The last 12 months have seen the arrival of many 3d films. The leader of the gang so to speak was James Camerons Avatar. Its cutting edge 3D technology soon paid off as Avatar quickly became the most successful film of all time.
The downside to this was that Studio Executives quickly assumed that the 3D [...]
I first came across the great Polish Director Krzysztof Kieslowski a few years ago when purely by happenstance I stumbled across his feature Krótki film o milosci (A short film about love ), Made in 1988, it is without doubt one of the most sensitive and powerful depictions of love ever committed to film and [...]
Ten years in the making and boasting a budget comparable to the gross domestic Product of a medium sized South American Country, James Cameron’s Avatar is finally upon us. The Celebrated Director had shown a select few fifteen minutes of Computer generated footage from the film six months ago which had Fan boys [...]
“I am king of the world” proclaimed director James Cameron as he picked up the best picture Oscar for for Titanic.
After a string of the hugely successful films namely Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2 and True Lies, Titanic was the film that ( according to most) would knock James Cameron back down to earth. At a cost of $200 [...]
Every now and again a horror film comes along with the dubious claim of being the most scariest film ever made. However, most of them turn out to be as frightening as an episode of Scooby Doo.
This then brings me to ‘Paranormal activity’. A new film by first time director Oli Perri, which is leaving [...]
Every now and again a movie comes along that reminds me exactly why i fell in love with the medium of film in the first place. District 9 is that film for me at the moment.
Produced by Peter ‘Lord of the Rings’ Jackson and directed by Neil Blomkamp, based upon his short film, this is indeed a powerhouse [...]
The big green man with the anger issues has once again been thrust upon us. The previous effort directed by Ang Lee was criticised for not having enough action and instead concentrating on some psychological Freudian father/son subtext involving the two main stars.
What fans wanted was the Hulk smashing the crap out of everything [...]
When i discovered that Charlies Angels director McG was chosen to helm the fourth film in the Terminator franchise i was highly skeptical. And as the early reviews filtered through the various film forums my skepticism was soon replaced by shock.
The reviews were awful to say the least. Indeed, Harry Knowles the webmaster of the inflential [...]
Just went to see the new Star Trek film. I was initially skeptical when i discovered that the story centred around the exploits of the young Kirk, Spock and the rest of the legendary crew of the starship Enterprise. Beverly Hill 90210 set in space quickly came to mind.
How wrong i was. From the opening [...]
Our sun is dying. The Human race faces extinction. The only hope lies in a mission to explode a nuclear device within the heart of our nearest star in the hope of re-igniting it.
This is the premise of Sunshine. The first foray in to Science Fiction for British Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland. [...]