A medium rare horror that puts the vamp back into Vampires…
In a post-apocalyptic world over run with vampires, a hunter know only as ‘Mister’ takes in an orphaned teen and together they tread cross country looking for other survivors and dealing with dangerous forces along the way.
This film owes much to several other films, with [...]
Breaking Dawn, my Breaking point: how this went from tolerable teen vampire angst to bat sh*t crazy story telling…
I’ve always attempted to approach each Twilight film with an open mind, I know I’m not its target teen girl audience but I do my best to see the films for what they are. The first one [...]
Doesn’t get my vote…
The Ides of March is a political drama centring around the election of the Democratic Party candidate, which apparently is somewhat tense because puts said candidate within reaching distance of the Presidency(remember when it was Obama vs. Hillary Clinton?) George Clooney plays the straight talking messiah like politician, buoyed by 2 sharp [...]
Tilda Swinton stars as Eva, and the film recounts her life before and after her son going on a massacre at his high school.
The phrase ‘hard watching’ was invented for this type of film, which is particularly heavy and grim but also hugely engrossing and undeniably masterful. The twin performances of Tilda Swinton and [...]
Rock Your Body (clock)…
This sci fi action film is set in a future where humans don’t age past 25 remaining looking forever young but subsequently have to work to earn more years. So instead of finding money in your pay packet, you get an extra week of life added on. A ride on the bus [...]
When Harry Met Sally. Who then got Cancer. And died…
This mucky little misfire stars Kate Hudson as a sassy business woman high flying in her career with a thriving social life who is brought to her knees by a diagnosis of colon cancer. Over 90 minutes we see her embark on a charm free affair with [...]
Spielberg and Peter Jackson, a win win with Tin Tin?
Intrepid reporter Tin Tin finds himself caught up on a globetrotting adventure, covering sea sand and land, to discover the secret of the Unicorn alongside an unlikely ally, the drunken Captain Haddock.
This film left me in 2 minds; on the one hand I really enjoy [...]
Maybe she’s born a maid, maybe it’s Aibileen…
In 1960’s deep south America aspiring journalist Emma Stone decides to open up a can of worms by writing a tell all book about the abysmal treatment of the black ‘Help’ in her small town. Recruiting wise but damaged maid Aibileen and her sassy friend Minny, they set [...]
Take Kleenex to the Multiplex…
Contagion is a realistic portrayal of what would happen if a deadly new disease went endemic across the globe. Throughout the last decade the fear mongering press has regularly cried the end is nigh with the emergence of bird flu and swine flu. Each time chilling statistics have been bandied around [...]
Woody Allen’s Picture Perfect Paris Porn…
Owen Wilson stars as a Hollywood hack who pumps out popular but disposable film scripts, but secretly fantasises of penning a novel in Paris, in the 20’s, in the rain. His romantic musings aren’t shared by his constantly preoccupied girlfriend (Rachel McAdams) who is more intent on spending time with [...]