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The Thing 2011 Review

must begin by saying I am indeed one of the millions somewhat in love with the original 1982 effort by John Carpenter, therefore choose as you will which way you would expect my bias to run on this occasion…personally I cannot quite make my mind up.Anyway, just to get things off to a positive st​art we will begin with the positives of the new ‘Thing’ prequel currently doing the rounds. First and foremost, fair play to all involved when it comes to the overall style and cinematography, as the long and looking cold atmosphere with eerie soundtrack are pretty well in line with the original form the 80s…so kudos indeed. What’s more, considering the fact that the creatures and the transformations are all entirely computer generated, most do a fine job of blending in with the real-life scenes without appearing too ridiculous, as is all too often the case these days.

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Transformer: Dark of the Moon Review

I recently went to the movies to watch Transformers: Dark of the moon and in my opinion it is one film all should make an attempt to watch. The plot and the settings are of such that the movie is as good as if not a lot better than the others before it.

In comparison with its predecessors, it has more of an intriguing plot. It also sends more emotional and physical messages to the audience in comparison with the More

Cave of Amazing Dreams

This year has been a good one for going to the movies. I have had several short-term primary teaching jobs, so I’ve been in the money and have been able to feed my frenzy for films.

The highlight so far is undoubtedly The Cave of Forgotten Dreams, directed by veteran German Werner Herzog. This extraordinary documentary simply explores one single prehistoric cave system in southern France. The point is, however, that this cave complex holds the world’s oldest cave More

The Town

The other day when I was shopping for Homeware I saw The Town had just been released on dvd so I treated myself to that and a big bar of chocolate and settled down for Friday night movie night.

The Town is set in Charlestown, America and it portrays a realistic and gritty view into what this rough and violent city has to offer. The storyline is nothing new in terms of crime drama but it is intense and emotional, More

A must see, even if you hated education: An Education

Let’s be clear from the outset here: I wasn’t in any way excited about watching this film. Okay, the premise sounded interesting, but it didn’t exactly compete in my mind well with the other films of the time. So it was a risk, really, me watching this. I was all prepared to hate it and then when I saw it guess what? I loved it. It was actually just what I needed.

Starring Carey Mulligan – of Never Let Me More

Cave of Forgotten Dreams Reviewed

Isn’t it sad when a beautiful, well-made and extraordinary film doesn’t achieve commercial success? One such discard is the wonderful ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’, made by veteran director Werner Herzog (who also supplies the commentary) about the prehistoric cave paintings in the Chauvet Cave in southern France.

Dating to about 30,000 years ago, these are the oldest cave paintings in the world, and were only discovered in 1994 by a group of cavers, including Jean-Marie Chauvet after whom the cave More

Another Year

Mike Leigh. You either love him or hate him. I’ve rarely met someone who thinks he’s just all right. Having never really watched a Mike Leigh film I approached ’Another Year'with an open mind. Tailing the lives of Tom and Jerry (that’s a deliberate joke) played by Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen the film follows a year in their lives and all the people who dip in and out. You have their son Joe who’s in his early thirties and More

Foreign films meeting classic acts

While the more publicized Hollywood productions are turning into the Royal flops, the foreign films are gaining more box office hits and more money to to make better movies. Losing ground on production quality and poor direction and loss of quality acting, the movies are turning the worst nightmare of the American entertainment industry where other younger sectors that come under entertainment like video game and children’s entertainment are booming big time.
Foreign films are getting better and gaining more More

Hall pass - time pass

A movie that recently hit the screens which shows a couple of desperate middle aged men loosing control of their harmones. They can’t wait for a time when they could get away from their married lives and live like bachelors. They’re wifes get fed up of their childish behavior and grant the men hall passes, this means a week of marriage.
The 2 men in their mid-life crises soon discover that they neither have the charisma nor the charm to More

Film Review: Little Fockers

Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) and wife Pam (Teri Polo) with their twin boys live in a Chicago neighborhood. Greg is a male nurse and is having difficulty with their finances. Greg finds a way to keep up with his finances by agreeing to help a sexy medical representative played by Jessica Alba sell an erectile-dysfunction drug known as Sustengo.

Greg’s father-in law Jack Byrnes, (Robert de Nero) More