as good if not better. Enter Cable to the X-Men universe and with all the returning faces from part one Deadpool could be the last great 18 rated film Fox makes if the merger with Disney goes ahead.
3. Black Panther Marvel bring a more unconventional Superhero tale to the screen, and with an excellent trailer and Marvel’s near flawless 2017 record this has the ability to be something quiet special indeed.
4. Bohemian Rhapsody Yes it’s had production issues and yes Singer isn’t a nice guy but with Dexter Fletcher taking over and with Queens backing this could be the film about the great Freddie Mercury that we have ALL been wait for.
5. The Incredibles 2 The Incredibles was, er, Incredible and this belated sequel looks like it could be another smash hit for Pixar. Lets just hope its more Toy Story 2 than Cars 2.
Bubbling Under: Tomb Raider (Good Trailer, great cast), Ant Man & The Wasp (Ant Man was great fun), The Predator (Shane Black + Predator = Hell Yes!), Mission Impossible 6 (These films tend to always be fun), The Happytime Murders (Brian Henson + Muppets = Heaven), The Purge: Island (LOVE the Purge Films), The Irishman (Scorsese teams with DeNiro & Pacino), Halloween (New sequel that ignores previous. With Carpenter’s blessing AND music)
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Stinker Of The Year: Fifty Shades Freed Yes I’ve watched BOTH Fifty Shades movies. And yes BOTH have previously taken the WORST FILM of the year titles. Look this franchise has nothing. Poor acting, poor direction and poor writing topped off with S&M so softcore you could see harder on Babestation. Thankfully this will bring this torrid series to an end and hopefully the careers of all involved.
Also Dreading: Solo – A Star Wars Story (fired directors, Ron Howard, total reshoots – this could be the first Disney Star Wars flop), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Boring trailer and a sense of having done this before), Day of The Dead: Bloodline (please no), Ready Player One (Spielberg hasn’t made a truly interesting film for a while), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (X-Men films just don’t grab me anymore), Oceans 8 (Just WHY!), Scarface (Urban Scarface remake….a film NOBODY asked for), Pacific Rim: Uprising (God no)
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So how did I do last year?
This is the time of the year when I look back at my picks of the good, the bad and the ugly from 2017 and see how close I was (or as it often is the case, how far!)…
For best: I tipped Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Star Wars The Last Jedi, War For The Planet Of The Apes, T2: Trainspotting and John Wick Chapter 2 as my most anticipated of 2017. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was good but eclipsed by both Spiderman Homecoming and Thor Ragnorok.War For The Planet Of The Apes was good but fell a bit short of the rave reviews it was given. T2: Trainspotting was one of my top 5 films of the year (and film of the year for almost half of 2017) whilst John Wick 2 was a bit shit. Star Wars The last Jedi meanwhile. As for the rest? Silence, Spiderman: Homecoming, Alien: Covenant and Baywatch were all either great or enjoyable.
As for the Stinkers? Transformers: The Last Knight was picked as the stinker of the year but eventually was pipped by Fifty Shades Darker. Both were appalling. Wonder Woman was actually mostly excellent, Blade Runner 2049 ended up as one of teh years best and Logan knocked it out the park. XXX: Return Of Xander Cage was dumb funbut The Mummy, Power Rangers and Cars 3 all were in the worst of the year.
Each week Phil, from Phil’s Quick Capsule Review, takes a look at a different movie or TV related Top Five. This time out: 2018 Films I’m Looking Forward To
Close but no cigar: Ready Player One, Rampage, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Purge , Ant Man & The Wasp
5 – The Predator Shane Black back on the Predator train, this time as a director. If anyone can realise the potential this franchise has then Black is the man.
4 – Untitled Star Wars Han Solo Movie Yup it’s had issues (firing the directs 3 weeks from the end of filming) but it’s still a Star Wars films and so far the Disney overloads have yet to deliver a bad film.
3 – Paddington 2 Paddington was a real joy, sweet, funny and charming. Paddington 2 can be all that and more!
2 – Black Panther The trailer looks ace and once again Marvel takes another step towards owning the world.
1 – The Avengers: Infinity War A film ten years in the making, Infinity War will finally mark the arrival of Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet, a million Marvel Characters and The Avengers teaming with The Guardians Of The Galaxy. What is there NOT to be excited about?
