feature: Korean cinema at JDIFF 2010

With the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival just a couple of days away, it occurs to me that I never wrote that Korean cinema @ JDIFF article I promised in my intro to JDIFF article. Whoops. I’d be lying if I watch a lot of Asian films at the moment, but I used to… When [...]

review: Paranormal Activity (2009)

Well technically Paranormal Activity came out in 2007 but it only got a cinema release in 2009, so (2009) it is. Not that it matters but anyway… better get on with this. The force is strong with this one. Umm… the Paramount marketing force that is. This is apparently now the most profitable movie of [...]

review: There Will Be Blood (2007)

I didn’t really know what to expect of There Will Be Blood. I didn’t really want to see it. It didn’t seem like my kind of film… I don’t really like Westerns and it seemed a bit “worthy” to me… and I never mean “worthy” in a good way. Also I’d heard that it was [...]

review: Juno (2007)

You’ve probably heard of Juno; it’s the indie comedy which has been nominated for four Oscars – comparisons abound with Little Miss Sunshine from last year – and like Little Miss Sunshine, it’s a cheerful little film, it jaunts along with its clever little offbeat jokes and it’s oh so postmodern… Hmm… I sounded quite [...]

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 [...]

feature: The 5 Best And The Absolute Worst Of 2007.

I haven’t really seen any movies lately as I’ve been pretty busy with work and everything and I’ve trying to develop a quick rate graphic but it’s not going well… However, it’s been a while since I’ve posted so I thought I should write something, thanks to Auri for the suggestion! Without further ado and [...]

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: No Country For Old Men (2007)

No Country For Old Men is the new film from the Oscar©-winning cult directors Joel and Ethan Coen. Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, No Country For Old Men follows the chase as a quiet man is thrown into the path of drug dealers and hired killers by a chance discovery. [...]