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Perfect Stranger [ 2007 ] [ Hits:767 ]
Review: Perfect Stranger was filmed with three alternative endings in mind and this is its Achilles Heel. The movie is sleek, the story is intriguing and the cast is incredible. Halle Berry takes the lead as Rowena Price, a beautiful journalist who goes undercover to bring a high-powered advertising executive (Willis) to justice with the help of her techno-savvy friend (Ribisi). She clashes with Harrison Hill, when she discovers that he has ties to the murder of her best friend. Hill wields a top advert...

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [ 2009 ] [ Hits:716 ]
Review: What do Walter Matthau and Denzel Washington have in common? Not a lot... In fact, the only connector, besides both having Hollywood careers, is their appearance in renditions of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, an adaptation of John Godey's novel. Matthau, the other grumpier old man, starred as transit police officer Lt. Zachary Garber in the 1974 version, while Denzel Washington stars as train dispatcher Walter Garber in the 2009 version. One's white, one's black, one's dead, one's alive... the lis...

Black Swan [ Hits:680 ]
Review: Little so-called “Caucasian” girls generally tend to get involved in one of two extra-curricular activities… ballet or horse-riding. It’s a tradition, a rite of passage that soccer moms feel compelled to offer their little princesses. The reasons vary: they’ll look cute in a tutu, the riding lessons are cheaper than a pony, “I never got a chance to play Barbie” or perhaps mom just wants to fulfill her little brat’s every whim. Whatever the motivator, it’s a chance for every gir...

Edge of Darkness [ Hits:633 ]
Review: It's been a good 8 years since Mel Gibson had to have that chat with the top half of his wife in Signs. Since then he's been spotted in Papparazzi, The Singing Detective and a TV series called Complete Savages. Speaking of savages, he's also directed two blood-thirsty yet critically-acclaimed films in The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. So it'd be fair to say that Edge of Darkness marks his return after a long break from acting ever since he agreed to star in that high concept movie with H...

50 Dead Men Walking [ 2008 ] [ Hits:535 ]
Review: Fifty Dead Men Walking has got to be one of the most over-rated films of 2009. Jim Sturgess, the guy that looks like a young Paul McCartney from Across the Universe, stars as Martin McGartland in this gritty real-life action thriller set in Belfast. Fifty Dead Men Walking is based on the book of the same title by Nicholas Davies and Martin McGartland, which tells the incredible true story of McGartland, who was recruited by British Police to spy on the IRA in the late 1980s, saving lives in the ...

Limitless [ Hits:534 ]
Review: "What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?" is the tag line for Limitless, a film adaptation of Alan Glynn's novel that plays with the notion that we only use part of our minds. Just like the little blue sex wonder drug, Limitless imagines the scenario if a drug could be designed to harness our mind's full potential. If scientists could do it for our penises, there must be a way to get the other head working too? Bradley Cooper plays Eddie Morra, a struggling writer, who comes to possess ...

Orphan [ 2009 ] [ Hits:524 ]
Review: If Grace (2009) cast a dark shadow on pregnancy, then Orphan extends the same courtesy to adoption. This horror/thriller from the minds of director, Jaume Collet-Serra (House of Wax) and debut screenwriter, David Johnson comes to life in a film that embodies aspects from Grace, Joshua, The Good Son and The Shining with influences from the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. Orphan tells the story of a woman coming to terms with the loss of her baby and the impact of her grief's scapegoat... a ...

Hanna [ Hits:511 ]
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...

Chloe [ 2009 ] [ Hits:489 ]
Review: Chloe is an erotic thriller with a difference. The movie is directed by Atom Egoyan (Adoration), headlining an all-star cast with Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried. The movie poster and single name title may have echoes of Lolita, but the story follows a more traditional erotic thriller formula with the classic love triangle. David Stewart (Neeson), a respectable professor and married man, misses a flight and an unexpected surprise party back home. An incriminating photo and some u...

Already Dead [ 2007 ] [ Hits:480 ]
Review: Already Dead is an average revenge thriller that doubles back on itself. After a man’s wife is brutalised and his son is murdered, he pays for the opportunity to be alone in a room with the killer. The cast aren’t extraordinary, apart from some familiar faces in Til Schweiger (King Arthur) and Christopher Plummer (Inside Man). Ron Eldard (House of Sand and Fog) leads the charge as Thomas Archer and is a fairly durable lead actor. He’s aided by Til Schweiger for the majority of the film and...

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