stylish
Blood and Chocolate
Dir: Katja von Garnier
Writ: Ehren Kruger, Christopher Landon; original novel by Annette Curtis Klause
Agnes Bruckner – Vivian
Hugh Dancy – Aiden
Olivier Martinez – Gabriel
Katja Riemann – Astrid
Bryan Dick – Rafe
From the people who brought us Underworld so I hope you are not expecting the best film in the world here? To be honest this film does [...]
Tagged: 5 Stars, Agnes Brucknew, Annetter Curtis Klause, based on book, Blood and Chocolate, Bryan Cick, Christopher Landon, Ehren Kruger, horror, Hugh Cancy, Katja Riemann, Katja von Garnier, loup-garoux, meh, Olivier Martinez, romance, Romeo and Juliet, sff, stylish, werewolves
Angel-A
Dir & Writ: Luc Besson
Jamel Debbouze РAndr̩
Rie Rasmussen – Angel-A
Don’t you just hate when a film you’ve been enjoying falls to pieces in the final third?
Angel-A starts off well. We meet André as he tries to talk his way out of debt, on a few occasions. None of his smooth talking seems to go [...]
Tagged: 6 Stars, Angel-A, angels, French, good premise, Jamel Debbouze, Luc Besson, overblown, Rie Rasmussen, romance, sff, stylish, subtitled, underwritten, weak ending
Winter Rose
Author: Patricia McKillip
ISBN: 1904233074
DDC: 813.54
Winner of the World Fantasy Award
They said later that he rode into the village on a horse the color of buttermilk, but I saw him walk out of the wood
Rois has always been a little fey; wandering the woods barefoot while her sister and father work at home. Her mother [...]
Tagged: 7 Stars, 813.54, faerie, family curse, first person narrator, Patricia A. McKillip, retelling fairy tales, sff, stylish, Winter Rose
Chronicles of Riddick
Dir & Writ: David Twohy
Writ: Jim Wheat & Ken Wheat
Vin Diesel – Riddick
Colm Feore – Lord Marshal
Thandie Newton – Dame Vaako
Judi Dench – Aereon
Karl Urban – Vaako
Alexa Davalos – Kyra
I’m a big fan of Pitch Black, that low budget horror in space. And I used to be a big fan of Vin Diesel’s [...]
Tagged: 6 Stars, Alexa Davalos, average, Chronicles of Riddick, clichéd, Colm Feore, David Twohy, Jim Wheat, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Ken Wheat, Riddick, sequel, sff, style over substance, stylish, Thandie Newton, Vin Diesel
Silent Hill
Dir: Christophe Gans
Writ: Roger Avery, Nicolas Boukhrief, Christophe Gans
Starring:
Radha Mitchell – Rose Da Silva
Sean Bean – Christopher Da Silva
Jodelle Ferland – Sharon/Alessa
Laurie Holden – Cybil Bennett
Deborah Kara Unger – Dahlia Gillespie
Kim Coates – Officer Thomas Gucci
The phrase, based on a computer game don’t really inspire much confidence do they? And I’ve never played Silent Hill, [...]
Tagged: 6 Stars, atmospheric, based on game, Christophe Gans, creppy, Deborah Kara Unger, flat, horror, Jodelle Ferland, Kim Coates, Laurie Holden, Nicolas Boukhrief, plotless, Radha Mitchell, Roger Avery, Sean Bean, Silent Hill, sleep-walking, sound effects, stylish
Mirrormask
Stephanie Leonidas – Helena
Gina McKee – Joanne
Rob Brydon – Helena’s Father/Prime Minister
Jason Barry – Valentine
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, I had read a few negative remarks about this film.
However, [...]
Tagged: 9 Stars, Dave McKean, Gina McKee, Jason Barry, looks pretty, Mirrormask, Neil Gaiman, Rob Brydon, sff, Stephanie Leonidas, stylish
Brotherhood of the Wolf
dir.Christophe Gans
* Samuel Le Bihan – Gregoire de Fronsac
* Mark Dacascos – Mani
* Jeremie Renier – Thomas D’Apcher
* Vincent Cassel – J.Francois de Morangias
* Emilie Dequenne – Marianne de Morangias
* Monica [...]
Tagged: 10 Stars, action, Christophe Gans, Emilie Dequenne, excellent film, France, Jeremie Renier, Mark Dacascos, Monica Bellucci, Samuel Le Bihan, sff, stylish, Vincent Cassel, werewolves
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