Monday, 18 April 2011

Scre4m


Kevin Williamson takes the opportunity to tear chunks off the state of modern horror cinema, all the while holding his hands up at his own role in its development, whilst Wes Craven takes the opportunity to gleefully romp about in Argento pastiche.

Monday, 11 April 2011

The Three Caballeros


Plotless latin america infused acid trip that exists as little more than an excuse for Donald Duck to perv over dancing girls.

Source Code


TFE: Total Fucking Excellence.

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Sucker Punch


Snyder plays to his strengths using multiple realities as a tenuous excuse for the most absurd action sequences conceivable and manages to find a path to excellence via a heady amalgam of soft pornography and early nineties John Woo pumped full of crack.

Rango


A collection of dazzlingly impressive tech demos pasted together using an awkward blend of slapstick for the kids and western homage for the grown ups.

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Monday, 28 March 2011

13hrs


Hopeless drivel that looks like it was filmed for loose change then edited with a bread knife.
Stupid title too.

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Megamind


The 8 year old's verdict: 'Boring'.
Reading between the lines there, I think she felt it required more talking dogs.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Frankenstein


Not technically a film but a) I watched it in a cinema and b) It breaks up the recent streak of shit on here by being bloody phenomenal.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Never Back Down [Get Some]


Unexpectedly passable hybrid of Karate Kid and Fight Club.

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Air Buddies


Reduced Charlotte to catatonic simperings about how cute the dogs were, rendering her judgements untenable.
I felt as though fate were sending me a message, loud and clear, that there are worse films out there than Loaded.

Friday, 11 March 2011

Loaded


Fucking awful shit.
There were sporadic moments of unintentional hilarity but the rest of the time was spent wishing for everybody involved to be humanely destroyed.

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

A Prophet [Un prophète]


An exceptional portrayal of one man's journey through organised crime with a smattering of surrealist touches which, although beautiful, jar more than they elevate.

Sunday, 6 March 2011

The Adjustment Bureau


Soggy melange of Dark City, The Fountain, Wings Of Desire and Monsters Inc with a disastrous ending clearly outlining that everybody involved just gave up on the whole affair.

March Of The Penguins


Basically says 'Aren't penguins weird?' only in the gentlest, most soothing tone possible.