film review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

December 27, 2013 // 3 Comments

Ben Stiller shows his serious side once again in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on a 1939 short story of the same name by John Thurber.

film review: Cloud Atlas (2013)

March 10, 2013 // No Comment

If 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…

film review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

December 30, 2012 // 1 Comment

It was over a year ago that they started releasing production videos from the set of The Hobbit. I was highly excited by the prospect of a Hobbit film back then… but then a lot of things can change in a year.

film review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

November 17, 2012 // 1 Comment

It’s taken 4 years and 5 films but you know what? They finally made a Twilight film that’s genuinely decent. Yes that’s right folks…

film review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

July 18, 2012 // 3 Comments

There’s a lot to be said for knowing that this is the end. Too often blockbuster films are constructed to lead you down a merry path… right up to the point where they turn around, look you in the eye and say “Sequel? Maybe?”. We’ve all known from the start that this would be the […]

film review: Dark Shadows (2012)

May 22, 2012 // No Comment

It’s a testament to his prior work that I still call myself a Tim Burton fan. It’s been almost 10 years since he’s made a film that I can really say I liked. There have been films that were tolerable… films that were ok… but nothing actually… good.

film review: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

February 17, 2012 // No Comment

Finally, someone gave Neveldine & Taylor a real budget. Not that they need one, they seem to do a fine job with what they have. Crank and Crank: High Voltage are two of some of my favourite films of the last 10 years.

film review: Underworld: Awakening (2012)

January 22, 2012 // No Comment

Kate Beckinsale is back in her PVC catsuit, corset and leather jacket for the fourth installment of the Underworld series, Underworld: Awakening. Actually, I didn’t know she had gone, I checked out of this franchise after the first film. Not that I’d hated it or anything. As far as I recall. I think it was […]

film review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – part 1

November 21, 2011 // 2 Comments

My unplanned and unexpected fall into all things Twilight continues. Somehow I found myself at a midnight screening of the latest installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – part 1. I still don’t know how it happened but it did. Of course, as I had mentioned in the post with clips and trailers of Breaking […]

film review: Sucker Punch (2011)

April 4, 2011 // No Comment

You remember when I said the trailer for Sucker Punch had everything but the kitchen sink in it? Yeah. Turns out the kitchen sink was sense. This was not as phenomenal a mess as The Spirit but it did have a few extra touches of outlandishness that only Zack Snyder is brave enough to throw […]