January 2011
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Top 10 Worst Films Of 2010
Where there is a BEST list, there is a WORST list. Some of these i was highly disappointed in and it saddens me that they managed to make this list. Some i completely expected to be here and totally deserve it.
So here, are my WORST picks:
10) The Edge Of Darkness
This film is not entirely a bad film, but it’s not the great film one would have expect/wanted. I think Mel Gibson is...
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Top 10 Best Films Of 2010
It feels a little while since i have written stuff on here, haven’t entirely been into blogging at this time. But, before it goes out of fashion, i must write my “Top 10 Lists”, to round up all the reviewing i have been doing all last year.
Anyways, here we start with the BEST films i saw at the cinema. I believe it was a pretty solid year for film, so the field was tight. I...
December 2010
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Review - Tron Legacy (Or lack there of)
I wrote a review about Tron Legacy, but Tumblr was a dick and screwed up as i was posting it, wasting about 2 hours of my time. This is happened to me plenty of times before, but this time they didn’t even bother to recover it. So, there will be no Tron Legacy review rewrite. Thankyou Tumblr.
I did give the film 3.5/5 though, just if youre interested.
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Review - Somewhere
In 1990, in a time where director Francis Ford Coppola was thrown back into the spotlight finally surcoming to the pressure to direct The Godfather Part III, and having his daughter, Sofia Coppola, to hastily fill the role of Michael Corleone’s daughter. I believe purely based on that wooden performance, no one would have predicted that she would become one of the most prominent and...
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Review - Monsters
For some reason, every second movie is about alien invasions. Literally! It seems to be a trend that has been reignited by the success of Neill Blomkamp’s masterful District 9 last year. I don’t know, it’s feeble to even try to pin-point what truly started it. This year has already seen the appearance of Strausse Brothers’ (of Aliens Vs. Predator Requiem - a masterwork in...
November 2010
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Review - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part...
It’s the beginning of the end, as the trailer so dictates. After almost ten years, 6 hugely successful films, Harry Potter, the brainchild of author J.K. Rowling has reached its final installment, in the form of two parts. Potter has its own special place in the hearts of avid fans, and especially alot of now adults who ten years ago were but wide eyed children, like our heroes in the...
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Discussion - Indiana Jones 5
Over the past few Fridays, Indiana Jones movies have been playing. A couple of weeks ago was Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Temple of Doom last week, Last Crusade was on Friday to make way for the most recent installment premiere on normal TV.
I consider the first three films pure entertainment, pure masterpieces, infact, i consider Raiders Of The Lost Ark my equal favourite movie of all time, and...
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Review - The American
There has been countless movies that focus on hitmen/assassins. It’s a subject which i find to be deeply layered and at the same time truly entertaining and engaging at the same time in a film. In my opinion they can create some of the best films of all time, or at least some of my very favourites. From Luc Besson’s outstanding 1994 film Leon: The Professional, which showed this play...
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Review - Machete
In 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez presented the world an idea, that was to bring back Grindhouse double bills in all their glory. Tarantino directed Death Proof, a high octane chase movie mixed with his usual banter, and Rodriguez directed Planet Terror, a zombie movie homage to the horror greats, such as George A. Romero and John Carpenter. The films themselves have now fallen...
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Review - Red
In this era of film, there seems to be a renaissance of the older star in popular film, be that, either bringing back iconic heroes from the 1980s like Indiana Jones, John McClane or Rambo, or actors with an already prolific career celebrating their old age. The adaptation of the DC comic book Red does exactly this, amassing an amazing cast of talent in a big Hollywood action flick.
The film...
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Review - The Town
I, like most of the world, have never been much of a fan of Ben Affleck. The man had great start through talented independant filmmakers such as Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith and Gus Van Sant, in the latter winning an Academy Award with his bosum buddy Matt Damon for writing Good Will Hunting. However it was the next year that began a great downfall, being consumed by the world of Michael Bay...
October 2010
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Review - The Social Network
I think it’s pretty safe to say that Facebook has changed the world. It has become so ingrained into peoples lives, connecting anyone with an account all over the world in one space. Sure, we have seen such networks before, such as Bebo and Myspace. But unlike those, Facebook has been going strong since 2004, and is just getting bigger and bigger. It’s creation, is nothing short of...
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Review - The Other Guys
Will Ferrell is one of the funniest men in movies today. A known fact. In fact i would go so far as to say in the history of film. Bold you say? No way. The man has been prominent in films for the past decade, and before that smaller scene stealing moments, not to mention one of the best cast members of Saturday Night Live in the history of the long running show. Why i adore Ferrell is purely...
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September 2010
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Review - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
In 1987, a film unleased a cultural phenomenon, one that reflected the excess ideology of the 1980s far better than any other film had previously, summing it all up in one of cinemas most memorable lines - “Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good”.
These words are spoken by the ruthless Gordon Gekko, a role made iconic by the great Michael Douglas in Oliver Stone’s...
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7 Films Left This Year I Am VERY Interested To See
In no order.
127 Hours
I adored Danny Boyle as a filmmaker, his films were completely compelling, fresh and just damn fine. That is until i saw Slumdog Millionaire, which i felt was a massive cop out for a director of such calibre. But ironically, it was the film that everyone decided to recognise, especially the Academy, rewarding him many Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture....
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Review - Salt
In these post-Bourne identity times, to make a taut spy action thriller is always a hard task. I find action films have lost much of its charm, drowned in mostly boring characters, over edited sequences and in all, an cop out in the end. Sure you have some good ones, but i find theres less and less these days. Sad truth.
With Salt, i see hope in layered, exciting action thrillers.
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Review - Scott Pilgram Vs. The World
So, in the history of film in the contemporary era, the video game to movie transition has been a exceedingly difficult task. In fact, most movies based on games fail to capture the its essence and turn out to be soulless, unfaithful and in short, shit. I’m not surprised as there is alot to take on board, but maybe its smarter to avoid this, and in order to truly give video games its...
July 2010
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My Goo, My Precious Goo.
In my casual IMDBing, i discovered Rob Reiner has a new film coming out. I looked back at his career and realised how great a director he was, and how awful he has become.
The man made 7 great films in a row. Which is a pretty amazing feat i must say.
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1985)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
When Harry Met Sally…(1989)
Misery...
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Review - Inception
In Hollywood today, there are few directors who cause such anticipation for a film than brit director Christopher Nolan. This anticipation is apt due to Nolan being one of the few directors who are able to gather a vast audience, but also deliver quality films which are loved by critics.
If one were to track back in time to just over a decade, Nolan was just a young and eager filmmaker,...
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Review - Predators
In 1987, John McTiernan directed Predator, which has to be one of the greatest action, as well as, science fiction films of all time. It began purely as an Arnold Schwarzeneggar action vehicle, but what grew from it was not only great action, characters and suspence, but also one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time, the heavily armed, dreaklocked, pussy-faced badass hunter, the...
June 2010
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Review - The Bunny And The Bull
Paul King is a man known to most as the director of every episode of the surreal, hilarious cult series The Mighty Boosh. Mixing the comedic talents of Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt with the trippy visuals of King made one of the most memorable unique shows in years. The film, The Bunny And The Bull, written and directed by King, shows very much a continuation of the trippy world of Boosh,...
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Review - Toy Story 3
It seems a fact that quality and Pixar animations are hand in hand creating a new way of presenting animated film. The first is the now classic Toy Story (1995), a film about the lives of toys. Over the past 15 years, others have tried to match their success with only few making a mark (eg. Shrek), but Pixar has continued with a constancy of quality, with A Bugs Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999),...
May 2010
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Review - Iron Man II
Hollywood and fans alike love a successful comic book franchise. There are many comic book movies, but rarely do all amount to a successful franchise, or at very least, get a good follow-up movie. There are numerous examples of these kinds of films that have accomplished this, with Superman II, Batman Returns, X2, Spiderman II, The Incredible Hulk and The Dark Knight, all of which maintained the...
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Review - Hot Tub Time Machine
The 1980’s. A time of big hair, fluro clothing, electro pop and leg warmers. Is this a time one would like to revisit? No, not for those reasons. But obviously for many other reasons, the stars, the other good music, the movies, the motherfucking Deloreon!!! We can say its definitely a unique and strange moment in human history, that will never truly return…or will it…in the...
April 2010
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Top 11 Crazy Performances From Nicolas Cage
I thought i would have a change of pace this post instead of yet another glorious review, and, seeing as the past two films i have given 5 stars two, AND star the ever eccentric-to-batshit crazy Nicolas Cage, i thought i would do a nice retrospective on the top 11 (10 is too safe) craziest roles of Nicolas Cage.
This man is one of the most recognisable actors in Hollywood, with his...
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Review - Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
I was lucky enough to attend the Popcorn Taxi screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans, the only screening of the film at all in any cinema in Australia, which is quite an honour, but its also quite tragic that more people couldn’t have experienced this in cinema release as it marries two great creative forces, actor Nicolas Cage and legendary director Werner Herzog.
The...
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Review - Kick-Ass
In recent times, the comic book movie is as easy to find on your screens like snow in South American Alpes. Therefore in this contemporary genre of film, to make a unique and compelling entry, one must bring the genre into fresher places. Last years adaptation of Alan Moore’s cult classic graphic novel Watchmen, is one such example of stretching into new territory for comic books and...
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Review - Micmacs
French director Jean Pierre Jeunet is one of the most prominent filmmakers in French cinema in the modern era, and is also reguarded as one of the most talented and unique voices in cinema today. His first two features firmly established his unqiue take on cinema, with 1991s deliciously surreal post-apocalyptic film Delicatessan (co-directed with the wonderful Marc Caro) and the 1995 steampunk...
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Review - Clash of the Titans
In 1981, visual effects MASTER Ray Harryhausen created his final stroke of stop motion animation brilliance, with Clash of the Titans. Before this there was a slew of films that showcased his talent in visual effects, far above anything created in that time, with his stunning attention to detail and very effective effects in general. Arguably his greatest achievement are seen in 1963, with Jason...
March 2010
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Review - The Men Who Stare At Goats
(This review is quite delayed due to other work, but im going to keep steadfast and review all the films i see at the movies this year dammit! :P)
With The Hurt Locker effectively portraying the Iraq War and its gritty realism, it comes with great pleasure to see the other side of the spectrum, with The Men Who Stare At Goats.
This film marks yet another foray for George Clooney into...
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Review - Alice In Wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s classic tales of Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass are is two of THE most loved and influencial texts in literature history, heavily ingrained into world culture and has inspired a whole swag of adaptations and imitators since the first publication in 1865. Its surreal visions have endured many different interpretations and visions, right up to the...
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The 82nd Academy Awards 2010
I thought i must do a quick blog showing my excitement about the recently finished the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony. After last years disappointment awardswise (as much as i love Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire received an extremely exaggerated kudos and amount of awards, Boyle should have recieved this for one of his other/awesome movies), this years Oscars has proved to not only be...
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Review - Crazy Heart
So it seems that finally the Academy has finally found an excuse to reward actor Jeff Bridges for his prolific career spanding 40 years, in the form of a small story of a down and out country western singer. I am not saying that this isnt the Academy finding any reason to reward the man, i am saying, it is about gosh darn time. (Whether he actually wins, will be decided in two days, despite the...
February 2010
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Review - The Hurt Locker
This must be said straight off: Kathryn Bigelow is amazing. There is no disputing this fact. Why you say? Namely due to her 30 year career of unique films which has garnered a healthy cult following, including the fantastically original take on the vampire genre with 1987s Near Dark (which i must add, SHOULD have shat all over the box office attention Joel Schumacher’s Lost Boys garnered...
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Review - Shutter Island
In 2007, after a long career of memorable, outstanding films, including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, The Aviator (the list can go on); Martin Scorsese finally won his best picture Oscar that so shockingly illuded him for the whole duration of his career, with the excellent cop thriller The Departed. The next...
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Review - Edge Of Darkness
It is amazing what ten years can do to a star in Hollywood. Ten years ago, Mel Gibson was one of Hollywoods most bankable, and well liked stars on screen, with an already fantastic career behind him. Ten years later to 2010, Mel Gibson is now one of the most controversial media figures in the public eye, overtly attacked by the media and the voices of the public for his ambitious Passion Of The...
Review - The Wolfman
The year has begun with a strong start in the field of monster horror films, with dystopic Vampire flick Daybreakers. Now we move onto another classic movie monster who re-emerges onto the screens, being the Werewolf. While it may have less film exposure than Vampires, rest assured, it has had a long and colourful history. From the original, classic and iconic 1943 Lon Chaney Jr. film, The...
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Review - Daybreakers
Vampires are possibly the most used monster in film history, featuring in over 200 films in the past century. They spand back to the dawn of cinema. From the early 20th century German director F.W. Murnau’s groundbreaking 1922 silent film Nosferatu, to the famous Dracula of 1931 with Bela Lugosi, to the middle of the century, with including Christopher Lee’s numerous...
Review - Up In The Air
As we enter the heavy awards season in Hollywood, there are always the few films that radiate academy awards buzz. Not surprisingly, the Jason Reitman directed, George Clooney starring romantic comedy/drama Up In The Air is one of them.
Looking at many of these types of films from last year, i was met with mostly disappointment. Yet this years award season proves to be a great step up,...
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Review - The Road
I believe that 2010 will bring many delights in cinema, as presented in previous posts. The first of the films i have wanted to see was excellent proof on this outlook.
From the first trailer, to the author, Cormac McCarthey of “No Country For Old Men” fame, the star, Viggo Mortensen (who has shone in the past few years not only in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, but in two excellent...
January 2010
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The Films I'm Looking Forward To In 2010!
As I have now covered my 2009, I would like to end by pointing out my most anticipated movies for 2010. The ones I am most interested and thrilled to see.
Edge of Darkness
I know next to nothing about the original British mini-series, other than it starred the hunter guy from Jurassic Park, Bob Peck. That said I am still rather excited to see this film. First, and foremost because it marks the...
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Top 10 Disappointing Films Of 2009
Now we enter into another section, addressing more of my own disappointments of 2009. Some of these films are good films yet still disappointed me in certain ways, and others I found god awful and insulting. Let’s see what made it!
10) A Serious Man
While I do not consider this to be a bad film, I do consider it a slight disappointment when compared to the previous Coen Bros’...