Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Pan’s People (you have to be a certain age to get this gag…sheesh)

I'm a little late with this so forgive me but I felt it imperative to correct some wrong in the world. I recently explained my utter dislike of Babel which I wont do again but it's enough to say it's as miserly a piece of cinema as you're likely to see. SO to restore some [...]

Crank It Up To 11

"My name is Chev Chelios, and today is the day I die"
Now this gem is out on DVD I thought it got the fair hearing it deserves. It’s a bit hard to know where to start with ‘Crank’ as I’m not sure I’ve ever really seen a film quite like it, but the formula seems [...]

You know what Amin?

Aside from ‘The Last King of Scotland’ the only other Kevin Macdonald film I’ve seen is ‘Touching The Void’, an entertaining, and at times hilarious, film about a pretty horrific subject, namely a climbing disaster and the life and death consequences of it. In many ways ‘The Last King Of Scotland’ is similar. The bloody [...]

Review: Black Book

Paul Verhoeven is an odd guy, I'm not totally sure how he's perceived in Hollywood but I'm sure to most people he's the Dutch guy that makes big-screen soft core porn movies. Verhoeven's Hollywood career has been chequered, with most of his films wavering  between the aforementioned porn and intensely violent action films with a [...]

Hot Fuzz: First Impressions

Last night I was lucky enough to see one of the first full screenings of Hot Fuzz. While I'm going to write a proper review nearer the release date (16th Feb in the UK, 13th of April in the US), but it's fresh in my mind and I need to write down what I thought [...]

Review: The Host (Plus US Poster and Redband trailer)

Before I go any further, I have to say I just don't see what all the fuss is about… I watched The Host and it got a big fat "Meh" from me. I'm big onto my monster flicks, and love Korean cinema, but I couldn't help but feel totally let down by the movie. I [...]

Review: Pan’s Labyrinth

I've been waiting for this one for a while now. I had a feeling it was going to shake up my top three movies of the year, and boy was I in for a treat. It's a wonderful and truly amazing work. I found myself utterly gobsmacked staring at the fantastic looking Digital Projection (oh [...]