Tag: Edward Holcroft

REVIEW: Kindred [2020]

Jared Mobarak

Your not you’re mom. Right from the start of Joe Marcantonio‘s Kindred (co-written by Jason McColgan), we don’t like Margaret (Fiona Shaw). How could we when our two protagonists, Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) and Ben (Edward Holcroft), imbue such fear during every interaction they have with her? She’s the latter’s mother and very much entrenched in the old ways of a wealthy class. She treats her large, remote estate as a living creature that’s been in their family for nine generations and thus can’t fathom why her only son and his…

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REVIEW: Kingsman: The Golden Circle [2017]

Jared Mobarak

“There’s no room for emotion in this scenario” When Kingsman: The Secret Service debuted, comparisons to creator Mark Millar‘s other comic book to cinematic adaptation Kick-Ass were obvious. How the latter spun the superhero template, the former spun stylish James Bond-type spy actioners. It was all high-concept insanity with a kid from the wrong side of the tracks proving courage, heroism, and finesse weren’t as much a product of environment as they were personality and the capacity to overcome one’s disadvantages. There was a sweet surrogate father/son dynamic too with…

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REVIEW: Kingsman: The Secret Service [2015]

Jared Mobarak

“It’s a bulldog, innit?” I’m all for Matthew Vaughan continuing to jump from comic book property to comic book property. That’s not to say his debut Layer Cake was bad—on the contrary, I liked it a lot—he’s simply had a very successful run afterwards in the graphic novel realm spanning Stardust, Kick-Ass, and X-Men: First Class. Collaborating with Mark Millar hasn’t hurt either with his latest Kingsman: The Secret Service coming from the Kick-Ass creator’s pen. The pair plus screenwriter Jane Goldman have found a synchronicity for fun, entertaining action…

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