Film/DVD Review

‘A Better Life’ is the heartfelt story of a gardener living with his American born son in Los Angeles. Despite his illegal status, Carlos (Demian Bichir) dreams of giving the teenage boy, played by José Julián, better opportunities than he ever had. Directed By Chris Weitz (About A Boy), the film beautifully shows the generational struggle [...]

Directed by James Wan Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey. Lin Shaye Cert: 16 Running Time: 102mins Directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell, Insidious is based around the Lamberts, a happy all American family who are moving into a new house, until their son becomes ill for no apparent reason. trapped [...]

Directed by: David Gordon Green Cast: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel Duration: 102 minutes Cert: 16 Opens April 13th 2011 Set the scene.. Two Princes, Fabious and Thadeous. Fabious (Franco) is a dashing hero, who goes on quests to keep his fathers kingdom safe. The stuff fairytales are made of. Thadeous, not [...]

Directed by PJ Dillion, Rewind tells the story of Karen (Amy Huberman) a recovering addict, who has moved on with her life. Enter Karl (Allen Leech) her ex boyfriend who appears on the scene and turns her new life upside down. A roadtrip means Karen must make some decisions along the way in order to protect her [...]

Thanks to The Lighthouse Cinema and Le Cool, I got to see a preview of Blue Valentine, the new film directed by Derek Cianfrance. The movie centers around a married couple in their late twenties, played by Michele Williams and Ryan Gosling, who have to deal with changes in themselves and each other. From the [...]

Seeing as its the twelfth day of Christmas, I thought I’d do a quick recap/review on what movies I watched over the Festive season. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Loved it. Directed by Edgar Wright, this movie beautiful incorporates the vibe of the comic book with fantastic graphics and editing. Michael Cera plays the lead [...]

I’ve been really bad with doing this, I’ll see how many movies I’ll watch between now and New Year’s Eve until its Movie Quest 2011. The Kids Are Alright This movie started off really well, laugh out loud funny in places. Unfortunately after the first 15/20 minutes things went downhill. Directed by Lisa Cholodenko, who also directed [...]

On Thursday morning I was one of the lucky one to see 23 minute preview of Tron Legacy which is due for theatre release in December. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Tron Legacy is the sequel to the 1982 movie Tron. The 23 minutes of what I saw contained a selection of scenes from the first half [...]

I’m aiming to do this in 50 words or less. So this ‘comedy/parody’ of the Twilight saga is in fact shite. I managed to watch 40 minutes of Vampires Sucks, it has one half decent joke about the Black Eyed Peas. Vampire Sucks was a waste of time and energy and just imagine how many [...]

It’s nearly 40 years since Jim Morrison died and its twenty years since the remaining members disapproved of Val Kilmer’s portrayal of The Lizard King in Oliver Stone’s biopic, ‘The Doors’. There have been dozens of books and hundreds of accounts of the life and times of Jim Morrison and The Doors. Can a new [...]