Daybreakers
Sat, 13/02/10 – 10:42 | No Comment

As usual, I’ll keep this Daybreakers review spoiler free at the start. I’ll warn you before I spoil anything.  So last night I went with Cat and Rob to see …

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Basic Instinct 2
Monday, 12 Jan, 2009 – 3:25 | No Comment
Basic Instinct 2

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 …

Pursuit of Happyness
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 20:48 | No Comment
Pursuit of Happyness

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 …

Deja Vu
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 5:30 | No Comment
Deja Vu

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 …

The Queen
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 5:24 | No Comment
The Queen

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 …

Music and Lyrics
Wednesday, 7 Jan, 2009 – 5:18 | No Comment
Music and Lyrics

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 …

Whole New Thing: Spinning the Flax
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 23:04 | No Comment
Whole New Thing: Spinning the Flax

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 …

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 23:00 | No Comment
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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 …

Zatoichi
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 19:06 | No Comment
Zatoichi

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 …

Strange Bedfellows: The Faux-Mo Choice
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 8:30 | No Comment
Strange Bedfellows: The Faux-Mo Choice

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, …

I Am Legend
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 7:46 | One Comment
I Am Legend

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 …

Ark of Truth
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 7:39 | No Comment
Ark of Truth

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
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 7:32 | No Comment
The Devil Wears Prada

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 …

Crank
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 7:23 | No Comment
Crank

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’, …

Casino Royale
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 7:17 | No Comment
Casino Royale

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 …

Juno
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 6:37 | No Comment
Juno

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
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 6:27 | No Comment
Iron Man

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 …