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The Films of 2011 – #9 The Woman

Clocking in at Number 9 is my “favourite” horror film of this year. To say I “enjoyed” it feels wrong when dealing with a film with subject matter as bleak and uncompromising as this.. Perhaps then I hated it but with great relish. Based on a novel by one of America’s darkest new voices (Jack [ READ MORE ]

The Films of 2011 – #10 Bunraku

I’m no doubt laying myself on the line here, but one year later, I still find myself conflicted about Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim Versus The World.” Whilst hailed from most quarters for its blipvert-style editing, its relentless torrent of pop culture references and all sorts of other technical marvels, for some reason it still just [ READ MORE ]

The Tree Of Life – film review

  • June 26th, 2011
  • Posted in Films

Terence Malick is one of the few film directors working today who is still regarded as an auteur, a visual lyricist, a unique voice unbound by commercial imperative or franchise potential. His seemingly glacial rate of productivity makes the 6 year gap since his last (The New World) his shortest to date. Not many directors [ READ MORE ]

Your Highness – movie review

  • April 13th, 2011
  • Posted in Films

    Fantasy film nerds of a certain age are pretty much guaranteed to enjoy this hilariously puerile exercise in big budget comedy. Much like director Gordon Green’s previous offering,Pineapple Express, Your Highness is a film which favours a particular form of herbal enhancement – whether you share a similar enthusiasm may be a deciding factor [ READ MORE ]

Source Code – movie review

  • March 31st, 2011
  • Posted in Films

Sophomore directing effort from Duncan “Zowie” Jones, Source Code sees a vastly bigger budget and a broader scope from the visionary that brought us sci-fan favourite Moon. Described by some as “12 Monkeys meets Groundhog Day,” the film is a high tech sci fi thriller wherein Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain) finds himself reliving [ READ MORE ]

Tron Legacy – movie review

  • December 4th, 2010
  • Posted in Films

Look, let’s get this out of the way. I’m a nerd.  Well, certainly a geek at least – I’m not entirely sure where the line is these days.  It only takes a cursory glance at this website to see I have a tragic infatuation with robots, sci-fi crap, and shiny shiny toys.  It’s not my [ READ MORE ]

Paranormal Activity 2 – film review

  • October 26th, 2010
  • Posted in Films

Do you like scary movies? Horror is a genre that has mutated and evolved over the years, and its nemeses have done likewise.  Seemingly each generation’s worst cinematic nightmare becomes camp harmless farce before long – Freddy Krueger haunted many a teenaged sleepless night but before a decade passed he was plastered over lunchboxes and [ READ MORE ]

The Secret of Kells – film review

  • February 6th, 2010
  • Posted in Films

When the Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature were announced, film fans around the globe were blindsided by the inclusion of one contender that barely anyone had heard of – “The Secret of Kells” had beaten multi-million dollar spinning Hollywood fare such as “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”, or even (feasibly) “Monsters vs Aliens” [ READ MORE ]

Planet Hulk – DVD review

  • January 25th, 2010
  • Posted in Films

The fruitful relationship between Marvel Animation studios and Lionsgate Home Entertainment continues with another direct-to-dvd movie, following in the footsteps of recent gems such as “Ultimate Avengers I & II”, and “The Invincible Iron Man”. The most recent of these releases was the “Hulk Vs.” dvd which saw animated re-enactments of two popular comic book [ READ MORE ]

Ninja Assassin – movie review

  • January 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Films

James McTeigue is a director who made his name as the assistant director on the “Matrix Trilogy”, and swiftly followed that work with a very capable adaptation of “V For Vendetta.” – V was a film that is oft maligned, but in all honesty is a far stronger piece of cinema than some quarters might [ READ MORE ]

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