Alan Ritchson

Film Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare; Guy Ritchie’s “historical” actioner is at its best when letting Henry Cavill submit to gleeful chaos

Continuing his run of releasing movies at a breakneck speed – his fourth directorial effort in three years, with another in post-production – Guy Ritchie‘s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare very much sits in his wheelhouse, for better or worse.  Though a tighter focus on its narrative would’ve ultimately benefitted this brash “based on a…

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Series Review: Reacher Season 2 avoids a sophomore slump thanks to star Alan Ritchson’s humour and huskiness

Whilst it made sense for a character such as Jack Reacher to be opted for big screen treatment, it wasn’t quite as clear as to why he was realised through Tom Cruise.  From an action capability view it worked, and no one could ever question Cruise’s ability to get butts on seats, but the character…

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Tim Robards to test North Bondi’s strength to find Australia’s own Jack Reacher

Have you got what it takes to be Australia’s Reacher? To get Australians PUMPED for the release the second season of the Amazon Original series Reacher – set to stream on Prime Video from December 15th, 2023 – Prime Video are inviting locals to test themselves against the ultimate Reacher Fitness Challenge at North Bondi…

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Film Review: Fast X; Forget family. Furious 10 is all about the flamboyant Jason Momoa

The Fast & Furious films live in the ridiculous – or, at least they have predominantly for the last decade or so – and, at this point, that’s practically a compliment to call so.  Whether you think they have evolved or devolved over time from their humble 2001 beginnings of car-jackings and street races is…

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It’s ride or die for Vin Diesel and his family in furious Fast X trailer

It’s time to fasTEN your seatbelts (see what we did there?) as the end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and…

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Blu-Ray Review: Reacher: Season 1 is tightly paced and welcomingly brutal

When Lee Child‘s novel creation Jack Reacher was first introduced to audiences in a motion-captured capacity it was in the form of Tom Cruise’s filmic duo of Jack Reacher (2012) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016).  Whilst Cruise’s action capabilities have never been questioned, the fact that he was chosen to portray such a…

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Film Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows (M) (USA, 2016)

In 2014 a new live adaptation of the beloved comic and cartoon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit our screens. The reception wasn’t great, complaints aplenty from fans and mutiple Raspberry Awards made it fairly clear that the film’s producers, writers and the studio had some work to do to win back their audience. Two…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows gets new trailer plus catch stars Will Arnett and Stephen Amell live!

The second instalment of Paramount Picture’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action reboot was given a new trailer this week. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows sees the four titular turtles,  Leonardo (Pete Ploszek),  Raphael (Alan Ritchson),  Michelangelo (Noel Fisher) and Donatello (Jeremy Howard), fight their way out of the shadows to battle a roster of…

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