TV/Movies
‘The Dark Knight’ Review
July 27, 2008
The Dark Knight (12A)
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts
Director: Christopher Nolan
Running Time: 152 minutes
“And here we….GO!”
Now…which version do you go see? The normal cinema version or do you go for the full experience at the IMAX? You’re a fool if you don’t go see the greatest superhero film of all time at the IMAX!!
I’ve never been to the IMAX before to see a live action film and I was blown away by what I saw. The first scene of the film was a huge explosion of a city landscape on a 72ft screen. I had to grip my chair as I felt like I was falling through the sky. The whole of the IMAX gasped in excitement and it was the single most exhilarating cinema moment I have ever experienced…….and then the bank heist started!!
Continue reading »‘Wall-E’ Review
July 22, 2008
Wall-E (U)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Kathy Najimy
Running Time: 103 minutes
How do Pixar do it? They just keep raising that bar higher and higher. It’s hard to say this is the best Pixar film to date as that’s like asking which one is your favourite child?
I thought that Wall.E was going to be an amazing film, but never this good.
It’s been 700 years since humans left the inhabitable earth on a giant spaceship called the Axiom, where every human now lives and does nothing…..literally.
For the first 40 minutes or so of the film, there are no dialogue parts, apart from the odd robot sounds, but this really adds to the cuteness and love-ability of Wall.E. He has a pet cockroach that goes everywhere with him during his day of tidying the mess left on earth by humans, and stacks it into skyscraper sized piles.
Continue reading »‘Hancock’ Review
July 10, 2008
Hancock (12A)
Cast: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan
Director: Peter Berg
Running Time: 92 minutes
Yet another superhero film of summer 2008, but this one is a little bit different from the others that we’ve seen.
Hancock is about low life ‘John Hancock’ (played by Will Smith) who just happens to be a superhero. He’s always drunk and really doesn’t care what the public think of him. Whenever he ‘helps’ the people, however good his intentions may be, he just ends up making things worse and causing millions of dollars of damage to the city. The public start to turn on him and basically want him out of their lives and a warrant is sent out for his arrest for damages to the city!
Continue reading »‘Wanted’ Review
July 5, 2008
Wanted (18)
Cast: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Kristen Hager, David O’Hara
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Running Time: 110 minutes
I wasn’t expecting too much from this film, as from the trailer I thought there would be things that were a bit too far fetched, and so the film proved.
Continue reading »‘Rambo Four Movie’ Review
June 29, 2008
Rambo (18)
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Reynaldo Gallegos, Jake La Botz, Tim Kang, Maung Maung Khim, Paul Schulze, Ken Howard & Sai Mawng
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Running Time: 91 minutes
It’s been twenty years since Rambo III and thank God that Sly Stallone is like a fine wine and gets better with age. I thought ‘Rocky Balboa’ was a good film, but Rambo is better.
The last 2 films, I thought, were a bit over the top with weak characters and storyline. But Rambo’s storyline is stronger and is helped along by a good cast.
Continue reading »Harry Potter Prequel Update
June 28, 2008
To all you Harry Potter fans eagerly waiting to read the ‘Harry Potter prequel’…….here you go! You can now find it over at the Waterstones - What’s Your Story? website.
It’s only a very short story that’s about 800 words, and it’s about James Potter and Sirius Black and an altercation with the police.
Continue reading »‘The Incredible Hulk’ Review
June 27, 2008
The Incredible Hulk (12A)
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: Louis Leterrier
Running Time: 112 minutes
I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who thought ‘hear we go again’ when they announced another Hulk film. I personally thought the first Hulk was the biggest waste of time going.
The more trailers and TV spots I saw for ‘The Incredible Hulk’ the more I started swaying towards the idea that this could be a good film after all.
Continue reading »Star Wars: Clone Wars Trailer
June 17, 2008
I’ve just watched the new trailer for the new upcoming animated film of Star Wars: Clone Wars which will then be continued in the form of a series on the TV channel Cartoon Network. I love the style of animation and am actually really looking forward to seeing this and think it could repair a bit of the nuclear damage that episode I, II and III have done to the Star Wars franchise.
‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ Review
June 13, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Ray Winstone, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, William Hurt, Karen Allen, Jim Broadbent
Director: Steven Spielberg
Running Time: 122 minutes
I’m a big Indiana Jones fan and was in two minds about this film being released. At first I thought that Harrison Ford would be too old to give us a decent action performance, and because of what George Lucas did to Star Wars, I was nervous. But on the other hand, I really wanted to see another Indiana Jones film. But I was surprised by just how good Harrison Ford still is at action films.
Continue reading »Harry Potter Prequel!
June 9, 2008
To all the Harry Potter fans out there, just like myself, JK Rowling has wrote a short excerpt of 800 words from a prequel to the Harry Potter books.
