Ben Hughes

Ben Hughes

Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Alien
  • Amadeus

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  • Dune

    ★★★½

  • The Batman

    ½

  • I, Tonya

    ★★★½

  • Morbius

    ★½

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  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★½

    I'm aware that this is not a lot of peoples personal cup of inter-galactic tea. Honestly I cannot blame them, Herbert's sprawling space opera is enough to boggle even the most open of minds. This is a series that covers it's own millennia of politics, religious conquests and comments on the corruption of ultimate power. Dune is considered not only a cult classic but the true source of contemporary sci-fi as we know it. So evidently not an easy task…

  • The Batman

    The Batman

    ½

    I have never walked out of a cinema before- this did it for me. I am genuinely concerned for DC as a conglomerate- clearly like myself they are in need of an unquantifiable amount of therapy. I only ask that they stop taking this out on their production team. 
    The stylisation was bizarre, simultaneous attempting comic book zaniness and brutal realism- which proves difficult as you have to pick a lane when making a film, instead The Batman hightails down…

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  • Morbius

    Morbius

    ★½

    The golden age of the MCU has finally ended in what I can only assume is a cry for help. Smith and Leto’s performances left me wondering if they themselves even wanted to be on set, let alone filming this dumpster fire. I have seen better effects on i-movie. It’s an alarming sign when the end credit scene is better then the movie itself. Where is Wesley Snipes this calls for a Blade.

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