March 17 10
Seen by many as a gap-filler until Greengrass and Damon make Bourne 4, this Iraq-set action-thriller lives up to expectations of being a clever, high-adrenaline picture that will only increase your hunger for Jason Bourne’s next outing. However, Green Zone doesn’t merely suffice as an in-between flick, it breaks through that ‘gap-filler’ label to stand [...]
March 17 10
Alice in Wonderland is a good movie; and that’s the problem – it was only good, not great. It’s mostly entertaining, but it’s not the great masterpiece that I (and many others) was hoping for. Once the movie finished I couldn’t help but feel a little let down. As you’ve probably heard, the visuals in [...]
February 24 10
There are many bad things about The Wolfman. Performances range from dry to laughable, the music simply doesn’t fit with the overall tone of the film and the script is a mess to say the least. After reading some reviews on IMDB I just don’t understand how anybody could take this movie seriously.
February 16 10
There have been many documentaries to hit the scene in the past few years that have impacted its audiences in one way or another. Some of become a cultural phenomenon and have hit home especially because it’s been things we have experienced either first handed or we ourselves deem them “important.” Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling for [...]
January 3 10
Like Peter Jackson and George Lucas, James Cameron raises the level of technical achievement in film making in every movie he makes, and Avatar is no exception. We have set before us a digital masterpiece of beauty and spectacle, where the technology has once again surprised us, but the beauty and imagination of the artists [...]
December 3 09
An Education, set in 1960s London, focuses on the life of a 16 year old school girl studying to get into Oxford University. Everything is ticking over nicely for young Jenny (the fantastic Carey Mulligan) until one days she meets the slick talking, sportscar driving David (Peter Sarsgaard) one rainy day after school. David charms [...]
October 22 09
When I saw the preview last month (still about 4 months after the US release), I knew this latest Pixar offering should really be seen in 3D for the best effect. However, upon watching, I feel that the best feature of this 5-star film is not really the 3D animation, it is the heart upon [...]
October 22 09
Paranormal Activity is one of those rare movies that stays with you long after it’s ended because the storytelling is so deftly handled. Very simple elements, almost bordering on clichés, are used in a way I can only describe as virtuoso. The sound of footsteps proceeding and receding, seeing a light turn on & off [...]
September 20 09
Well seeing as we are now in the backend of 2009 I thought I’d pull together a little list of the top 10 films I’m looking forward to in 2010. As you can probably they are a collection of the higher profile ones but they provide a little food for thought and will no doubt [...]
September 14 09
I went into the screening of this movie with really high hopes and was left slightly deflated. The film is clearly more upbeat that Mr Mendes’ last films (Revolutionary Road, Road to Perdition etc) I still found it a little tedious at times. When I watched the trailer I thought this was going to be [...]