review: Crank (2006)

Saw this on DVD the other day in preparation for Crank: High Voltage. Gonna be a short review this one… Crank is great film. It’s just completely ludicrious. It’s so over the top it’s hilarious. I know I generally stay away from plot details but let’s face it, nobody’s gonna Crank for the plot. Jason [...]

review: Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Don’t know where I’d heard of this film… I think it was probably when I was browsing through Leslie Bibb‘s filmography while doing the Iron Man review… Anyway wherever I heard of it, I thought it sounded interesting but I put it down as a film I’d never see – didn’t seem like the type [...]

review: Chasing Amy (1997)

There are some directors that I’m really into, like Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson and Tim Burton… however there are far more directors that I really have no particular thoughts on either way, I’ve seen a good few of their films but I’m still ambivalent. Paul Thomas Anderson is one – which I noted in the [...]

review: Control (2007)

Ian Curtis died on May 18th, 1980. He was 23 years old. Control is a biographical film based on the 1995 memoirs of Ian Curtis’s wife, Deborah Curtis, entitled Touching From A Distance. It is directed by acclaimed photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn. Shot in colour than transferred to black and white, Control [...]

review: Knocked Up (2007)

Judd Apatow has had a very successful few years… between Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, The 40-year Old Virgin and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, he’s been involved in some of the biggest comedy films in the last four years. While 2006 was quiet in terms of releases he obviously spent the [...]

review: The Science of Sleep (2006)

Until a few years ago Michel Gondry was primarily known as a music video director. His videos include Around The World by Daft Punk, Everlong by Foo Fighters, Come Into My World by Kylie Minogue and my personal favourite Dead Leaves On The Dirty Ground by The White Stripes. His first foray into feature films [...]