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Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
 The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he soon realizes that it is...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
 Police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is transferred to a rural village. On arrival, Angel teams up with the oaf-like PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) and together they investigate a series of mysterious murders, all of which are classed as 'acci...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
 Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
 They grew up together in the suburbs of LA, living their own version of the American dream, with every day a blur of partying and looking for the next thrill. Johnny (Emile Hirsch, Lords of Dogtown) is the leader in their sordid world of drugs, greed...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
 Dave Corkery
When Steven Soderbergh announced that he was making a second sequel to Ocean’s 11, film-fans everywhere gave each other confused looks. Why was this great director further burying himself under the dirt of sequel-crud? Wasn’t one unnecessary, superflop sequel enough for the superstar cast and director? But no, they just couldn’t get enough of each other and now here we are with Ocean’s 13. But luckily for them, it’s a return to form for Steve and the crew.
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
 Now in his third adventure, the beloved green ogre who yearns for his filthy swamp and despises fairy-tale figures seems slightly fatigued, missing many occasions to generate what made its two predecessors so refreshing and hilarious. (more…)
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
 Ong Bak is one of my favorite martial arts movies. Although Tony Jaa was the film’s main attraction, the story was pretty decent as well, and so was the direction. Fight choreography can make or break a martial arts movie, and in the case of Ong Bak it was simply spectacular. Honour of the Dragon (Tom yum goong) was made by the same team and also features Tony Jaa. Too bad its not quite as good.
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Saturday, May 26th, 2007
 In 2003, I tentatively bought a cinema ticket for a Disney pirate film based on a theme-park ride which had never failed to underwhelm me as a child. I was sceptical to say the least. Not to mention that the last pirate film I’d seen had Geena Davis in it and was… shite. I was never so glad to have been proven wrong. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl was pure, popcorn munching blockbuster gold and it was everything that a good summer movie should be.
And now we’re on sequel number 2 and that summer of 2003 is starting to look as golden as the summer of 78 must look to hippies and Bryan Adams. At World’s End is plagued by similar problems to Dead Man’s Chest. Orlando Bloom is again at his hammiest, but is amazingly outdone by Keira Knightley’s pathetic performance as the ‘babe with attitude.’ She’s neither convincing as a babe, nor a pirate, leaving her to merely float through the film in an unfortunately beefed-up role.
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
 From supporting roles in Oliver Stone’s “Platoon” and the various films with Tim Burton, Johnny Depp has always proven himself a good actor, but without a doubt, the Pirates franchise has launched him into superstar status. It is rather sad then, to see that Depp appears to be out of energy for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End , the third entry into the franchise, which filmed back to back with last year’s Dead Man’s Chest. There are points in this film where something supernatural has to happen because it is a requirement, and that’s alright, so long as the film itself is a stack of fun. World’s End only gets mildly fun in the last half hour of two and a half hours, with the energy coming not from Depp or Orlando Bloom, but from Geoffery Rush and Keira Knightley, the latter who not only has nice costume changes but also gets more of the swashbuckling action than most of the guys. (more…)
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
 Some political films are naturally provocative, like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Death of a President, however, is unnaturally provocative, where every frame of film feels forced. Sure, curiosity peaks when a film fictionalizes the assassination of President Bush. Yet after five minutes into this film, curious viewers will realize that the whole thing is a publicity stunt and nothing more. The greatest sin that Death of a President makes, isn’t the distasteful content, but how painfully boring it is. (more…)
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