Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
I walked out of the cinema after watching the latest Star Trek moving scratching my head. Why? I wasn’t sure whether I liked it or not. Friends have asked me what I thought of it, and the best I have been able to muster is an “it was ok”.
Off the bat, I’m not a [...]
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Watching Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, there will be times that you find yourself thinking that you are watching a documentary rather than a fictional film. The guy looks like he’s lived through a thousand hells, so when he’s playing a down and out wrestler, you believe it.
In The Wrestler, Rourke plays Randy “The Ram” [...]
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Smashing Pumpkins – If All Goes Wrong is a double disc dvd set focusing on the return of the Smashing Pumpkins circa 2006. Disc one features the Jack Gulick documentary, If All Goes Wrong, which received a limited theatrical release. Disc two features a live set taken from the residency tour that the documentary follows.
For [...]
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Quantum of Solace is a film that has garnered mixed reviews, and having seen it on the weekend, I can now understand why. In my opinion, Casino Royale, the 2006 James Bond outing, is one of the standout Bond films. It did for Bond films, what Batman Begins did for the Batman franchise. It’s for [...]
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
After seeing the new Incredible Hulk movie I’m glad to report that it went a long way toward righting the wrongs committed by the 2003 Ang Lee atrocity. Edward Norton was excellent as Bruce Banner, and a much better fit for the character than Eric Bana was. Banner is weedy, vulnerable, but underneath it all, [...]
