film review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

December 27, 2013 // 3 Comments

Ben Stiller shows his serious side once again in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, based on a 1939 short story of the same name by John Thurber.

film review: Cloud Atlas (2013)

March 10, 2013 // No Comment

If you’ve read my Cloud Atlas clips and trailers post, you’ll already know why I had high hopes for this. Well, not high hopes exactly, but why I was eagerly anticipting its release…

film review: Marvel’s Avengers Assemble (2012)

April 20, 2012 // 1 Comment

So. Four years and five movies and it’s all been leading up to this. (If you ignore all the planned sequels of course.)

film review: The Raid (2012) – JDIFF 2012

March 1, 2012 // 1 Comment

As part of the jury panel for the Dublin Film Critics Awards, I thought it only appropriate to start my reviews of the festival films with the winner of Best Film… The Raid.

film review: The Muppets (2011)

February 13, 2012 // No Comment

It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights… It certainly is, The Muppets are back!

film review: Black Swan (2010)

January 4, 2012 // 1 Comment

So… my first review of 2012 is a film that was probably one of the first films I saw in 2011… As it so happens it’s also turned out to be one of my top films of 2011. How’s about that. I’ll be doing a post on my 2011 top films soon enough but for […]

film review: Buried (2010)

October 4, 2010 // 5 Comments

So… if you know me personally, or “like” the facebook page, then you’ve probably seen me going on about Buried for a while now.

film review: Star Trek (2009)

May 13, 2009 // 2 Comments

I saw this about a week an half before it came out… What would have been useful for people would have been if I reviewed it then. Unfortunately I’m pretty lazy… but at least you’re getting it eventually, right?? On with the show.

film review: Crank (2006)

April 19, 2009 // 1 Comment

Saw this on DVD the other day in preparation for Crank: High Voltage. Gonna be a short review this one… 😉

review: WALL·E (2008)

July 25, 2008 // No Comment

I would class myself as a fan of Pixar however to be honest that’s all because of Toy Story and Toy Story 2. I love those films… so since 1999 I’ve been waiting for Pixar to make a film as good as those two. It’s 2008 now and while I wouldn’t say I’ve been disappointed […]