Archive for July, 2008

Review: The Dark Knight

Friday, July 25th, 2008

2008 | Christopher Nolan | 152 mins | 12
I’ve been waiting to see this film ever since my screening of Batman Begins ended back in 2005, so obviously i’ve been following the press and reading previews and reviews and anything else I could get my hands on. Then came the release in the US, calls […]

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Review: WALL·E

Friday, July 25th, 2008

2008 | Andrew Stanton| 98 mins | U
While I enjoyed Pixar’s last offering, Ratatouille, I didn’t love it and would only buy it if it were gonna get me a multi-buy offer, WALL·E however will be being pre-ordered. The film is probably in my opinion, Pixar’s best for years, if not their best yet. Everything […]

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Review: Fido

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

2006 | Andrew Currie | 91 mins | 15
I’m quite the fan of zombie films, but other than Romero’s/the Evil Deads and Shaun of the Dead little has really entertained men, which is why i’m happy to report than Andrew Currie’s Fido is a great watch. The film is set a few years after […]

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It has recently been reported on several websites that Terry Gilliam isn’t happy with the way Warner Bros. are acting surrounding Heath Ledger’s death and the release of The Dark Knight, accusing them of using his death as a way to promote the film. On the issue of Ledger’s possible Oscar nomination for his portrayal […]

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Review: Revolver

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

2005 | Guy Ritchie | 115 min | 15
I’ve been on a bit of a gangster binge the last week or so, watching Layer Cake, Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the first I had seen several times before, the other 2 I had never seen - shock horror I know - I […]

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Journey at the Center of the Earth

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

This is the film they should have made, there wouldn’t have been any need for any gimmicky 3D effects either.

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Review: The Game Plan

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

2008 | Andy Fickman | 110 min | U
While this isn’t the sort of film I often watch it is the latest film I saw on DVD so I may as well start my blog off here. The Game Plan is the latest film to star ex-WWF/E superstar Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (and is […]

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