Cut Print Review

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘PUSH’ by Sapphire...

“The other day I cried”, mumbles Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) to the audience.

Fair enough, too. Precious is a morbidly obese, illiterate and pregnant African-American teen living in 1987 Harlem, surviving off the welfare collected by her disgustingly abusive mother. On occasion, her drug-addicted father drops in to rape her.  He is also the father of both her children, the first of whom has Down Syndrome. If there were a checklist of all the issues [...]

Nine (Review)

Whoever made the Nine trailer deserves an award, what an amazing teaser! Unfortunately most of the film doesn’t live up to any expectations of Rob Marshall or the plethora of high calibre actors within the film. Adapted from the stage musical of the same name which was based on Fellini’s 8 ½.

Some might argue that Rob Marshall in his previous musical Chicago, actually took something big and made it better. However second time around it [...]

The Princess and the Frog (Review)

It’s easy to get caught up praising The Princess and the Frog for what it does differently in the biz of children’s animation. First off, it’s the spirited revival — or attempted revival, depending on how well it does at the box office — of the classic hand-drawn 2D animation style that has gone the way of the VCR in the age of Pixar. More importantly, it’s the first Disney animation ever to feature an African-American princess, even [...]

Daybreakers (Review)

Now how ‘bout that: An Australian made film that mainstream audiences might actually go and see! Or at least gore hungry teenagers with litres of Red Bull infused blood pumping around their hormonal bodies. But given the recent vampiric trend amongst teens, it’s the perfect market for the Australian film industry to suck the life out of. Lord knows they’re looking a little parched.

Yes, Daybreakers is another vampire film, but don’t hold it against it. [...]

WIN: ‘Edge of Darkness’ DVD Prize Pack

To celebrate the release of Mel Gibson’s Edge of Darkness, Icon Film Distribution and Cut Print Review are giving you the chance to win a killer DVD action prize pack as well as an in-season double pass to see Edge of Darkness, in cinemas February 4th. The DVD prize pack consists of:

- Transporter 3
– Knowing
– Apocalypto
– We Were Soldiers
– 30 Days of Night

Five runners-up will also receive a [...]

Tooth Fairy (Review)

Arnie was a champ for audiences in the nineties, even Vin Diesel didn’t do so bad in The Pacifier, but this year Dwayne Johnson has proved why second rate action stars fall so easily into acting jobs in kids movies…and that is because they truly cannot act seriously, but people will pay to see them make a fool of themselves in family friendly situations.

Like pulling teeth, there is no easy way around saying that Dwayne [...]