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The third sequel in the Herbie franchise and despite the two movies being made in the 1970's there is a definite change in visual appearance between the two. Unfortunately the classic cozy charm of the Walt era directed by Disney stalwart Robert Stevenson was out, and a newer slightly slicker late 70's vibe from new director Vincent McEveety was in.
This time we are back alongside Jim Douglas (Dean Jones) who is now in Europe with his (new?) racing partner…
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The burning question I'm sure you're all asking, is this 2023 version of 'Haunted Mansion' better than the old 2003 Eddie Murphy vehicle 'The Haunted Mansion'? Well the original 2003 version was reasonable but something of a disappointment only being a loose adaptation of the iconic rides story (not concrete in itself), and of course merely a comedic vehicle for Murphy.
This new reboot actually goes the whole hog this time and follows the, admittedly loose, Disney story for the…
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Second reboot for this troublesome franchise and this time they finally get the casting right. Ray Stevenson is brought in as the main man and in my opinion he looks spot on for the role, kudos to the casting team.
As for the film well its a bit weak in plot really, very straight forward, very basic, how can I put this...its like Tim Burton's Batman accept replace the Joker with Jigsaw and add extreme violence. Sooooo bottom line I…
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You could very well call this the UK equivalent of the grandiose Spielberg movie 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence'. The difference being this is a highly realistic and grounded science fiction story that isn't really a million miles from where we are today. What was surprising for me was the fact that its a British film, the cast were all unknown to me (often a winning move) and its Alex Garland's directorial debut! One thing is for sure, you'd never guess this…
