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One Shot Review - MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (MA15+)  Challenging and aggressively captivating throughout, Mad Max: Fury Road will come to be regarded as a modern masterpiece of action filmmaking.  While Fury Road is simply one protracted, adrenalin-guzzling chase sequence that cannot and will not ever let up, it never gets ahead of itself. Exploring an exciting new tangent of the Mad Max myth, Fury Road sees post-apocalyptic nomad Max (Thomas Hardy, ably replacing Mel Gibson) join forces with female freedom fighter Furiosa (a stunning Charlize Theron) on a devastating journey across the baddest badlands imaginable. Where Fury Road is destined to truly leave a massive mark is with its astonishing visual composition. The contents of every frame - from the mind-boggling camera placements to the breathtaking (and reputedly CGI-free) stunt choreography - contributes to what becomes a sustained assault upon the senses. The viewer is strapped into this throttling thrill-ride from the get-go. Once everything begins barreling forward at ever-increasing speed, there can be no turning back. A directorial triumph for veteran filmmaker George Miller. ***** #OneShotReview #madmaxfuryroad #madmax #tomhardy #charlizetheron #maxrockatansky #furiosa

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One Shot Review - KURT COBAIN : MONTAGE OF HECK. Just months after the release of their 1991 album Nevermind - a supersonically anthemic cry of pain that instantly sold millions - Nirvana was the biggest band on the planet. What's more, Nirvana's enigmatic singer-songwriter, 24-year-old Kurt Cobain, was unanimously hailed as "the voice of a generation." The fact that Cobain refused to play the publicity game - remaining aggressively silent on the meaning of his songs - did nothing to shrug off a tag he clearly loathed. Kurt Cobain died by his own hand at age 27. While Cobain's short life and extensive body of work has been examined on film and TV many times, this epic new documentary achieves a definitive portrait of the man, his music, and most importantly of all, his art. Filmmaker Brett Morgen has been granted unprecedented access to Cobain's immense personal archives, and uses these largely unseen materials (which include 4000 pages of notes and sketches, and more than 100 hours of home movies and performance footage) to mesmerising and revealing effect. #kurtcobain #montageofheck #brettmorgen #nirvana #courtneylove #nevermind #OneShotReview