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Gran Torino [ 2008 ] [ Hits:789 ]
Review: Gran Torino follows in a long line of comebacks… Bruce Willis reprised John McClane in Die Hard 4, Sylvester Stallone gave Rocky a few more rounds in Rocky Balboa and Clint Eastwood gets his Dirty Harry attitude back for Gran Torino. Eastwood is in his late 70s, but that doesn’t stop him from tearing things up in Hollywood. He’s taken a backseat, the director’s actually, over the last few years since his turn in Million Dollar Baby. However, the chance to play an older, wiser “Dirty Ha...
Green Zone [ 2010 ] [ Hits:944 ]
Review: Green Zone is just another better-than-average Iraq war film in the company of Body of Lies, Traitor and The Kingdom. We've seen the covert missions, the terrorist agendas and the corrupt officials before and it's getting a little old now. The film's main selling point is that it comes straight from the tag team that brought us The Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass. They bring a similar flair to Green Zone with quick camera action shots and our hero's rogue status as he delves dee...
Guess Who [ 2005 ] [ Hits:623 ]
Review: Guess Who is a remake of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967), which won 2 Oscars, and included Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey and Sidney Poitier. In 1967, there were some states in America that were against mixed-marriages and relationships. The film was probably the equivalent of today’s view on homosexuality. Guess Who is much tamer in comparison, and having a white guy with a good credit rating(Ashton Kutcher), instead of a black doctor (Sidney Poitier), makes the situation comical r...
Hamlet 2 [ 2008 ] [ Hits:605 ]
Review: Hamlet 2 is a film by writer-director Andrew Fleming, who co-wrote Hamlet 2 with South Park writer-producer, Pam Brady. The film stars Steve Coogan of 24 Hour Party People and A Cock and Bull Story. The British actor is starting to find his groove in Hollywood, after several years of scratching the glitz. He finds himself in a world of off-beat comedy in Hamlet 2 as Dana, a man trying to inspire his drama students with the art of theatre. This is a perfect vehicle for an over-the-top performance...
Hanna [ Hits:976 ]
Review: Hanna would be just like every other hitman movie out there... if it weren't for its 16-year-old girl assassin and Pride and Prejudice director.Saoirse Ronan is possibly Hollywood's hottest starlet, racking up an impressive filmography ranging from roles in Atonement and The Lovely Bones to Hanna. She embodies a rare quality, much like Jodie Foster did when she starred opposite Robert De Niro as a teen prostitute in Taxi Driver. A gritty innocence befalls Saoirse, whose mystical name could be li...
Hansie [ 2008 ] [ Hits:1357 ]
Review: Hansie is a classic rise and fall story that saw one man disgrace a nation, only to redeem himself. The difference is that this story is actually history. Hansie Cronje, South Africa’s golden boy fell from grace after captaining the Proteas cricket team for several years. Cronje’s leadership and talent as a player guided South Africa through some of their most successful tours, almost upstaging Australia in the 1999 World Cup. His formative years were built on integrity, growing up within a ...
Happily N'Ever After [ 2006 ] [ Hits:432 ]
Review: Happily N’Ever After didn’t look all that appetizing from the trailer. As a well-known carbonated soda pop company purports… trust your instinct. I would’ve, but I thought I’d take the risk and see what good could be squeezed after one viewing. The funniest thing about it, was that it actually was better than the trailer made it look. It’s a sweet story, but that’s all. The kingdom of Fairy Tale Land is subjected to distortion when Frieda, Cinderella’s evil stepmother disrupts th...
Hardwired [ 2009 ] [ Hits:672 ]
Review: Hardwired was the working title for I, Robot… a man-on-the-run Sci-Fi about the evolution of robot-kind starring Will Smith. It also happens to be the title for a man-on-the-run Sci-Fi about the evolution of corporate advertising starring Cuba Gooding Jr, but “Hairbrained” seems more fitting in retrospect as the film is plagued by a number of “glitches” as the techies like to say…For starters, it co-stars three-time Razzie Award winner Val Kilmer. Now I know Sly Stallone put on a few...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 [ 2010 ] [ Hits:1228 ]
Review: It's old news, but "the magical kid with glasses" has become an international phenomenon. Remember when HP used to be a sauce and Indiana Jones was the only character worthy of a "character name and adventure" movie title. Glasses, reading and obscure pockmarks used to be dorky until Potter added a little pizazz to the art of being a nerd. Add a little magic and it seems you can transform any half-wit into a hero. Perhaps that's the charm of Harry Potter, he's a ordinary kid in extraordinary ci...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 [ Hits:2485 ]
Review: It all ends in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The boy wizard has grown up to grab hold of his wand, or any number of oddly shaped wands, and wreak havoc upon Lord Voldemort. For some... it's a moment for melancholy and sweet relief - the long wait is finally over, the books have been dog-eared and the Harry Potter shrine has been swept clean with a genuine Nimbus 2000 in preparation for the homecoming. For others, it's a joyous occasion... as an irritating little prick with glasses...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [ 2009 ] [ Hits:5348 ]
Review: Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince is the best Harry Potter adaptation yet (despite sitting next to someone with a super-size popcorn and slurpy and no sense of volume control!). The franchise has slowly evolved from an adorable, theme park-friendly fantasy adventure for kids into a swirling, dark mass of might and magic for older teens and adults. The series has become darker and darker as its audience has grown older in a similar pattern to J.K.Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. Now The Half...
He Was A Quiet Man [ 2007 ] [ Hits:744 ]
Review: He Was A Quiet Man is different from most Hollywood movies. Different is good in this case, as Christian Slater takes on the role of Milton from Office Space. He’s the overlooked, bullied and quiet office worker, who is both irrelevant and indistinct. His lonely existence and monotonous work schedule leave a hollow soul, twisted by insignificance. This is Bob Maconel (Slater), a compassionate man, whose repressed anger and isolation makes him a threat to the company. He’s had enough and want...
Heavy Petting [ 2007 ] [ Hits:607 ]
Review: Heavy Petting is a Malin Akerman movie that lets the world of dating go to the dogs… Writer-director Marcel Sarmiento constructs a playful movie that’s a lot more innocent than its title would suggest as the game of love gets a few doggy obstacles thrown into the mix. Damsel-in-distress Akerman stars opposite Brendan Hines, the hero, who’s aided by Kevin Sussman in his quest to get past the puppy love stage of his relationship. It’s a classic case of guy meets the girl of his dreams. The...
Hes Just Not That Into You [ 2009 ] [ Hits:717 ]
Review: He’s Just Not That Into You is a star-studded comedy, drama and romance. The ensemble boasts names such as: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, and introduces Ginnifer Goodwin into the fray. The film is an adaptation based on a book of the same title, written by Liz Tuccillo and Greg Behrendt. The title “He’s Just Not That Into You” is taken from a line in one of the Sex in the City episodes, and one can see a...
Hitchcock [ Hits:117 ]
Review: Alfred Hitchcock, Hitch or The Master of Suspense was and is a cultural icon. Described as "genius" and regarded as one of the most influential film directors of all-time, but to say the man was not without fault is an understatement. In Hitchcock, based on the book, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, we're given a behind-the-scenes tour of Hitch's life when he conceived and executed his most famous movie, Psycho. The film is focused on the complex personal and professional relationship...
Hitman [ 2007 ] [ Hits:625 ]
Review: Hitman is a video game adaptation of the popular Hitman franchise, which has created something of a legend. This anti-hero is from the dark side, and the video game has cemented the dark side of James Bond. He has a license to kill, he has the gadgets and the undercover expertise. The only difference is that he doesn’t rely on cheesy one-liners and seducing beautiful women to get by. A hitman known as Agent 47 is hired by ‘The Agency’ to assasinate a political figure, only to be pursued b...
Hop [ 2011 ] [ Hits:789 ]
Review: Santa is dead. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer has been flogged within an inch of his life and they will not ride again... at least not until next Christmas. After years of recession, Hollywood has had to do the unthinkable and re-open wabbit season. Just when you thought Bugs Bunny was safe, along comes... no, not Elmer Fudd but Hop - the quintessential candy-coated Easter story to rewrite history and nestle in as a companion piece to the splurge of chocoholic and shopaholic fever that takes ove...
Horrible Bosses [ Hits:927 ]
Review:   It's not very often that I go the trouble of watching a comedy at the cines, but when I saw the trailer for Horrible Bosses about a month ago, I convinced myself to make an exception. Why? I suspect it was because of the expectation set by the formidable, but unlikely comedic cast that includes Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Collin Farrell. Still, I was quite a bit sceptical about how this would all play out...In the end, I was delighted to find myself thoroughly entertained, as the weird...
Hot Tub Time Machine [ 2010 ] [ Hits:946 ]
Review: Ahhh... 1986, Reagan was still President, Maradona scored the "Goal of the Century" in the FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Chernobyl was still doing plant tours, Mike Tyson won his first world boxing title, Lady Gaga said "ga-ga" for the first time, Voyager 2 had its first encounter with Uranus and Michael J. Fox manned the world's first flux capacitor-powered car time machine. No wonder Americans remember the '80s with such nostalgia and gusto. Meanwhile back home in the Old South Africa, the struggl...
House of 1000 Corpses [ 2003 ] [ Hits:692 ]
Review: House of 1000 Corpses is Rob Zombie’s filmic contribution to the horror genre. Zombie, a founding member of the 90s band White Zombie, went on to start a solo career. His trash/industrial sound became his trademark music and can be heard on the soundtrack to House of 1000 Corpses. It’s his debut film, and isn’t as bad as you’d imagine. We’re specifically talking about the horror genre, just to get things straight. It’s not meant to be taken too seriously, but is meant to be scary and...
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