Review: Harry Brown – The British Bronson

Comparisons to Clint Eastwood's turn in Gran Torino will obviously be leveled at Harry Brown, both films being old-dudes-out-for-justice thrillers, but I think it bears far more similarities to Charles Bronson's Death Wish movies than Torino. Eastwood's project is far more layered and bites off a lot more in terms of subject matter - issues of race, abandonment, and a father-son element between Eastwood's character and his young neighbor are all dealt with varying degrees of success. Harry Brown, on the other hand, is a much more straight-ahead affair.

Review: Halo Legends

Halo: Legends is one of those ‘is it an ad?’ compilation movies (see Batman: Gotham Knight or The Animatrix for other examples of this) which takes a popular character or mythology from one universe and hands it over to several artists to re-interpret.  Halo: Legends does at least as good a job as the aforementioned examples at extending the backstory of Master Chief and the Covenant, using some...