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Green Zone (Review)

While George W. Bush was prematurely touting “Mission Accomplished” from the deck of the USS Lincoln back in May 2003, super soldier Roy Miller (Matt Damon) was going Rambo through the streets of Baghdad, determined to uncover the truth as to why US intelligence was so incredibly wrong about Iraq harbouring weapons of mass destruction.

Much of that last sentance, I hope you realise, is complete hogwash; no rogue soldier singlehandedly unearthed the WMD scandal, and [...]

Remember Me (Review)

Something unexpected happened around the half hour mark of the ho-hum romantic drama Remember Me. No, the film didn’t start to improve. Don’t be silly.  Rather, I realised that leading man Robert Pattinson – or RPattz as his legions of adoring Twilight fans call him – was in the middle of doing something many critics said he wasn’t capable of. Yes, he was acting. And doing a pretty darn good job of it too.

However, aside [...]

The Wolfman (Review)

For a movie about a man who transforms into a ravenous beast each full moon, it’s somewhat fitting that The Wolfman suffers from severe split personality disorder. Despite remaining faithful to the story of the 1941 classic, this remake has absolutely no idea what kind of movie it wants to be; a solemn and suspenseful horror, or a B-grade slasher?

Either would have been fine, but it’s clear that with the grim screenplay and A-list cast, the former [...]

Planet 51 (Review)

Strip away the gazillion pop culture references that cloud the atmosphere of Planet 51 and you’re left with a scarcely inhabitable kid’s sci-fi that hasn’t an original idea beyond its setup. Actually, even that’s a blatant role-reversal of the likes of E.T, My Favourite Martian and The Iron Giant as it sees a human astronaut cause chaos when he lands on a distant planet populated by a green, paranoid species of aliens.

The Box (Review)

Following the backlash of Richard Kelly’s sophomore effort — the spectacular disaster that was Southland Tales — one would have thought that the acclaimed Donnie Darko director would play it safe for his next outing. It appeared as though he was doing just that with The Box; a bluntly titled, seemingly straightforward period thriller starring the ever-bankable Cameron Diaz. It doesn’t get much safer than that, right?

Wrong, all wrong. The Box is a logically-impaired, hyperbolic [...]

Julie and Julia (Review)

I feel it important to state up front that the kitchen and I do not get along. While we inevitably cross paths from time to time, I try not to make eye contact let alone a meal.  This might explain why Julie & Julia didn’t remotely appease my appetite. The film spends so much time celebrating the art of cooking, it forgets to be dramatic, romantic or funny.

It’s not a drama, as there is hardly a [...]