Monsters dir. by Gareth Edwards
Six years ago NASA launched a probe to investigate the possibility of life in outer space, but upon re-entry the probe broke up. The samples ended up landing on earth. Now...
23 December 2010
Clash of the Titans by S.P. Somtrow dir. by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Lasse Hallström, Louis Leterrier, Peter Weiland
The film opens at sea, in a storm. A fisherman hauls in an ornate box and after prising it open finds a baby boy and his dead mother. He and his wife raise this child as their own, loving him just as much as their flesh and blood daughter, whom they bear some years later. We know this because Pete Postlethwaite tells us so. This boy, Perseus, does not know it, but he is a demi-god, the son of Zeus himself. And he is about to get caught up in a conflict between humanity and the Gods of Ancient Greece.
9 April 2010
The lovely bones [based on the book] by Alice Sebold dir. by Peter Jackson
I read the book this was based on a long time ago. So long ago that I don’t really remember the details. But I do remember thinking that it wasn’t the most film-friendly of novels when I heard that it was to be adapted. But of course neither was The Lord of the Rings and look how well Jackson et al did there. This, however, is a very different kettle of fish from LOTR
8 March 2010
The Wolfman dir. by Joe Johnston
I really did want to enjoy this film. It is a werewolf film after all, and I am a fan, plus Benicio Del Toro has something about him that I usually enjoy. Unfortunately there is very little by way of storyline in this film. And even less of characters. I mean, why make a film about a character no one cares about? When your central character leaves me meh-d out, well, your film really isn’t going to grab my attention now is it?
15 February 2010
Elegy dir. by Isabel Coixet
IMDb ; OtherReviews David Kepesh, sometime narrator of this film, is an ageing lecturer. Or an ageing Tom Cat, going from woman to woman in order to maintain his independence. And...
13 September 2008
The Incredible Hulk dir. by Louis Leterrier
IMdb ; Other reviews I’m one of the few who seem to have liked Ang Lee’s version of the Hulk, but I seem to be in agreement with most of the...
17 June 2008
Van Helsing dir. by Stephen Sommers
After seeing the trailer for this film for what seems like years (I’m talking to you to bloody day after tomorrow trailer that just won’t go away), I figured I knew...
7 May 2004
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