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Waitress [ 2007 ] [ Hits:567 ]
Review: Waitress isn’t a conventional romantic comedy. It’s a film that has a touch of Nurse Betty and a drop of The Good Girl. Renee Zellweger starred as a nurse, who was infatuated with the ideals of a soap star and wanted to escape her life. Jennifer Aniston played the frustrated supermarket assistant, who decided to enter an unlikely relationship to find solace from a meaningless life. Waitress is similar in its make up, and Keri Russell (August Rush) is a depressed waitress, who is fed up with ...
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [ 2010 ] [ Hits:908 ]
Review: Money, money, money, MONEY... watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps may remind you of Donald Trump. That's because it's like Donald Trump... full of swagger, big talk, power suits, business tycoons, a young apprentice, a smug look and the stock exchange... it all feeds back to the mantra "Money Never Sleeps" as uttered by Gordon Gekko in the original Wall Street. The first Wall Street film identified a culture, introduced a new wave of technology and embraced the love of money as something of...
Waltz with Bashir [ 2008 ] [ Hits:794 ]
Review: Waltz with Bashir is extraordinary in terms of its originality and representation of war... An animated biographical war documentary drama takes an Israeli director on a journey to reconstruct and clarify the events of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon from the accounts of fellow veterans. The magnitude of such an investigation, the repercussions of such a repressive recovery and the flood of memories that accompany such an introspective film must be nothing short of horrifying, but Waltz with Bashir...
War Games [ 1983 ] [ Hits:598 ]
Review: WarGames a.k.a. War Games is the reason we have computer geeks. It was the film that put them on the map. Revenge of the Nerds was for nerds, and WarGames was for computer junkies. Many will remember the basic premise of a kid launching a full-scale nuclear war on the US without realising it. For this reason it is a cult classic. The notion that someone could use a computer to infiltrate institutions without the proper know how was why hackers began to hack. However, this was old school hacking...
War Horse [ Hits:590 ]
Review: Stephen Spielberg loves a good war drama and it shows, having directed Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. All of these epic dramas were set in and around World War II, which is just one reason the Best Picture nominated War Horse is so different... War Horse is set in World War I, based on a 1982 children's novel and the 2007 stage play adaptation. The story begins in a pastoral setting in Dartmoor in 1914 as a local farmer buys a be...
Warm Bodies [ Hits:160 ]
Review: Paranormal romance is now a thing. Bloodthirsty vampires and werewolves used to prey on the hearts of humans, but now it's a feast of love, not entrails. One of the horror creatures not to make the cut in Twilight was zombies. Overall, the most humanoid of the lot... the living dead did not get a chance to win Bella's heart. Perhaps the thought was too macabre, messed with Edward's skin tone and delved a little too close to necrophilia for public consumption? Warm Bodies has changed that in a f...
Water for Elephants [ Hits:2558 ]
Review: Water for Elephants is a ridiculous title. Although it makes more sense when you realise that it's a crossover of two cinematic achievements of the 20th century... namely Titanic and Dumbo. Titanic in the way that this epic romance drama has been constructed, and Dumbo in the subject matter, story and special effects. Lavish, historic sets filled with extras in accurate costume and circus animals form the backdrop to this swirling romance about a young man, who happens to jump a circus train, be...
What A Girl Wants [ 2003 ] [ Hits:729 ]
Review: What A Girl Wants is a movie based on the play, ‘The Reluctant Debutante’ by William Douglas-Home as an American girl (Bynes) travels to London to meet her estranged father (Firth), who happens to be a wealthy politician running for office. The film has some parallels with Cinderella, and even makes several references to the fairy tale. The movie has a similar feel to The Princess Diaries, and welcomes another young star to the fray. Amanda Bynes is quite the find, and is like Jennifer Anis...
What Happens in Vegas [ 2008 ] [ Hits:826 ]
Review: After a debaucherous night out in Sin City, a couple find themselves married and $3 million richer… What Happens in Vegas is your typical romantic comedy Hollywood formula. This time Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher take the leads, supported by a host of familiar faces in Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Dennis Farina and Queen Latifah. Kutcher has been involved in a number of these ‘lucky in love’ movies and it would be good to seem him tackling something with a bit more grit. He plays Jack like he...
Whatever Works [ 2009 ] [ Hits:735 ]
Review: Whatever Works is a Woody Allen film starring creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David. Woody Allen’s films are off-beat on their own with genres ranging from bizarre romantic comedies to riveting thrillers. Whatever Works is a bittersweet romantic comedy of sorts… including: Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr. and Michael McKean. Larry David plays Boris Yellnikoff, an aspect of his obsessive and socially awkward Curb Your Enthusiasm character, which is ironic...
Where The Wild Things Are [ 2009 ] [ Hits:764 ]
Review: Where The Wild Things Are is an honest, heartfelt film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's 1963 childrens book by legendary director, Spike Jonze. The film has been in production since the 1980s, when it was originally envisaged as an animated feature. After several stop-starts, it eventually ended up in the hands of Spike Jonze as a live-action adaptation, a director who Sendak described as young and interesting. Instead of bowing down to his Hollywood parents, Jonze throws a tantrum of his own... c...
White Heat [ 1949 ] [ Hits:682 ]
Review: “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” is a famous movie quote from 1949’s film noir classic, White Heat. It stars James Cagney in one of his best performances as Cody Jarrett, a psychopath criminal with a mother complex. After a train robbery doesn’t go to plan, Jarrett’s gang of hoodlums decide to stay low for a while. Cody’s headaches, and unpredictability start to wear down the gang and serves as a perfect opportunity for Big Ed to vie for power. Especially when Jarrett is tracked down...
White Wedding [ 2009 ] [ Hits:628 ]
Review: White Wedding is a South African romantic comedy that contrasts the romance of white weddings with the comedy of cross-country road trips. White Wedding is a collaboration between Jann Turner (Hard Copy), Kenneth Nkosi (Tsotsi) and Rapulano Seiphemo (Jerusalema). The trio co-wrote White Wedding, with Turner directing and Jerusalema duo, Nkosi and Seiphemo starring. It’s a unique South African story, which is composed of heartwarming, funny and genuine homegrown themes. The movie juxtaposes thr...
Wild Hogs [ 2006 ] [ Hits:658 ]
Review: Wild Hogs is a feel good film that combines the motorcycle road trip plain-sailing from Easy Rider with the mid-life crisis comedy from City Slickers. It’s a winner with some big name stars including: John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence, Ray Liotta, Stephen Tobolowsky and Marisa Tomei. All the characters get into their roles, and produce some great comedy in the process. You can see the actors had a great time making the film, and I can’t remember laughing out loud so ...
Win Win [ Hits:784 ]
Review: Chicanery was one of those special words that manage to elude until this reviewer watched Win Win, a new Paul... err, Thomas... err, comedy drama starring Paul Giamatti, directed by Thomas McCarthy. In case the word has slipped past you too, it's the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial or legal purpose.Win Win is the poster child for chicanery, as this offbeat comedy tells the story of Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), a small-time lawyer who uses the opportunity to be an old man's legal g...
Winnie the Pooh [ Hits:770 ]
Review: "Winnie - the Pooh, Winnie - the Pooh..." is one of those theme tunes that echoes in the back of your mind. The lethargic chant from Disney's beloved Pooh bear is quite simple and sweet, but there's much more to it. This is part of the charm of the TV series, based on the books by A.A. Milne and adapted to film by filmmakers Stephen J. Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (The Princess and the Frog).Winnie the Pooh may be aimed at children, but after a little scratching there's a wealth of...
Wolwedans in die Skemer [ Hits:1642 ]
Review: Wolwedans in die Skemer has been described as a boere-noir thriller, adapted to film with a tie-in novel, based on the popular '70s radio show of the same name. Renowned Afrikaans author, movie critic and TV screenwriter, Leon van Nierop, has condensed his writing and film experience into his and director Jozua Malberbe's first feature film. To his credit, Leon van Nierop has written an unpredictable thriller that keeps you guessing until the last minute. The story is enticing, employing some c...
Worlds Greatest Dad [ 2009 ] [ Hits:707 ]
Review: World's Greatest Dad... we see the slogan on coffee mugs, t-shirts and fake certificates, but how could someone truly know they were the world's greatest dad? There's no way of quantifying it... and the illustrious title comes wrapped in a bundle of bias, making it a personal, yet hollow compliment with the best of intentions. A pretty complex little conundrum, which is probably why this film's for adults with Robin Williams as the World's Greatest Dad... he's not.Robin Williams stars as Lance C...
Wrath of the Titans [ Hits:2400 ]
Review: Clash of the Titans was disappointing. The action-adventure relied too heavily on visual effects, offering a tired video game script, wooden performances and substandard post-production 3D in the face of much anticipation. Yet as tarnished as it was, the blockbuster made enough money at the box office to warrant a sequel. Greek mythology is getting the Hollywood treatment with competition from another Greek hero franchise in Immortals, making it only a matter of time before Wrath of the Titans w...
Wreck-It Ralph [ Hits:191 ]
Review: Video game arcades are casinos for minors, who want to blow their pocket money in one night. Bright flashing lights, no clocks, no windows, no parents, an instant token dispenser (and drug dealer) in every dingy corner... it was every kid's dream and every other parent's nightmare. We were able to indulge in our wildest fantasies at the local corner cafe after school or Golden Nugget at the mall. Decapitating enemies with our bare hands in Mortal Kombat, flying F-14 Tomcat jets in After Burner,...
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