This time I’m discussing the first movie outing of disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning, a man who attracts president-related disasters like I attract dog hair from my cream retriever when I’ve just put on new black trousers for a job interview. He’s on a boring desk job at the US Treasury (Mike, not my… OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN: episode 6 of the GERRYSTORM podcast Read More
2020 vision – 2019 in review
I’ll be making that joke all year so you’d better get used to it. But what a year it’s been! (It’s actually the law that all annual round-up articles start like that so don’t email me.) During 2019 several things happened: Like, you know, stuff. But most importantly, I was in the same room as… 2020 vision – 2019 in review Read More
Angel Has Fallen – 1 minute video review Includes Video 4 stars
And this is my final word on the matter! read my full review of Angel Has Fallen Available on DVD / blu-ray / 4k from amazon uk Available on digital from Amazon uk buy on digital or dvd / blue-ray / 4k now from amazon.com
Angel Has Fallen: interviews!
When I first watched Gerard Butler’s interview (below), I kept hearing all these strange noises, necessitating frequent pausing on my part to look accusingly at the dog and wonder if I was going to need to open a window. It turns out he’s actually sitting in the world’s creakiest chair (Gerry, not my dog). Don’t… Angel Has Fallen: interviews! Read More
Gerard Butler’s ‘Fallen’ Oeuvre
Less a deep dive, and more – considering the less than philosophical subtexts to the three Has Fallen movies – a shallow bellyflop, it’s time to look back at Butler’s battles as Mike Banning. You can see on this site I refer to myself as a Gerard Butler apologist, and I make no apologies for… Gerard Butler’s ‘Fallen’ Oeuvre Read More
Olympus Has Fallen 3.5 stars
Olympus Has Fallen came out in 2013, when I had a one-year-old baby and the idea of being held incommunicado without my family in a bomb-proof bunker would have sounded like a dream come true. Sadly, said baby meant I didn’t get to see this in the cinema, his preference being White House Down, I… Olympus Has Fallen Read More
Angel Has Fallen 4 stars
American movie presidents can only make us wistful nowadays, and in Angel Has Fallen the White House is graced by Morgan Freeman himself, as President Allan Trumbull. Yes there is a god, probably also played by Morgan Freeman. Trumbull has been promoted since London Has Fallen, Mike Banning’s last batshit outing, when taking on hundreds… Angel Has Fallen Read More
The final “Angel Has Fallen” trailer: however thirsty you are you can never be as thirsty as MIKE BANNING
*** My Angel Has Fallen review is now live *** The hero becomes the fugitive in the final Angel Has Fallen trailer (scroll down to watch it). And if that isn’t enough to ensure the next film in this franchise is the Mike Banning / John Wick crossover we’ve been waiting for, I don’t know what is…. The final “Angel Has Fallen” trailer: however thirsty you are you can never be as thirsty as MIKE BANNING Read More
Banning battles to clear his name in Angel Has Fallen’s NEW international trailer
*** My Angel Has Fallen review is now live *** “There are moments of struggle that define us” says President Allan Trumbull to Mike Banning, a bit like me trying to get some poor sucker to look after my unruly kids in August when this is released (bang in the middle of the school holidays!) This… Banning battles to clear his name in Angel Has Fallen’s NEW international trailer Read More
Angel Has Fallen first trailer and MORGAN FREEMAN IS PRESIDENT!
*** My Angel Has Fallen review is now live *** So you can all sleep easy in your beds tonight, apart from the bit where someone sends a fleet of drones to kill him. With Mike “I’m thirsty as fuck!” Banning (Gerard Butler), accused of being behind the assassination attempt on President Allan Trumbull, the Secret… Angel Has Fallen first trailer and MORGAN FREEMAN IS PRESIDENT! Read More
London Has Fallen 3 stars
“It’s what I do” says Mike Banning, as he prepares once more to get American President Benjamin Asher in a shit-load of trouble, I mean protect him on his official trip to the funeral of the British Prime Minister, who has died unexpectedly. To give Banning credit he does later get the president out of… London Has Fallen Read More