Six Minutes to Midnight Review

    Hey everyone welcome back to Silver Screen Spectacle! We’ve got yet another true story historical spy drama, Six Minutes to Midnight. Still, this one has a strong cast and an intriguing story, so how bad can it be?

    Yea, this sucked. This might be the worst film of 2021 so far. Eddie Izzard is painfully mediocre in the leading role. He has one great moment, but it’s over as soon as it starts. Judi Dench is completely phoning it in here, and I don’t blame her at all. The role they give her is borderline laughable. Carla Juri is the only one who comes out of this looking good. She is giving this script her all, and it’s only thanks to her performance that the film occasionally comes to life. Andy Goddard’s direction is actually fine, but there are few interesting things to direct. The script is atrocious. You would be hard-pressed to find a more boring way to tell what is an intriguing story on the surface. At 99 minutes other than the rare moment this film came to life, it was painfully boring or hilariously bad. 

    Overall, I did not like Six Minutes to Midnight at all and cannot recommend this to anyone. This is the worst film of 2021 so far. So, guys, that’s it for this one I’ll see you next time.

3.5/10

The Courier Review

    Hey everyone welcome back to Silver Screen Spectacle! We’ve got a new movie review today with yet another true story spy thriller, The Courier. This genre has produced a lot of great films but also a lot of very boring ones, so where did this one fall? You can find the film in theaters and on Digital Rental. 

     This was a really solid film. Benedict Cumberbatch did a superb job in the lead role. This isn’t his best performance, but it’s a very good anchor to the film. Especially in the latter half of the film he really impresses. Merab Ninidze was the standout here to me. His dynamic with Cumberbatch was great, and he really sold his dramatic moments. All the other performances are wonderful, but this was really a two-actor film. Dominic Cooke does a fine job directing. It’s competent, but nothing special about it. Where this movie shined for me was the script. Tom O’Conor’s script was at its best when our leads were just sitting and talking. Those were the film’s best moments. At 112 minutes the film is a slow burn, but only occasionally dull, mostly I remained engaged. The third act while phenomenally acted, was the least intriguing part of the story for me. 

    Overall, The Courier was an average spy thriller with two powerful performances anchoring the film. So guys that’s it for this review I hope you enjoyed it and I’ll see you next time. 

7/10

Where I've Been For A Month

     Hey everyone so this is a little update on why I've vanished since Zack Snyder's Justice League. So around that time, I was job hunting and I got a new job. While I was very happy it was so exhausting at first I never felt I had the energy to run this. However, now that I've settled into my new job I've realized how much I've missed this. So while I cannot promise an article every day I'm going to do my best to try and get out a few articles a week.