film review: Cloud Atlas (2013)
No CommentIf you’ve read my Cloud Atlas clips and trailers post, you’ll already know why I had high hopes for this. Well, not high hopes exactly, but why I was eagerly anticipting its release…
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film review: A Serbian Film (2010)
No CommentIf you haven’t heard of A Serbian Film by now then… you probably don’t want to. Just, you know, go and look at another review. Might I suggest this one perhaps? Ok, ok, I’ll tell you what it is. A Serbian Film is probably the most notorious film you’ve never heard of. Well actually, you […]
morefilm review: Piranha 3D (2010)
4 CommentsBouncing boobs and buckets of blood… … that’s right, Piranha 3D is most definitely, and unashamedly… … a B movie. Then again, what were you expecting from a film about prehistoric killer fish? Truth be told, there isn’t much to be said about Piranha 3D. It’s pretty much exactly what they promised. Between the fake […]
morefilm review: Kick-Ass (2010)
1 CommentI’d be extremely surprised if you haven’t heard of Kick-Ass at this stage. It seems to be everywhere I look, online and offline. Granted I hang around movies websites and cinemas a lot but I even saw the titular Kick-Ass peering at me from the window of a French Connection store this afternoon – what’s […]
morefilm review: Paranormal Activity (2009)
2 CommentsWell technically Paranormal Activity came out in 2007 but it only got a cinema release in 2009, so (2009) it is. Not that it matters but anyway… better get on with this. The force is strong with this one. Umm… the Paramount marketing force that is. This is apparently now the most profitable movie of […]
morefilm review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009)
No CommentLooking over Terry Gilliam‘s filmography on IMDb, I notice that I’ve actually seen 9 of his 14 films… so you’d think I’d have an idea by now of what to expect. But the fact is that you just can’t know what to expect with him. Except that it’s going to be odd. The Imaginarium of […]
morefilm review: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
6 CommentsThere’s only really two directors that I would say I’m a big fan of, Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson, in case you were wondering… but I do admire the films of Quentin Tarantino. They’re always so stylish, so cool. I met him briefly once at a signing in HMV Dublin and he was just as […]
morefilm review: Moon (2009)
No CommentMoon is a sci-fi film conceived and directed by Duncan Jones. It stars Sam Rockwell as the sole inhabitant of a moon base that serves as the operational centre
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film review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
No CommentIt’s been said before but I’ll say it again, Harry Potter is a phenomenon, both literary and cinematic.
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film review: Crank: High Voltage (2009)
No CommentAfter watching Crank the other week, I was really looking forward to Crank: High Voltage.
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