Shining Through 1992 by AverageMansReviews

Shining Through 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/Nazi Germany component ranging from swastika to implications to Jew and Holocaust/shooting/animal cruelty/medical and there will be some censored adult language references

Man this film sucks posterior!: Briefly; we meet Linda Voss/other characters [Melanie Griffith:] as she gives a interview to the BBC about her work in World War II and how she met Ed Leland/other characters [Michael Douglas:] and their individual or/and together with their war efforts.

Generally speaking: the storyline/scripts is I am going to go with the okay, with what it is based on, but trust me when I say that is no way the biggest problems to this project by absolute miles, what with the framework [minus the storyteller voice-over component] and pacing being a hot steaming pile of horse manure to begin with on its own merits, then you factor in on top of that some of the worst character types I have ever seen in my life, then on top of that you factor in some of the worst performances I have ever seen in my life as well; in a nutshell this is a complete and utter manure show from beginning to end; I mean I am not even Jewish so I have no particular persuasion, so I want you to understand that this is coming from straight down the middle... that this film doesn't do this particular time frame or/and subject matter justice with these awful character types and/or performances being at worst ranging from complete dog manure to and best adequate character types/performances as in... to get the job done and this film goes on for roughly 132 minutes, which yes it is insufferable watching.

Action; the only thing I can positively point out is we have about may be 10 minutes or less of good action as we have this pair of characters/performers trying to cross from one country into another and that is it folks; that is truly the only positive thing about this movie in its entirety.

Characters developments, performances and voice performance; as I may have already alluded to this was a disaster, I mean not backtracking on anything I have already said; maybe these character types that should have been straightforward would have been much better, if these performances were much better to begin with, because there was a distinct lack of chemistry from any member of the cast; you may physically see the chemistry but it is as lifeless as the dodo, I mean I may be clutching at straws here but the voice-over is good.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; I think this would be the first time I have ever said this or this directly I just wouldn't recommend anyone else waste their time watching this project like I did and the person that I watch some of this content with as well; this film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 5 Winners; Positive; Winner Golden Camera, Germany Golden Camera Best International Actress Melanie Griffith and Negative Winner Razzie Awards 1993 Razzie Award Worst Actress Melanie Griffith Shared with: A Stranger Among Us. 2 Nominees; Negative the same award ceremony/event Worst Screenplay David Seltzer and Worst Actor Michael Douglas Shared with: Basic Instinct

 

The Son of No One 2011 by AverageMansReviews

The Son of No One 2011 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/child abuse/sexual assault - underage activity/drugs/medical/references to racism and the rainbow community

I just don't care about this movie: briefly; we meet Police Officer Jonathan "Milk" White [Younger Jonathan "Milk" White: Jack Cherry/Older: Channing Tatum:] he is a hard-working individual with a wife and unfortunately an unwell daughter; but from out of nowhere his past history is going to come back to haunt him and potentially risk everything he has worked hard to build.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, coinciding the character developments on both counts exposition and in present time is insufferably tedious as at any point we could go back or into present times, with framework to basically picked us up and drop was off and then repeat the cycle rotating backwards or forwards, what with the non-existent pacing which in turn makes incredibly hard work of roughly speaking this 90 minutes film; this is one of those rare occasions where even though I am discussing it; I can't really do it justice on how actually bad it really is, so I would recommend you watch it for at minimum a little while just to get a sample of it.

Action; for this kind of crime project the action is precisely the kind of thing you would expect with this title.

Character developments and performances; they are incredibly dull on both counts, as I have already indicated going backwards and forwards, having no enthusiasm anywhere to be seen on any aspect, makes this project such a chore and mentally I switched off quite quickly.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; as I may have already alluded to quite frankly this film is as interesting as watching paint dry, yet this film does have one accredited award to its name and that would be; 1 Nominee; Young Artist Awards 2012 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Brian Gilbert [as Younger Vinnie a.k.a. Carter: that is best friends with Milk back in the day, is fully aware of his history also but promises not to tell anyone, but  Vinnie/Carter has been through a lot in his life as well.]

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Money In The Bank 2026 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Money In The Bank 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: there will be some censored adult language references in this content

The Vision's: Bron Breakker vs. Je'Von Evans vs. the WWE Men's United States Champion Trick Williams vs. Penta vs. CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens; Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a men's championship match contract: let's be honest with one another this field of competitors is a bit manure really, based on the grounds that we have done something with Penta, Punk, or I don't see Evans or Williams winning it, so by the process of elimination that leaves Breakker which this opportunity may be used to appease him, because even I know he hasn't been happy in his stable for some time now or Owens, anything over them the last two is a complete waste of time, energy and resources [or unless they give it to Penta to go after the SmackDown main brand champion at some point down the line hopefully around Mania season, that would be another option which would be interesting.]

Becky Lynch vs. The Judgement Days: Liv Morgan vs. Champ Stephanie Vaquer; Triple Threat Match for the Women's World Championship: obviously I fully expect some kind of interference from Morgan's stablemates and on a quick side note how much longer do we have to suffer this stable anyway they have been together at this point in time 30 months longer than what they should have been, but I don't see the championship moving at least here anyway.

Oba Femi vs. The Vision's: Bronson Reed; Singles Match: so is this the big plan for Femi until Mania season? Putting him in steaming piles of horse manure feuds or/and consequently matches... I mean wow what a waste of  fudgin' time, then at Mania he goes up against Reigns for his championship by then if he still has it, which I am sure he still will, so we can hear Reigns point out the obvious that Femi hasn't beaten anyone in their prime of top tip talent until going head-to-head with Reigns and if you are going to base a Mania feud on that narrative man that is going to suck posterior.

Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice vs. the WWE Women's United States Champion Fatal Influence's: Jacy Jayne vs. The  Judgement Day's: Roxanne Perez vs. Lash Legend vs. Tiffany Stratton; Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a women's championship match contract: yet again we are stuck in a situation where realistically I can only see them backing two based on current situations Vice or Perez the rest either have other pathways to follow or I wouldn't bother pushing them such as for an example Stratton; for me based on her lackadaisical approach to things such as indicating not too far in the distant future she wants to retire around about 30, her social media presence has her spending more and more time putting up pictures with either her new relationship or/and very little clothing on... yes these are her choices which she is entitled to make, I am just talking about in a wrestling sense why would you want to spend time on a talent which allegedly/indicated she might be out the door in maybe 5 years or less, but hey she might take up a certain adult website opportunity, so you can still see her for a monthly subscription.

LA Knight vs. Champ The Bloodline's: Roman Reigns; Singles Match for the WWE Men's Heavyweight Championship: on one hand, I do believe what is best for business is that Knight becomes the new champion here, I mean they could even involve the 946, to protect Reigns from the loss here, with Knight then losing the championship to a cash-in, but the current landscape including hierarchy wouldn't bother doing something so interesting so on the other hand I fully expect, the 946 to be involved in an after the match beat down, but Reigns is champion nonetheless.

Coriolanus 2011 by AverageMansReviews

Coriolanus 2011 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/cutting/suicide/disfigurement/medical

This is a cautionary tale of turning your back on a rabid dog: briefly; Caius Martius Coriolanus [Director of this movie: Ralph Fiennes:] he is a high ranking individual that serves Rome, but when it is suggested he goes into the world of politics, which he really doesn't want to do and you really isn't built for it on any level whatsoever, this leads to one big problem.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is an adaption of William Shakespeare's work of the same name, so consequently the character developments use old English in the dialogue, so you may want to have a grasp of this style of communicating and because I am British at some point or another at minimum we will have to deal with William Shakespeare's work, so I may not be able to write like it, but I would say I have a good understanding, I had to translate for the person that I watch some of this content with on what was being said, we also have some exposition character developments at one point or another, the framework and pacing of this 123 minutes film is good.

Art and action; the backdrop to this project is a modern day approach on all visual aspects and practical uses, the action sequences are of war based sequences these are all good.

Character developments and performances; the character developments on all contributing aspects are good versions of what they are meant to be; but if you're going to adapt Shakespeare's work you have to have an excellent grasp of what that means; which insured is; sometimes you have to do multiple things like talking about your emotions, whilst simultaneously talking about them or/land any specific situation happening may or may not be happening at the same time, including but not limited to the possible future of those choices and on top of that you have to deliver your lines in a very clear and concise manner at all times regardless of volume or any other contributing elements; so as you can imagine this assembled cast does a fantastic job throughout, but having said that; it does feel and look like without Fiennes this movie would lose quite a lot of its enthusiasm, bite or/and drive, I mean don't get me wrong as I have already referenced this assembled cast behind him is excellent such as for one example; Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia; Caius Martius Coriolanus' mother and likewise she has also served with high honours; as we get to experience just a little bit of why her son may have turned out the way he has, but in particular with Fiennes' all-round stage presence and demeanour you can very quickly and easily see why he is in the lead role position as in a nutshell he just takes it and runs with it and makes it is very own.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; this is almost highest quality adaption, I would give it a go, but it ultimately depends on if you are into William Shakespeare or not and yes this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 10 Winners which include but not limited to  British Independent Film Awards 2011 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave and 18 Nominees would also include but are not limited to BAFTA Awards 2012 BAFTA Film Award Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Ralph Fiennes (director)

 

 

Verity 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Verity 2026 by AverageMansReviews

relatedly content: Misery 1990 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/12/misery-1990-by-averagemansreviews.html and then The Housemaid 2025 - Spoiler Alarm! Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-housemaid-2025-by.html

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/vehicle hit/vehicle crash/drugs/mental health component/child abuse/drugs/medical and at one point or another I will be using censored adult language references

Why are we here again?: Briefly; Jeremy and Verity Crawford [Josh Hartnett and Anna Hathaway:] he moves around for work and she is an established novelist and at one point they had two children, but when Verity is incapacitated, her husband and more importantly her publishers need somebody to fulfil the rest of her contract obligations, so this is where Lowen Ashleigh [Dakota Johnson:] she is a published writer in our own right, but no way to the level of Verity, so after a little bit of persuading she takes on the job.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, exposition character developments, character developments, the framework and pacing of this 117 minutes film is for a good chunk of this film a interesting take and positive take on things and it's outlay of contributing elements i.e. exposition character developments/character developments which as I have already referenced is an interesting and positive take including psychological representation as well but I hasten to add they also become formulaic after some time as well.

Art and action; by far the biggest assets at this project is predominantly the backdrop and location with all this foliage and nature aspects, the action well they do their job, so consequently it is for all intents and purposes serveable.

Storyline, script, character developments, performances and the voice performances ; but now to be brutally honest comfortably before and throughout the final quarter of this film; it is where everything goes into the wood chipper and spews out massive amounts of bile and top grade donkey manure; yet again we have another movie based off a novel of the same name that shouldn't be turned into a movie.

Because as someone with mental health issues and having experience of mental health issues since the early 1990s, I can no longer stand watching any projects which are simply glorifying any form of mental health, because what's those in Hollywood don't seem to understand or better yet do not care is the expression of "Monkey see, monkey do" and I am specifically talking about this trio of broadly speaking good-looking people, without giving too much away making the choices that they do which is best for them sociopath, psychopath or as long as they get ahead that is all what matters; basically and they wonder why having a mental illness of some degree has become a popular thing nowadays, so this character types very much quickly get flushed down the toilet alongside my large dump after having a Chinese takeaway, because of this trio having some kind of mental health issues individually or altogether their chemistry is nothing more... than animalistic sexual urges and for the novelist where this source material comes from or anyone that has adapted this individual's source material into this movie is trying to imply any other level is trying to push the narrative that there is much more here than this... is frankly talking out of their posterior and what would support my opinion here is... the chemistry between this trio doesn't have a natural spark or/and free-flowing essence, the voice performance by Verity/Hathaway is excellent though.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; after everything is said and done it comfortably finds itself in this section of my marking system, but I hasten to add I have a feeling if this film continued anymore than what it did... if anything the markings were going down and in full transparency at one point it was looking to be reasonably high... I was so hoping that this film was going to be something like Misery in basically if you think about it it does have some of its bullet points, but instead got another film similar to The Housemaid 2025 which we just didn't need

 

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 by AverageMansReviews

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/cutting/dismemberment/burning/child abuse/sexual assault/men on woman violence/drugs/mental health/reference to capital punishment

Okay, I wanted a close shave, but that was extremely to close: briefly; we meet Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd/Mr. T. [Johnny Depp:] as he comes back to London with revenge on his mind against in particular Judge Turpin [Alan Rickman:] a Judge that had him imprisoned so that he could steal his life, but Sweeney comes back to the finding his tools and to cook up revenge with a woman by the name of  Mrs. Lovett [Helena Bonham Carter:] she owns and manages her own Pie Shop, which is struggling because she doesn't have a wide selection of fillings, but maybe they could help one another out.

Generally speaking: art; well straight away from the outset we have a tremendous and I will only say this once graphic opening credits sequence of events; basically in a nutshell it shows you bits of the film in an artistic interpretation, the storyline/script is excellent it uses the outlay of storyline to musical number and back again outlay, including; to begin with we have the musical number "The Worst Pies in London" sung by Bonham Carter; as she basically highlights she is fully aware that her pies at the worst in London, because she has no proper ingredients with comical lyrics, but I'm going to point out what Todd/Depp does here, he tries to discreetly spit out the pie, or my favourite musical number entitled "My Friends" sung by Depp and Bonham Carter; in a nutshell; he is showing an element of crucial character wrinkle to him; as he sings about missing his only true friends [his artist accessories; shaving blades, they now have a job to do and his arm is now complete, while Bonham Carter sings about being Todd friend, so keeping this in mind the framework and pacing of this 116 minutes film consequently is going to be excellent.

Art, comedy and action; it is very clear to see that the entire presentation of this film is vitally important be it the location designs, set designs, wardrobe, accessories and anything other; throughout this film has a very dark intoxicating tone that doesn't let up and indeed progress gets worse; in an sensational manner, for another piece of comedy which I can mention; we have a shaving competition and for the dark art and action which I can reference; now and again we do get some blood splatter on the camera lens, but broadly speaking now the blood components of this movie is fantastically engaging, as you never quite know how much we are going to get.

Character developments, art and performances; the character developments are strongly defined on who they are meant to be; there is another elegant and smart character wrinkle for Todd; now and again we get him looking or seeing his reflection in this cracked mirror as he is communicating things in one way or another; I could be wrong here, but I'm going to go with it anyway; that this is symbolic; for his broken mental stability or/and personality as we see roughly speaking little bits of him in this cracked mirror or something to that effect, so consequently this is a very strong assembled cast of characters and performances; I am not taking anything away from this class; but then again it really does help when you have your main three key characters being portrayed by three massively established names in Depp, Bonham Carter and Rickman; because their experienced performers, they know how to powerful without being dominating unless it is time to do so or have fantastic synergy with whomever they are working with on that scene at that time.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; in my opinion this is part of modern cinema classic for everything I have made reference to in this content and no surprise here but this film has quite a few awards accredited to its name such as 34 Winners which include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2008 Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Dante Ferretti (art director) Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator) and Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2008 Saturn Award Best Horror Film, 77 Nominees which also includes but not limited to back to the Academy Awards for 2008 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Johnny Depp [altogether this film has 2 Oscar nominees to its name] and Critics Choice Awards 2008  Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble Helena Bonham Carter Johnny Depp Sacha Baron Cohen Laura Michelle Kelly Ed Sanders Timothy Spall Alan Rickman Jamie Campbell Bower Jayne Wisener

 

Sweeney Todd 2006 by AverageMansReviews

Sweeney Todd 2006 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/stabbing/cutting/dismemberment/drugs/suicide/child abuse/disfigurement/decomposing/dismemberment/visual representation of capital punishment/medical/references to abortion and colonisation

I mean I wanted a shave but not that close: briefly; we meet Sweeney Todd [Younger: Unknown/Older: Ray Winstone:] he is the Barber of Fleet Street, the performance of our medical/other tasks as well like thinning down the population of these surroundings, he also meets and assists Matthew [Tom Hardy:] basically he is a Police Officer of these times and first meets Mr. Todd when he needs a bullet removed from somewhere around his shoulder.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is a good interpretation of the subject matter; the framework is of one that goes full circle and the pacing of this 90 minutes film is good

Art and action; the set designs, wardrobe and accessories have to be given praise for their real authentic presentation, I mean as a TV movie they really did push the boat out to bring this war to live and on top of that with all things considered they did the best with what they had to make these graphic action sequences from time to time.

Character developments and performances; the character developments have a slightly different exposition to what I'm used to from this story, in this interpretation they bring his father into it performed by David Bradley [better known as Argus Filch: the caretaker Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter film series] and on top of that for by and large they made Todd a lone wolf in his endeavours, yes later on he does have some assistance. On reflection I think it is only fair that yes Winstone put in a very powerful performance as Sweeney Todd; but he is supported by an excellent cast around him; so this is very much a cast performance and I will reflect that in my marking.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I really don't mind slightly different interpretations, but there is one golden rule and if you think about it... it makes perfect sense; which is simply put make it makes sense, which it does. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner Shanghai International TV Festival 2006 Magnolia Award Best Actor Ray Winstone and 1 Nominee Banff Television Festival 2006 Banff Rockie Award Best Made-for-TV Movie Gub Neal David Moore Joshua St Johnston UK