Sweetheart (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review

Sweetheart (2019) – A Quick Capsule Review

by Phil Hobden Quick Review

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review:
Sweetheart is yet another modestly budgeted, low key Blumhouse release.  But this one ended up going directly to home/streaming which is a shame as, even though it’s pretty low key with it’s small but well formed cast, it’s still a solid genre-hybrid horror thriller that crosses a Lost with any number of monster & creature features from the 80’s & 90’s. Sweetheart is a tightly constructed, well made and delivers some nice tension across its sub 90 minute run time.

Best Bit: The reveal

Buy, Stream, Avoid: Stream

If You Liked this Try: Lost, 47 Meters Down, Upgrade

★★★★★★★★★★

 

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Ross & Phil Talk Movies Present: The 2019 Boyask Action Awards

Ross & Phil Talk Movies Present: The 2019 Boyask Action Awards

by RossAndPhil A Blog

Taking 4 Awards, Mission Impossible: Fallout swept the board in at the 1st Annual Boyask Action Awards, with Tom Cruise also entering the Hall of Fame.

‘The Boyasks’ (named fro our very own Action obsessed Ross Boyask) pick up on what the Academy, BAFTA’s and Globes miss out… acknowledging the performance, craft and skill of action & stunt performers and cinema.

You can listen to the full podcast here (including our discussion on just WHY the Academy Awards refuses to acknowledge action and stunt performers)

Winners Highlighted in GREEN

 

Best Action Sequence
24 Hours To Live
Final Score
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Finalle 

Best Fight Scene
Upgrade
A Prayer before Dawn
The Night Comes For Us
Accident Man

Best Stunt Sequence
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Halo Jump
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Roof Top Run
Mission Impossible: Fallout – Helicopter Hang

Standout Action Performer of 2018
Tom Cruise
Dolph Lundgren
Dwayne Johnson 

‘Holy Shit’ Moment of the Year
Tom Cruise – Helicopter Hang (Mission Impossible: Fallout)

Comeback of The Year
Dolph Lundgren
Special Mention: Cobra Kai/ Karate Kid

Best Blockbuster Film
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Den Of Thieves
Deadpool 2
The First Purge
Mission Impossible: Fallout

Best DTV Film
The Night Comes For Us
Final Score
24 Hours To Die
Braven
Accident Man

Hall Of Fame – Class Of 2019
Loren Janes
Tom Cruise

 

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Podcast: Ross And Phil Talk… The 1st Annual Boyask Awards!

Podcast: Ross And Phil Talk… The 1st Annual Boyask Awards!

by RossAndPhil Ross and Phil Talk Movies The Podcasts

 

On this episode of the podcast we deliver The 1st Annual Boyask Awards for Achievement in Action Cinema.  Yes we are going where the academy awards still refuse to.

Categories include: Best Blockbuster Film, Best DTV Film, Best Action Sequence, Best Fight Scene, Best Stunt, Standout action performer, ‘Holy Shit’ moment of the year, Comeback of The Year and our picks for entry into the Ross And Phil Hall Of Fame.

Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed filmmaker Phil Hobden.

Films Discussed: Overlord, Apostle, Revenge, A Quiet Place, Sicario 2, Den Of Thieves, Deadpool 2, The First Purge, Mission Impossible: Fallout, The Night Comes For Us, Final Score, 24 Hours to Live, Braven, Accident man,. Upgrade, A Prayer before Dying, Accident Man, Final Score

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)

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Phil’s Best & Worst 2018 Films.. The Final Edition (31st December 2018)

Phil’s Best & Worst 2018 Films.. The Final Edition (31st December 2018)

by Phil Hobden Quick Review Year In Review

So this is my semi-regularly updated of the BEST and WORST of the films from 2018 (2018 Films), as well as the best films I missed from last year and, of course, the Phil’s Quick Capsule Review Sharknado Award.

All in my very humble opinion…

 

BEST Films Of 2018… So Far:

  1. Coco
  2. Mission Impossible: Fallout
  3. I, Tonya
  4. A Quiet Place
  5. Mary Poppins Returns

Honourable Mentions:  Mandy, My Generation, Lady Bird, Revenge, Mollys Game,  Upgrade, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, You Were Never Really Here, Bumblebee, The Festival, Calibre, Avengers: Infinity War, Game Night, Black Panther, Ready Player One, Office Uprising, The Post, Bohemian Rhapsody

 

WORST Films Of 2018… So Far

  1. The Cloverfield Paradox
  2. Fifty Shaded Freed
  3. Annihilation
  4. A Wrinkle In Time
  5. Mile 22

Dis-Honourable Mentions: Gotti, The Spy Who Dumped Me,Red Sparrow, The Commuter, The Humanity Bureau, Renegades, Peter Rabbit, Ocean’s 8, Death Wish, Hellraiser: Judgement, Day Of The Dead : Bloodline, Godzilla: Planet Of The Monsters Part 1, Extinction, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Patient Zero, Isle Of Dogs, Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell, All The Money In The World, The First Purge, The Ballard Of Buster Scruggs, Redcon-1

 

 

The 2018 Sharknado Award for Films So Good (!) They Cant Be Rated:  

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time

 


The 2018 Films I just couldn’t Finish…

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Great Films Of 2017 That I saw In 2018:

The Disaster Artist, The Babysitter, Mayhem, Icarus, The Greatest Showman, The Big Sick, LA 92, Better Watch Out

 

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Podcast: Ross And Phil Talk… Cannonball Run & Burt Reynolds

Podcast: Ross And Phil Talk… Cannonball Run & Burt Reynolds

by RossAndPhil Ross and Phil Talk Movies The Podcasts

 

 

On this episode of the podcast we talk about the recent passing of the legendary Burt Reynolds by discussing in great depth our love of  TheCannonball Run and recounting our very own Burt Reynolds story.  Ross also shares his thoughts of the recent Shane Black movie The Predator.

Hosted by Award winning filmmaker Ross Boyask and blogger/writer/failed filmmaker Phil Hobden.

Films Discussed: The Predator, Mile 22, Upgrade, Fantastic 4, Predators, The Kingdom, Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run 2, Deliverance, Smokey & The Bandit 

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Burt Reynolds & Phil Hobden

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Upgrade (2018) – A Quick Capsule Review

Upgrade (2018) – A Quick Capsule Review

by Phil Hobden Quick Review

Phil’s Quick Capsule Review:
Upgrade is a massive (pleasant)  surprise.  A little known genre film from Blumhouse studios, Upgrade is a modestly budgeted sci-fi with elements of Cronenberg body horror mixed in with some usual Blumhouse violence and some pleasing gore. Lead Marshall-Green does a bang up job with the action and the final revelations were a genuine surprise. One of 2018’s best surprises so far.

Best Bit: Stem turns on

Buy, Stream, Avoid: Buy

If You Liked this Try: The Purge,  Happy Death Day, Existenz

★★★★★★★★★★

 

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Podcast: The Smoking Lamb #107 – BlacKkKlansman, The Nun, Upgrade

Podcast: The Smoking Lamb #107 – BlacKkKlansman, The Nun, Upgrade

by The Smoking Lamb The Podcasts The Smoking Lamb Podcast

It’s The Smoking Lamb Movie Podcast. A weekly, no-holds-baa-aa-arred, and R-rated look at the world of movies.

On this episode: On the latest episode of The Smoking Lamb, Josh, Stephen and Mike discuss The Nun, Upgrade but more importantly – BlacKkKlansman and that controversial ending. Plus, we debut a brand new style of Top 5 as we all reveal our favourite films from 2015-2011 with a few rules in place.

Check it out and BLEAT THE WORLD and don’t forget to follow up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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