Archive for 'Movie Reviews'

Review | True Grit

February 1st, 2011 – 9:54 pm Posted by: Liam

True Grit is the latest film by the director/producer duo, Joel and Ethan Coen. Creators of such films as Fargo and Millers Crossing – True Grit is a distinctly Coen production with violence, black humour and peculiar characters. As both Liam and Kyle attended the preview screening, we figured it would only be fitting to [...]

Review | Hunt to Kill

November 17th, 2010 – 11:26 am Posted by: Liam
Filed as: Movie Reviews

I’ve always been a fan of bad but good action films and often go searching for the latest straight-to-DVD masterpiece from the likes of Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme. “Why?” you ask, “No, seriously Liam, why in god’s name would you do that?”

Review | Bleach the Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion

September 19th, 2010 – 6:20 pm Posted by: Brad

Available now on DVD from Madman Entertainment Bleach is an anime series that has been around for a long time now, spanning many seasons and three separate movies with a fourth being announced. That said in traditional PAL style we’re a little behind with the second movie “The DiamondDust Rebellion” being released only recently in [...]

Review: Tomorrow When the War Began

September 3rd, 2010 – 12:01 am Posted by: Jamwa
Filed as: Movie Reviews

I know I’ll lose a lot of respect from friends and relatives in admitting this but I never read any of John Marsden’s critically acclaimed and fanatically loved young adult book series growing up. Crazy and unbelievable I know, but I guess I was just the sort of kid who was more concerned with where [...]

Review: How To Train Your Dragon

April 2nd, 2010 – 1:22 pm Posted by: Kyle

How To Train Your Dragon tells the story of a village of Vikings who have to battle with constantly being raided and pillaged themselves by swarms of dragons who steal their herds and destroy their homes. Our protagonist is a scrawny Viking-to-be called Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel; animated by many), who also happens to [...]

Review: Halo Legends

February 18th, 2010 – 12:30 am Posted by: Liam

Halo is a multi-billion dollar franchise that’s taken the gaming world by storm and is slowly making the move to film; this animated DVD release is the first step. When Halo: Combat Evolved was released in 2002, I was one of the many to buy it. Hell, if you owned an XBOX you had to [...]

Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

January 8th, 2010 – 1:35 pm Posted by: Kyle

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a film based on the book by Roald Dahl and while I don’t recall too many specifics of the book, I do recall it being clever, amusing and one of my favourite books for a time. I’m uncertain just how faithful an adaptation this film is, but it does still conjure [...]

Review: Coraline

August 20th, 2009 – 1:32 am Posted by: Kyle

Written and directed by Henry Selick and based on the novel by Neil Geiman, this stop-motion animated feature film tells the story of a young girl named Coraline who has just moved into a dreary apartment with her parents. Coraline doesn’t much care for her new home or her weird neighbours – but then she [...]

Review: Re-Living off the Land

August 18th, 2009 – 7:33 pm Posted by: Liam

Review: Acolytes

July 14th, 2009 – 12:43 pm Posted by: Kyle

Acolytes is the tale of three teenagers who discover the buried body of a murdered girl in the woods and become involved in a dangerous game against a serial killer and a rapist. It’s also a cautionary tale of how a film can go astray when the filmmakers indulge in their own fancies rather than [...]