With every new animated movie, there comes the inevitable comparison to the gold standard laid down by megastudio Pixar. Bolt comes from Pixar’s parent company Disney, and while the animation quality is up there, and the kid-friendly humour and endearing characters are there as well, Bolt still just misses that Pixar mark. Perhaps there is…
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Quantum of Solace – Movie Review
Wow! (That bit of shock is not for the latest Bond flick, but more about how long it’s been since I’ve gone to the cinema. Rhythmic thumping of feet against the back of my chair from the row behind, o how I’ve missed you. Seriously, I think it will be a meager winter for my…
Photos from new Star Trek film are too cool!
I admit I am not a fan of the original series, so when they were going to reboot it with original characters intact, I held on to my doubts — even though it was JJ Abrams in charge. But after seeing these photos of the revamped crew and bridge, I am really excited about it….
Potter film delay is a drag
If you hadn’t heard what the hub-bub was, check this link: Half-Blood Prince delayed until July 17th, 2009 Anyway, there’s been a lot of unhappiness about this in the Potter fan world, and I have clearly made myself known as a Potter fan with opinions so why don’t I share mine? As far as a…
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Movie Review
Returning for the second time this summer season (see also Journey to the Center of the Earth), and for his third time in this role, Brendan Fraser reclaims his mantle as the new B-movie matinee idol by bringing back mummy-hunter Rick O’Connell to the big screen. This time around, not only are they facing a…
X-Files: I Want To Believe – Movie Review
I’ll bet you would not have expected that an X-Files movie would contain neither aliens nor government conspiracies. Even the so-called psychic phenomenon involved in X-Files: I Want To Believe is highly suspect. So why do they need special agent Fox Mulder to come out of hiding so badly that apparently the government is willing…
The Dark Knight – Movie Review
By the time I saw The Dark Knight (which was after about 40 million of you out there had already seen it) the hype had overflowed and I was half expecting to be disappointed, certain that it would not live up to the praise that people were giving it. At first I was a bit…
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Movie Review
After seeing the preview trailer for Hellboy II: The Golden Army, it easily became my most-anticipated movie in July (I know everyone else is waiting for the Bat). Once I saw that director Guillermo del Toro was going to throw even more of his fabulously dark fantasy creatures into this movie than his previous effort,…
Wanted – Movie Review
Do you know director Timur Bekmambetov? If you’ve seen his Russian vampire flicks Night Watch or Day Watch, you will recognize his trademark spectacular, physics-defying car stunts (cars flip and leap-frog over one another) and zooming camera effects (the screen image even throbs to mimic the lead character’s special rapid heartbeat condition; and we get…
