Pain & Gain
A Michael Bay film I didn’t hate! A bunch of moronic, roidal Miami bodybuilders take self-help videos a bit too seriously and become gangsters; it doesn’t end happily. Distastefully executed when compared against the real-life stories that inspired it, but an entertaining ride skilfully executed.
The Iceman
A pretty strong based-on-true-life biopic of mob assassin Richard Kuklinski, played to full chilling effect by solid journeyman Michael Shannon. Nice turns from the likes of Robert Davi, Chris Evans, James Franco and even David Schwimmer. First film of Ariel Vronen’s I’ve seen, very promising.