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Movie Review: In Bruges

In Bruges didn’t interest me at all when I first heard about it. I’d had a bad run of DVD buys – all films which I had heard were not bad but were actually terrible – and the last thing I needed to do was buy another; especially one trying to be some kind of funny gangster film. No, I decided that I needed to start buying DVDs that were good again, so I headed out and bought ones I’d More

Inception (2010)

Inception is the newest movie by the famous director Christopher Nolan (who also directed the incredible “Dark Knight"which should populate the DVD storage space of any home) and is currently in the cinemas with amazing rates that turned him into a complete blockbusted few days after its official release (13th of July in the UK and 16th of July in the US). The outstanding visual effects, the fascinating science fiction plot and the perfect cast make this movie an incredible More

Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven is one of those movies that a person should see -a true story, a movie displaying the raw history of our civilization and an image of how noble men can be, how tolerant people can get, how mutual understanding is key for the peace and how deception and greed are the roots of war. A truelly brilliant movie by the director of ’The Gladiator’, this is a must-see masterpiece with the meaning of our existance embodied in More

Robin Hood (2010)

Yet another Robin Hood film has graced the silver screen this year, this one directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. The film contains plenty of the elements that we are used to in Scott movies and they show just why Ridley Scott is such a good director and that he has lost none of his eye for detail and breathtaking landscapes. Somehow he manages to make even the poor town of Nottingham look magnificent.

Russell More

‘Hell In The Pacific’ - Film Review.

A few weeks ago, they put an absolute gem of a film on television (I have to admit now that it completely distracted me from my work from home jobs). John Boorman’s ‘Hell in the Pacific’ may now be forty-four years old, but it is still a milestone in cinema. It stars Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune as two soldiers from opposing sides who find themselves marooned on a remote island.

There is very little dialogue throughout the whole More

‘The Messengers’ - NOT a New Experience in Terror…

What is it with horror movies? They have been making them for donkey’s years but so many of them are still so damn corny. If you don’t agree, then have a look at some of the tosh on ‘Zone Horror’; you’ll soon come round to my way of thinking.

The other night I sat and watched, ‘The Messengers’. ‘Oooo, this looks good!’, I thought as I watched the Tim Burton-esque opening sequence. However, apart from some really nice photography, the More

The Beauty In American Beauty

Kevin Spacey is a special kind of actor: somewhat of a rare breed. What most people don’t know about the man is that he has a deep passion for writing and performing theatre, and indeed owns his own company – something which, and almost everyone who is involved in theatre will agree, is something to be done through love, not money. That said, after American Beauty, money wasn’t exactly Spacey’s primary concern. The film, a bizarrely affectionate tale of fragmented More

Film Review: Saw

Like it or loathe it, the Saw series is, undoubtedly, one of the most successful horror franchises in recent years. But right at the beginning, before it span wildly out of control and turned into a hyper-active, verging on tedium gore-fest, the first Saw film was intended to be a one off piece. Penned by James Wann (who had little to do with subsequent films and didn’t approve of the direction they were taking), it started a trend which nobody More

REC 2 - Film Review.

NOTE: - NO SPOILERS CONTAINED. IT’S SAFE TO CARRY ON READING.

A couple of years ago, I had the crap scared out of me by ‘REC’. I have seen a good many horror movies over the years, but this one really managed to give me the willies. So, ever since I heard they were making a sequel, I have been really looking forward to seeing it.

Well, today More

Modern Classic: Garden State

How do you rate a film as truly great? No, come to think of it, how do you rate a film when you can’t even categorize it to begin with? Garden State is one of these such breathtaking films; part drama, part black comedy, part love story, it is one of the few brave releases in recent years to tackle deadly serious subject matter and interweave it with the kind of catchy, loveable characteristics of cheesy romantic films that punch More