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Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Terence: “Shoot him again.”
“Midget”: “What for?”
Terence: “His soul is still dancing..”
hysterical laugh.
Review: Alice In Wonderland
It’s an engaging and relentlessly pretty trip down the rabbit hole, but with sloppy pacing and cut/paste characters, you’re unlikely to loose yourself there.
Review: From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love isn’t a masterpiece of modern cinema, it’s just an hour and a half of stuff blowing up, people shooting people, John Travolta being a badass, bad one-liners, some well-shot scenes and a generic action feel. Doesn’t mean it’s a bad film though.
Review: Everybody’s Fine
You know what? I’ll be damned if I’m going to have the mass of critics that contradict or condemn my opinion because I’m in the minority affect how I felt about this film. For me it was nothing short of incredible and it’s become one of my favourite films in recent years.
Review: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief is just one film in a long line of commercialised Hollywood franchises where real cinematic values get pushed aside for the sake of money-creating stereotypes.
Review: Zombieland
Zombieland is a tight 88 minutes of well written and slickly produced comedy, it’s not life-changing but it’s a whole lot better than I expected it would be.
Review: Shutter Island
Shutter Island is nothing less than what I expected: a psychological, suspenseful and chilling thriller that shows DiCaprio’s versatility and acting credentials whilst exhibiting some spectacular cinematography.
Review: Daybreakers
If you watch Daybreakers expecting to be entertained you will be to a certain extent but don’t be too optimistic when approaching this film.
Review: Crazy Heart
Sure the A to B, coming-of-age story isn’t without fault and the country-western themes within the film aren’t entirely original. Don’t let the negatives take anything away from Jeff Bridges’ sublime performance though.
Review: An Education
I expected a lot from An Education and it still blew my expectations away, it is my favourite drama in recent memory.
Review: The Lovely Bones
You can see what Peter Jackson is trying to do with The Lovely Bones but the end product is a mixture of enjoyment and confusion.
Review: Legion
It’s disappointing that Legion turned out the way it did because it could have been much better.
Review: 44 Inch Chest
Five brilliant individual performances, some excellent scriptwriting and the subtle elements of comedy to splice up the drama save 44 Inch Chest from being a letdown, had the awkward stereotypes, the heavy amount of dialogue and the barebones, sometimes just plain awkward situation influenced the flow of the film more.
Review: The Book of Eli
The Book Of Eli is a lot better than the sum of its parts. The action, acting and writing are decent but it is the believable world and the thought provoking themes that lift The Book Of Eli above mediocrity.
Dante’s Inferno – An Animated Epic Review
Dante’s Inferno – An Animated Epic is much more enjoyable than Dead Space: Downfall, boasting a better story, better animation and better acting.
Review: Up In The Air
Up In The Air is a relentlessly entertaining comedy that is paced to perfection. There is some harsh competition out this year, but I reckon Clooney might be in with a chance.
Review: The Road
The Road is a stunningly shot, superbly acted adaption of what, judging by this film, is an excellent book.
Classics: Paths of Glory
General Broulard: “Colonel Dax! You will apologize at once or I shall have you placed under arrest!”
Colonel Dax:” I apologize… for not being entirely honest with you. I apologize for not revealing my true feelings. I apologize, sir, for not telling you sooner that you’re a degenerate, sadistic old man. And you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again! “
Review: Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie might not have been your first choice director for bringing Sherlock Holmes back to life but he’s done a rather good job of it, helped greatly by Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law’s “buddy cop” relationship.