film review: Moon (2009)

August 2, 2009 // No Comment

Moon 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

film review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

July 27, 2009 // No Comment

It’s been said before but I’ll say it again, Harry Potter is a phenomenon, both literary and cinematic.

review: The Damned United (2009)

April 6, 2009 // No Comment

Ok… So I actually wrote most of this review last week but somehow it’s all been deleted, very upsetting. Oh well, better just get on with it. I like watching football, but I don’t know all that much about some of the history of it. All I knew about Brian Clough was that he once […]

review: Watchmen (2009)

March 7, 2009 // 1 Comment

I’ve been disgracefully lax of late. I’ve actually seen quite a few new films in the weeks since I reviewed My Bloody Valentine 3D. Well, new to me anyway. In case you’re interested they were… The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Notebook, The Devil Wears Prada, Bolt 3D, Anvil! The Story of Anvil […]

review: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

January 10, 2009 // 1 Comment

The standees in Movies@Dundrum describe Slumdog Millionaire as the “The feel-good film of the decade”… so from the get go I’m worried; I’m not usually into “feel-good” films. Add to that the buzz about this film from the US… There’s nothing wrong with good buzz… but about a “feel-good” film with no associated buzz about […]

review: The Spirit (2008)

January 3, 2009 // No Comment

I’d never really heard of The Spirit (the film or the comics) until I started seeing the tv ads about a week before it came out… I like the visual style and I’m interested in films of comic book stories but mostly what swung it was that it had Samuel L. Jackson in it. I’ll […]

review: Body of Lies (2008)

November 20, 2008 // 1 Comment

I was pleasantly surprised by Body of Lies. I really didn’t expect to like it, it’s just not my kind of film. I think I’ve mentioned before in the blog (actually just had a look and it was in the No Country For Old Men) – I like films that have to be a film. […]

review: Hunger (2008)

November 15, 2008 // No Comment

I didn’t grow up in Ireland during “the troubles“, I grew up in Asia but I am Irish… so I don’t what you’ll make of that but it’s just to put the review in a bit of context. I thought Hunger was an interesting film. I know very little about Bobby Sands, I know very […]

review: Quantum of Solace (2008)

October 31, 2008 // 2 Comments

In case you were wondering about the… odd title. Quantum of Solace takes it’s name from the title of a short story from a collection of James Bond stories called For Your Eyes Only written by Ian Fleming. So now you know. We’ll start at the start. It was great to see the familiar style […]

film review: Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

July 8, 2008 // No Comment

Don’t know where I’d heard of this film… I think it was probably when I was browsing through Leslie Bibb‘s filmography while doing the Iron Man review… Anyway wherever I heard of it, I thought it sounded interesting but I put it down as a film I’d never see – didn’t seem like the type […]