film review: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

Finally, someone gave Neveldine & Taylor a real budget. Not that they need one, they seem to do a fine job with what they have. Crank and Crank: High Voltage are two of some of my favourite films of the last 10 years. These guys have a way of making films that’s just great fun… [...]

film review: The Artist (2011)

In case you hadn’t heard, The Artist won 3 gongs at the 69th Golden Globe Awards last night – Best Original Score for Ludovic Bource’s work, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Film – Comedy or Musical. Well done them! The first I had heard of The Artist was a few months back, maybe [...]

film review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

You may have seen me going on about Battle: Los Angeles recently. It’s the one with that fantastic trailer I saw before The Mechanic. You should click that link and watch it. It’s great. Have you watched it yet? Ok, great. On with the review. So as you can tell from the trailer, Battle: Los [...]

film review: His & Hers (2010)

I had to think about this one. Well, I think about all my reviews – words don’t appear on the screen by themselves* – but usually it’s less about what I’m going to say and more about how I’m going to say it. This film had me thinking about… stuff. Ah ok, there’s no point [...]

film review: Kick-Ass (2010)

I’d be extremely surprised if you haven’t heard of Kick-Ass at this stage. It seems to be everywhere I look, online and offline. Granted I hang around movies websites and cinemas a lot but I even saw the titular Kick-Ass peering at me from the window of a French Connection store this afternoon – what’s [...]

film review: Crazy Heart (2009)

Saw this in the beautiful Light House cinema, an 4 screen arthouse cinema in Smithfield. I wasn’t particularly expecting to like this film. I don’t really like country music and it sounded like a story I’ve heard before. I like to see new stuff, or at least old stuff taken in a new direction or [...]

film review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

This is one of those situations where I can’t really review this film as an average person. Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson’s new film. I love Wes Anderson’s films. I can’t help it, there’s something about his films that just work for me. So I can only really review the film as a Wes [...]

film review: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Just to be clear about things. I loved Transformers. I know there are people who didn’t like the first one, to those people I say… don’t bother watching this one. If, like me, you thought that the first film was the most fun you’ve had in the cinema in years, then read on. Transformers: Revenge [...]

review: Crank: High Voltage (2009)

After watching Crank the other week, I was really looking forward to Crank: High Voltage. Crank was one of the maddest films I’d ever seen… it wasn’t THE maddest film; I’d have to review the IMDb list to be sure but The Spirit, which I saw earlier this year, is definitely a contender; but it [...]

review: The Damned United (2009)

Ok… So I actually wrote most of this review last week but somehow it’s all been deleted, very upsetting. Oh well, better just get on with it. I like watching football, but I don’t know all that much about some of the history of it. All I knew about Brian Clough was that he once [...]

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