Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince dir. by David Yates
Told you all I’d be back. You didn’t believe me did you, but look, here I am posting a film review, just like old times. Only it seems that my reviewing...
22 July 2009
Watchmen by Alan Moore dir. by Zack Snyder
Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore & illus. Dave Gibbons Don’t you just love it when you turn up to watch a crappy film[1] and then get to see...
5 March 2009
The Reader [based on the book by] by Bernhard Schlink dir. by Stephen Daldry
based on book, Der Vorleser. In Germany, 1958, Michael Berg is feeling unwell. He wanders through the streets for a while before almost collapsing in the entrance to an apartment block....
10 January 2009
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D dir. by Michael Weiss
IMDb ; Other reviews If you are looking for a mindless fun flick then this is one for you. I can’t imagine anyone going in to see Journey to the Center...
12 July 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
There Will Be Blood dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson
It is hard to know how to describe this film. It is more of a character study than a story. Of course there is some plot, an oilman and his desire to suceed, but the story isn’t too important. What is important is the character of Daniel Plainview, as played by Oscar winning Daniel Day-Lewis.
The opening scenes show just how driven Daniel is. We watch him, working on his own, in a mine. No dialogue at all for around 15 minutes, just this man in a hole, digging, dynamiting up the earth, falling down the hole, injured and yet still having the drive to pull himself out of that hole and struggle back into town to get his bit of dirt evaluated.
7 March 2008
Jumper [based on the book] by Steven Gould dir. by Doug Liman
David Rice used to be your average chump. His word, not mine. But then he discovered that he could jump; transport himself instantly from one place to another. And suddenly his...
19 February 2008
The Kite Runner dir. by Marc Forster
based on book by Khaled Hosseini I haven’t read the book this film is based on so I can’t comment on how well the story makes the translation from one medium...
5 February 2008
I am legend [based on the book] by Richard Matheson dir. by Francis Lawrence
After the end of the world as we know it Robert Neville lives in New York. All alone apart from his dog, Sam, he drives around hunting deer, chatting to mannequins and going through the stock of a local video store. He also makes sure to be home and locked away by the time night comes. Because at night the rest of the survivors come out. And they aren’t so friendly.
19 January 2008
The Golden Compass [based on the book] by Philip Pullman dir. by Chris Weitz
I read, and really enjoyed, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials a while back, so I was really looking forward to this film, the first of three. Unfortunately it just isn’t very...
9 December 2007
Stardust [based on the book] by Neil Gaiman dir. by Matthew Vaughn
I read this book a while ago and really enjoyed it, so I wasn’t too sure if I’d enjoy the film. You know the way they always change stuff. But I...
6 November 2007
Daywatch [based on the book] by Sergei Lukyanenko dir. by Timur Bekmambetov
This film starts off pretty much exactly where Nightwatch finished up, there is a quick voice over recap and then we are into the action, with Anton having just lost his son to the Dark Others, Zavulon in particular. Svetlana is now in training with Anton; he spends much of his time hiding how he feels about her while she tries to show him how she feels. Of course dating the trainee is a big no-no according to Geser, especially one that will probably be such a Great Light Other.
10 October 2007
Recent Comments