Movie Reviews

• All The Boys Love Mandy Lane

  Ah, just what’s required in cinemas during the lull between Saw 9, Hostel 6 and the latest 70's horror remake...

   
• Enchanted

  It's your classic Disney animated tale - a girl (Amy Adams) living in the woods alone, apart from the menagerie of rodents that do around the house, discovered by a prince (James Marsden) and ready to be married with all the happily ever after gumpf that goes with it.

   
• I Am Legend

  I Am Legend, based on the 1954 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson, has already had a number of cinematic adaptations, most notably The Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price and The Omega Man with Charlton Heston.

   
• Hitman

  Computer games have rarely provided a satisfying inspiration from which to build movies, though the demographics and increased CGI-dependency of film creates an understandable equation: teenage boys love video games + teenage boys spend money going to cinemas (with other like-minded gamers) = more revenue for both film and game industry alike.

   
• American Gangster

  American Gangster, directed by the veteran Englishman Ridley Scott and boasting a powerhouse headline cast of Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, delivers far more punch than one may expect from the Ronseal-esque explanation of its title.

   
• Eastern Promises

  Viggo Mortensen’s penis narrowly avoiding a good knife gouging anyone? The most extreme fight scene in cinema, not only with full on gore but also full male nudity, has finally arrived to a cinema near you. Sadly, this becomes the main talking point of the film as its commentary on the criminal migrant experience in London falls slightly upon the wayside.

   
• Planet Terror

  Way back in early 2005, movie geeks collectively soiled themselves at the announcement of a collaboration between cult directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The two were set to pair up in a way that Hollywood hadn’t seen before. Their intention was to revive and pay homage to the forgotten ‘Grindhouse’ genre of the ‘70s.

   
• Resident Evil: Extinction

  The third, and one would hope final installment in the Resident Evil saga (though unfortunately this looks highly unlikely at the conclusion of this film) is dubbed Extinction. The T-Virus has transformed the world's population into a global zombie horde which a small band of survivors, forever forced to keep on the road in convoy, must evade in their continuing hope of forging a new life in a place untouched by the virulent strain.

   
• Quand J’Etais Chanteur (The Singer)

  Gerard Depardieu stars in this tale of an egocetric but strangely sympathetic ageing dance hall singer, crooning out the love songs for divorcees and the newly lovestruck who have shyed away from the nightclubs and more obvious cattlemarkets.

   
• 3:10 To Yuma

  The fact that 3:10 To Yuma made it to the top of the charts in the US and yet barely made a dent in the UK shows how popular films seen as Westerns are over here. It would seem the last Western any of us can recall is The Unforgiven, and that's fifteen years old now.

   

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