Monthly Archives: September 2009

Lifeforce (Review)

There are two reasons to watch Lifeforce – and only two – and they both reside on the upper body of an actress named Mathilda May, who plays “Space Girl”. (That’s what imdb says, I looked it up to find her … Continue reading

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Funny People (Review)

I’ve been putting off writing about Funny People hoping my recollections would blur a little and I might realise it is better than I thought, only it really isn’t. I am an Apatow fan, The 40 Year Old Virgin is … Continue reading

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Memento (Review)

Movie promoters nowadays go one of two ways, they either want to remind you of other popular (usually better) films or attempt to convince you to see their film by saying it is different to anything else that you’ve ever … Continue reading

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Young Guns (Review)

No not the Wham song, that I strangely sing in my head every time I see the title, even though I’m (probably) not (mostly) gay at all (mostly). The reputation of this film has not fared well over 20+ years … Continue reading

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Red Cliff (Review)

It’s been a while since I’ve looked forward to anything made by John Woo – (Hoo)! He sorta dropped the ball since his first few US attempts, most notably Face-Off, and over the past 12 years made a bunch of … Continue reading

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Internet Dating (Review)

A 20 second review for a movie that doesn’t deserve 20 seconds of anyone’s time. I watched Internet Dating for one reason, Katt Williams, I found his stand up DVDs great and IMDB’d him to see what he was up … Continue reading

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Shinjuku Incident (Review)

Disclosure: A common question often asked in profiles and interviews is the following: “Which 5 people, living or dead, would you like to have at a dinner party?” I’ve never bothered with considering a list in depth but one person … Continue reading

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Equilibrium (Review)

I hate it when I have seen a film and six months later am told by a friend that “You have to watch “X”, it’s brilliant!” I then have the inevitable second guessing process that goes along with such a … Continue reading

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Blade 2 (Review)

I knew about Guillermo Del Toro before he made Blade 2, but I didn’t really have much of an opinion about him positive or negative, he’d made a couple of OK films, promising but not groundbreaking stuff. When Blade 2 … Continue reading

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Ghostbusters (Review)

Ghostbusters is widely acknowledged as one of the defining movies of the 1980s. Everyone seems to remember it fondly and you still hear “Don’t cross the streams” and “I am the Keymaster” randomly quoted from time to time. Now I’m … Continue reading

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