Article Archive for January 2009
Sharon Stone continues to misbehave as Catherine Tramell; this time in London. After a brief orgasmic car crash, the film threatens to fall into the sequel trap of dissecting and …
The Pursuit of Happiness is a depressing remake of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful. Not that tears didn’t flow in that film as well, but the tragic error made here …
Shot in the style of Man on Fire, Deja Vu is sci-fi that doesn?t treat itself as such. Instead this is a flawlessly scripted, intelligent detective story. Denzel Washington plays …
Stephen Frears, most notably the director of Dangerous Liaisons and High Fidelity, is no slouch when it comes to putting together a great film. However, one cannot help but ask …
I was dragged kicking and screaming to this film by my wife, constantly muttering ‘Chick-flick city’. To my astonishment I enjoyed it very much. I laughed and cried through out …
Director Amnon Buchbinder’s describes the making of Whole New Thing as a challenge ‘to spin the flax into gold’: a draft script in two weeks, five days of pre-production, fifteen …
The fifth instalment of the adventures of Harry Potter quickly proves that the series has successfully traversed the divide from children’s movie to adult drama. Not that I would have …
One of Japan’s biggest actors / writers / directors / producers / megalords, Takeshi Kitano, reboots a famous 1970s sword fighting blind masseuse in his 2003 film, Zatoichi. Zatoichi travels …
As the top Australian film in 2004 reaping a measly $4.8 million from Australian cinema audiences, Strange Bedfellows presents not only an interesting shift in audience reception to gay themes, …
There’s something about Will Smith movies that I like. It’s either the Action or the Acting. I loveeeed Ali. The Acting was amazing — it’s a shame I fell asleep …
The first in 2 planned direct to DVD movies being released this year based on the Stargate: SG1 series, Stargate: The Ark of Truth concludes the Ori storyline which commenced …
The Devil Wears Prada is a ‘paint by numbers’ comedy of self-discovery with some extraordinary performances elevating it to something more than it might have been. Simply having Meryl Streep …
I saw the trailer for this film and thought is looked like a hyped up version of DOA (starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan). ‘Super jacked up to the max’, …
Interesting cinema. I really enjoyed watching the show, but afterwards reflecting on the film was quite disturbed by it. It is impossible not to be engaged by the fantastic action …
Fox Searchlight’s production of its latest film Juno has received much acclaim ever since it was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, which is unfortunate. Don’t get me …
Iron Man is the latest instalment of Hollywood’s rediscovery of comic book heroes. With the fans, characterisation and storyboarding already there, it’s not surprising that every comic book hero, no …


