Brooklyn’s Finest (Review)

Director Antoine Fuqua exploded on to the Hollywood scene a decade back with the critically acclaimed Training Day, which is often considered one of the quintessential cop/crime dramas but ever since has struggled to follow up that hit, releasing a string of mediocre films that never broke out at the box office (see King Arthur, Shooter).

While his latest offering doesn’t necessarily reverse that trend it does at least return Fuqua to the dirty cop genre that [...]

When in Rome (Review)

I have to say, I wasn’t expecting a great deal from When in Rome, a romantic comedy featuring Kristen Bell, who I found to be rather uninteresting in the adult comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Despite my reservations, When in Rome does have its merits – although it doesn’t re-invent the wheel by any stretch of the imagination.

Tron [1982] (Review)

With Tron Legacy on the way after 28 years, the original Tron has clearly left a lasting impression. Whether this impression is worth a tight sequel, with a strong story or a glossy, shallow cash-in, remains to be seen. However, an examination of the original 1982 film may indicate whether Tron Legacy will be worth the price of your ticket in the end. This is why I have decided to review Tron on DVD, as any upcoming [...]

Wall Street (DVD Review)

With the current economic crisis in the United States, the sequel to Oliver Stone’s white collar drama Wall Street seems like an apt idea. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (more easily known as ‘Wall Street 2′) is coming soon, but has the original motion picture stood the test of time to deserve another outing at the box office? If the current economy was in better shape, then I may have reservations. However, recent concern over the United [...]

The Eclipse (Review)

The Eclipse, written and directed by Conor McPherson, to put it briefly, is a beautiful low key drama of a man dealing with loss and grief. It’s also the scariest movie I’ve seen in some time. And not just scary in some thematic intellectual sense. Quite literally it’s the jump-in-your seat, screaming-in-the-audience kind of scary.

And it has ghosts in it. Really freaking scary ghosts.

Batman: The Animated Series Vol. 1 (DVD Review)

The fans of Gotham City’s most famous vigilante prefer different incarnations of the Dark Knight for different reasons. Some people like to be ironic, and claim that the 1960′s Batman TV series and film (starring Adam West) were their favourite, despite it being universally ridiculed for its’ high dose of camp. Other people relish the dark and gritty Tim Burton films, Batman and Batman Returns, for their unique style. Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever catered to a more colourful [...]