***This review contains spoilers, but nothing that isn't shown in the trailer. If you want to go in knowing nothing, stop reading now.***
Denzel Washington rarely disappoints, and his role in Flight is one of his most interesting performances in years. Unlike many of his roles, this one casts doubts about whether Washington's character...
I was very excited about see'ing this film, the build up was great, i did enjoy the film immensly.
I would say its in line with the Bournes and modern action films, as in we lost the traditional bond gadgets and a lot of the old school bond ideals - such as the womanising and sexism.
Continuing with the reboot of Casino Royal, modern, ...
What happens when you take one of the best writers from ‘The Simpsons’, combine him with one of the most creative animation studios in Hollywood, and give them some of the best working comedians today? You come up with one of the most brilliant, fun, and hugely heartfelt movies to come out of Disney Animation Studios in quite some time, ‘Wreck-It R...
The Good: Mary Elizabeth Winstead like you've never seen her before. She conveys a surprisingly wide range of emotions and merits recognition for her revelatory performance come awards season. Nick Offerman is hilarious. Favorite scene is the one with Winstead and Offerman in a car (which left the crowd ...
The Good: Filled with tons of ingenious ideas. Tight script. Gorgeous animation. Impressive world-building. Perfect voice casting, most notably Sarah Silverman. Funny video game references. And that (award-worthy) animated short, Paperman... Just wow. One of the best Disney shorts ever. It's like a ro...
Lawrence Of Arabia - 4K Restoration Cinema Re-Release
Review by Jay Platt
Lawrence of Arabia is one of those films that I had always heard so
much about and one that I had been meaning to see for quite a while. I
remember when I was younger my Dad had a framed photo hung up in the
lounge room of Peter O'...
The key word that will be thrown around when discussing Cloud Atlas will be "ambition". By its very nature, "ambition" ends in either overwhelming success or overwhelming failure, and Cloud Atlas will definitly be viewed as one or the other depending on who's being asked. One thing is agreeable, however, is that "ambition" is a rare thing to find i...
As the first single-world title since Goldeneye, the only Bond to retain the same actor after a four year long gap, and the representation of the 50th anniversary of MGM's flagship franchise...does Skyfall deliver, or does Adele let it crumble? It has a LOT (and I mean a helluva lot) to make up for after the horrendous Quantum of Solace.
I saw this yesterday, and while I thought it had good production qualities, it seemed like Taken all over again, same script, same movie, just with a #2 added to the title. Yes, both wife and daughter were in it more...but, really, fathers and sons and brothers coming after the family for revenge? The words spoken by Liam nea...
When you have a Highend surround system of over 30.000 euro ike I have this Bluray is a big party. The stage is very deep. The low freq. are very tight and detailed as well. I was really surprised that a recording of a concert of 1968 is this good. The image is even better than I would dream of. Blacks are very deep black, colour is very good. Some...
Get The Gringo brings Mel Gibson back to what he does best, rough action mixed with an endless amount of wit.
Director Adrian Grundberg, a frequent collaborator of Gibson's, is in his first directing roll and also helped write the film along with Stacy Perskie and Gibson himself.
I like this movie a lot. There are obviously some issues I have with it though.
For starters, the only thing (surprisingly) that doesn't work in this movie is the humor and jokes. Everything falls completely flat in terms of it actually working, (or what you showbiz peeps call: "click").
Too true to be real, Argo is the mesmerizing true life story of one of the most improbably strange rescue operations in CIA history. The events were deemed classified at the time, but now that time has passed director Ben Affleck can provide his own take on it.
Argo really is a breath of fresh air. It does what you expect it to do with...
Every once in a while, a film is created by a visionary director at the top of his game, with memorable performances from some of the best actors working today, resulting in a cohesive, moving and powerful story that fully resonates with me.
This is not one of those times.
The Master is populated by unlikable characters wh...
I've been waiting for the release of Seven Psychopaths ever since I learned that Martin McDonagh was writing and directing. If you have seen In Bruges, you'll know that McDonagh has a dark sense of humor, not too far removed from something Quentin Tarantino might be involved with.
Does Seven Psychopaths match the brilliance of In Bruge...
The Good: Exceptional cast. Exceptional direction by Affleck (who's now a perfect 3-for-3). Great writing; a perfect balance of suspense, laughs, and drama. Yet another beautiful score by Desplat. Replicates the look and feel of late 70s/early 80s thrillers rather well. The climax is just sheer cinema...
Oh this is so bad it is almost amusing. It features no real plot, no writing, pitiful special effects and hand held camera work that confuses distortion with realistic. I cannot believe the positive reviews this bomb has received. If this represents the pinnacle of modern film making, I am glad to have such an extensive collection from the old scho...
I knew nothing about Taken when it was released in 2008, but it proved to be one of the best action movies I had ever seen. There was just enough information about the characters to care about them, and the action was intense and rather elegant.
That shouldn't surprise me because Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen wrote the script. Besso...
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERY CRITIC IN THE COUNTRY (except Roger Ebert) HATES THIS MOVIE!!!!. Taken 2 was
friggin awesome.
Not only was it a lot better than the first one in many ways, it did what every great sequel does. Expanded the
relationships and complexity of the characters, did something different than the first one and...
Great movie - thoroughly enjoyed it! I've been aware of the 2000AD stuff for quite some time - but I never really got into the Dredd comics - however, watching it with a buddy that didnt know anything about the world of Dredd - he seriously had a good time.
Seems like most of this movie was shot in South Africa - my country! Allbeit in Cape T...
Many have been eagerly anticipating Rian Johnson's followup to 2008's 'The Brothers Bloom' for quite some
time now. It feels like it's been at least two years since word first broke of this film entering development, with
many hints, set pictures, and interviews trying to get the fans excited for his newest film. Expectations have
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By the movie trailer, I thought I knew what to expect from Looper. I thought it would be a semi-mindless sci-fi action movie with little character development and a weak plot. Boy was I wrong.
Looper does have action, it is a futuristic sci-fi movie, yet it is also deep. There is a lot of character development and you really thirst for...
Dreadful cartoon, strictly for the most bored small children. What little story is there is weighed down by so many mis-fired gags it's almost appalling. There is zero character, much less development, not that director Tartakovsky is known for either strong character OR storytelling. But visuals don't make a good film, no matter how polished. ...
6.5/10
Firstly this was not quite as enjoyable as the first movie but if you were a fan of the original you will enjoy this for the most part. Van Damn as the villain should have been better but in ways I feel the villain in the first outing was more intriguing. I'm not the biggest fan of Eric Roberts but he was effective. VanDamn was underus...
7.5/10
A fine reboot which will thankfully remove all memory of the dreadful original starring Stalone. This is the Dredd fans of the graphic novels want and deserve. It's light on narrative and character development but it does translate the graphic novel accurately to the silver screen. Hopefully it makes enough money at the box office to w...
