“Life Finds A Way” The Science and Scientists Behind Jurassic Park It is difficult to underestimate the influence of Jurassic Park (1993) on popular culture. It is hardly an exaggeration to call it the first modern blockbuster. It heralded a…
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Jurassic Park
Tagged with: 1993, classic, corzies, dinosaur, film, jurassic park, jurassic world, movie
Posted in film, nineties
Posted in film, nineties
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Imagine a time before Star Wars. Before light sabres, Skywalker and the Millennium Falcon. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Imagine a time when these words were unfamiliar. When a bombastic overture inspired awe. When a…
Tagged with: bb-8, corzies, finn, kylo ren, poe, rey, star wars, star wars fan, star wars the force awakens review, stormtrooper, the force awakens
Posted in 2015, film
Posted in 2015, film
Furious 7
“Why did I ever hang out with these people?” Early in Furious 7, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez attend a street race: it seems quaint by the series’ now overblown standards. “What’s the point in racing without explosions and deadly…
Tagged with: action, corzies, fast and furious, furious 7, jason statham, kurt russell, minions, paul walker, review, stunts, the rock, universal, vin diesel
Posted in 2015
Posted in 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Godfather Part III. The Matrix Revolutions. The Dark Knight Rises. Film trilogies are littered with disappointing finales. The Mad Max trilogy was a prime example. The 1979 original was a low-budget muscle car flick: think a scaled-down Fast &…
Tagged with: action, babe, charlize theron, corzies, furiosa, furious road, george miller, mad max, outback, tom hardy
Posted in 2015
Posted in 2015
Inside Out
Moving. For an adult – it’s exciting, or tedious. For a child, moving home is traumatic – abandoning all that is familiar, safe and secure. In Pixar’s latest opus, 11-year-old Riley exchanges snowy Minnesota suburbia for a chilly San Francisco…
Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise stars in this inventive, time-bending blockbuster… Tom Cruise stars in this inventive, time-bending- … Tom Cruise stars in this- … Tom Cruise- Let’s start over. It’s an understatement to say Tom Cruise has had a somewhat shaky decade.…
Tagged with: action, alien, aliens, brendan gleeson, corzies, d-day, doug liman, edge of tomorrow, emily blunt, groundhog day, mimics, new movie, normandy, review, sci-fi, source code, tom cruise
Posted in 2014, film
Posted in 2014, film
Five Favourite Romantic Comedies
On February 18th 2012, I listed my “Top 5 Rom-Coms Ever” on Facebook. This was the first time I ever changed my original “Top 10 Films” of the year Corzie formula. I post the raw, unedited result below for your…
Tagged with: 1977, 500 days of summer, amazing spider-man, annie hall, ben affleck, best films, billy crystal, chasing amy, classic, corzies, diane keaton, film review, golden globes, i'll have what she's having, indie flick, indie hit, joseph gordon-levitt, just friends, kevin smith, lars and the real girl, lobster, looper, mark webb, meg ryan, men, my name is earl, new girl, oscar, rom-com, romantic comedy, ryan gosling, sex doll, top 5, when harry met sally, women, woody allen, zooey deschanel
Posted in eighties, film, nineties, noughties, seventies
Posted in eighties, film, nineties, noughties, seventies
Godzilla (2014)
Every summer, one film promises greatness. In 2014, that film is Godzilla. In 2013 it was Man of Steel. In 2012, Prometheus. See a pattern? All massive disappointments. All the reviews I’ve written thus far on this website have been…
Tagged with: 1998, 2014, aaron taylor-johnson, amazing spider-man, blockbuster, blue jasmine, bryan cranston, comic-con, corzies, elizabeth olsen, film review, flop, fukushima, garth evans, godzilla, hit, japan, Ken Watanabe, kick-ass, king of monsters, lizard, nuke, nukes, radiation, roland emmerich, sally hawkins, spider-man, woody allen
Posted in 2014, film
Posted in 2014, film
Blue Velvet
“I can’t figure out if you’re a detective or a pervert.” “Well that’s for me to know and you to find out.” In 1977, the yet unknown David Lynch made his surrealist debut feature Eraserhead: a film about the terrifying fear…
Tagged with: 1986, blue velvet, corzies, david lynch, dune, eighties, eraserhead, masterpiece, masterworks, surreal
Posted in eighties, film
Posted in eighties, film
Welcome to Corzies.com
Welcome one and all to the home of the Corzies. I am excited to present all my film reviews on one complete website. Corzies.com will be updated regularly throughout the year for your viewing pleasure, with film (and video game)…
#10: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The trailers made this movie look laughably bad. I was expecting the next Battlefield Earth. What I got was arguably the best blockbuster of the year. Apes has a moving, personal story that rivals any drama, and an epic finale worthy…
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