Mirrormask dir. by Dave McKean
I’ll admit to being a Neil Gaiman fan, so I’ve been waiting for this film for quite a while, and although I try not read reviews of films I haven’t seen,...
5 March 2006
Aeon Flux dir. by Karyn Kusama
Yes I did know that this wasn’t supposed to be very good. I decided to go see it anyway. I figured that maybe it’d have a crap storyline but be cool...
1 March 2006
Life on Mars – season 1 dir. by Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan
I’m not really sure why I started watching this show. The trailers made it look very poor. Some crap cop police show, only with time travel thrown in. I was half...
27 February 2006
Good Night, and Good Luck dir. by George Clooney
It is the 1950’s, and McCarthyism is rife in America as the hunt for reds under bed trundles on. In CBS Ed McMurrow begins to highlight McCarthy’s scare tactics and methods...
25 February 2006
Anchorman dir. by Adam McKay
The Legend of Ron Burgandy Who knew the history of news readers had so much bloodshed and conflict? If you like this type of film (Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball) then you’ll love...
24 February 2006
Casanova dir. by Lasse Hallström
This is a terrible film. Terrible. And the really annoying thing is that it has virtually no redeeming qualities. Yes Heath can be nice to look at, but his “phwoar” manner...
22 February 2006
Munich dir. by Steven Spielberg
Based on the events that followed the terrorist attack on the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, this film has a lot of political baggage. There are those who see it as...
12 February 2006
Walk The Line dir. by James Mangold
Almost everyone has heard of Johnny Cash. The “Man in Black” is famous for songs like Ring of Fire, Walk The Line, Don’t take your guns to town, I could go...
10 February 2006
Jarhead [based on book] by Anthony Swofford dir. by Sam Mendes
Jarhead is the story of one young Marine as he goes through training and then into Iraq during the early 90’s. It isn’t an overtly political film, although Kruger has a...
4 February 2006
The Skeleton Key dir. by Iain Softley
This is supposed to be a horror film, but the only thing horrifing is how bad the film is. Set in the South of America, The Skeleton Key tells the story...
4 February 2006
Memoirs of a Geisha [based on book] by Arthur Golden dir. by Rob Marshall
In short, this is a film that is pretty to look at, but boring to watch. Okay, I’ll say a bit more about it: Memoirs of a Geisha has been somewhat...
3 February 2006
Underworld: Evolution dir. by Len Wiseman
I’ll admit to being a fan of the first Underworld film. Not that it was a great film or anything, but it had style and an interesting premise. Although the execution...
24 January 2006