A Prophet is not an easy film to watch. Kid goes to prison and gets involved in organized crime. Sounds kinda simple, but it can be hard work. For a start, the film is in French and subtitled, but the lead character speaks French, Arabic and later some bits of Corsican. Now if you are [...]
I wasn’t really sure I wanted to see The Book of Eli. A post-apocalyptic story with an religious angle didn’t strike me as being my bag, but the Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman factor swung it for me. It’s not as depressing as I thought it would be, and certainly not as preachy as it [...]
After tonight’s karate session I felt tired and wired at the same time, which is a bit of a weird combination, so I thought I would chill out by watching a film.
Daybreakers turns the normal vampire film on its head because the world is populated by vampires and humans are nearly extinct. I suppose it’s [...]
… you’re watching Aliens for the billionth time and you notice that as Van Leuwen says Ripley’s company number of NOC-14472, in the background on the monitor it’s listing her company number as NOC-14672.
Please help me…
Cheers
Tim…
In my opinion Avatar totally lives up to the hype. I saw it today and I was blown away.
The world they’ve created is great. The Na’vi are really cool. It’s very “Cowboys and Indians”, but who cares.
For me, the mark of a good action/fantasy film is that I want to come out of the cinema [...]
Having seen Twilight, I knew what I was letting myself in for when I went to see New Moon. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represents the worst film ever produced and 10 represents the best film ever produced, New Moon manages to sneak into the negative numbers. Yes it really is [...]
District 9 certainly wears its influences on its sleeve. It has the grittiness of Cloverfield, a touch of The Fly, a dab of Alien Nation and a big dose of social commentary about Apartheid. The poster gives the impression it’s going to be another Independence Day, but thankfully it’s not.
The film shows humans at their [...]
This week I caught up on a couple of films…
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – I’ve seen all I want to see of Hugh Jackman. When I saw the first X-Men film he was by far the coolest character. Now he just bores me. Even so, this was a pretty cool film. Mostly because of the other [...]
Forgot to mention, I went to see Star Trek the other day. It wasn’t too bad. The bad guy was pretty lame and there were some definite child-friendly moments, but on the whole an enjoyable action film.
It’s quite funny seeing the development of the characters, and it’s different enough to give your average Trekkie the [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still was quite good, although this may just be in comparison to Twilight, which I had seen earlier today. Keanu Reeves was a good fit for the alien, a part that utilised his wooden acting skills to the max. It’s a remake of the 1951 film by the same name. [...]