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Law Abiding Citizen (Review)

Unlike its nasty sibling revenge, justice is not a dish best served cold. It’s better served with nuance, decorum and a dash of smarts. Now try telling that to screenwriter Kurt Wimmer and director F. Gary Gray of Law Abiding Citizen.

Rather than being up front about being a ultra-violent revenge thriller, Citizen smugly believes that it’s smarter than your average B-movie and is more inclined to consider itself a sharp legal thriller, à la The [...]

Invictus (Review)

Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi got his own Hollywood biopic. So did legendary French heroine Joan of Arc, gay rights politician Harvey Milk, sporting great Muhammad Ali, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara…heck, even gangster rapper 50 Cent got one.

So why is it that Nelson Mandela — a man who served a 27 year jail sentence in South Africa before being elected President of the nation that imprisoned him – gets his Hollywood biopic thrown in with [...]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Review)

Be sure to leave your brain at home when seeing G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as this one’s solely for the eyes and ears. On second thought, leave them behind as well; Stephen Sommers’ (The Mummy, Van Helsing) live-action take on the popular toy franchise is a lively, yet tedious, assault on the senses. I say ‘live-action’ with a pinch of salt, given there’s hardly anything living in sight; 95% of G.I. Joe is made up of [...]

Observe and Report (Review)

The Seth Rogen bandwagon is still rolling well into 2009 as he continues his evident quest to play every guy who wants justice among his peers. Following  Paul Blart: Mall Cop in March, we’re served another mall-cop comedy, but while Rogen usually has the backing of either himself or Judd Apatow in some creative role, this time he’s all alone. It can’t be said he does this for the people over the money, as the reason for anyone [...]

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Review)

When the words ‘A Happy Madison Production’ appear on-screen during the opening credits of a film, it’s almost as if the filmmakers are giving the audience a superficial apology in advance.  It might as well read; “We regret to inform you that this film will be neither funny nor entertaining, but since you suckers have already given us your money, we’re not really that sorry.”  Maybe I’m being a bit too harsh; Adam Sandler’s production company did bless [...]

The Unborn (Review)

Some films dare to be different; they take an original and compelling narrative that engages the audience with the use strong characterisations, ultimately providing a genuinely engrossing cinematic experience.

The Unborn is not that film. Not even close.

In fact, director and writer David S. Goyer’s latest horror film is more like the binary opposite of such a film. Hugely reliant on genre clichés to provide cheap scares, The Unborn tells of a nonsensical [...]