MOON Trailer
I saw this over at a friends place last night whilst there for dinner – looks awesome – a blend between 2001: A Space Odyssey & Sunshine. June 12th 2009 release.
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Crack House – Harry Keeble, Kris Hollington
A harrowing story retold from the first hand experience of Det. Sgt. Harry Keeble, policing the Haringey district of London, where he embarked on a mission with his squad to close 100 crack houses in 12 months. Confronting in a frightening and shocking manner, it is with some sadness you read and reaffirm that humanity [...]
Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian
This movie caught me out a touch. I initially sat there comparing it closely to The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe and its source material in the C.S. Lewis books, combing it for every inconsistancy, plot flaw or misfire in character development. However [...]
Movie: Quantum of Solace
I REALLY want to like this movie straight out as a standalone movie, as I am a self professed James Bond fan, or connoisseur to follow thematically our erstwhile hero. However this movie demands you watch it back to back with its prequal, Casino Royale, because the two stories are so closely intertwined (set as [...]
Movie review: The Great Escape
Installment 3 of the “Classic” movie night.
We watched the digitally re-coloured version which added depth and dimension to this classic. A sad story, more so being based on fact but crafted in a fashion that put forth the example of British “proper” gentleman and no nonsense American men getting to the job of escaping and [...]
Movie review: Aliens – Director’s Cut
Viewed as part installment 4 of our “classic” movie nights.
This was the directors cut, which had additional sequences which rounded off the story significantly. Still in my mind, genre defining for the sheer machismo bought to bear on the screen with the “Hooyah!” attitude of the marines intertwined with the sheer menace of H.R. Giger’s [...]
Movie Review: The King of Kong – A fistful of Quarters
As far as documentaries go, this is close to the pinnacle – a geek movie through and through, the stars are evenly divided into the “good” -the new comer in Steve Wiebe – and the “bad” – the reigning Donkey Kong champion in Billy Mitchell. In between there is a host of characters who range [...]
Movie Review: Ferris Buellers Day Off
A well rounded, formulaic classic. It has a simple plot, which has a good premise – take the day off and have a blast. A likeable lead in Ferris, supported ably by his sidekick Cameron, their antics and what they actually pack into the day is a mix of culture, aspiration and plain silliness. The [...]
Movie Review: The Dark Knight
A fantastic cinematic achievement. There is no way you can avoid the hype this movie is bringing to cinema – biggest opening weekend in AU & US, Christian Bales masterful reprise of a role which bought credibility back to the franchise and the spellbinding performance of Heath Ledger, in his role as the mad as [...]
Movie Review: Serenity
Joss Whedon passes an exemplary adaption from the undeservadly early demise of the TV Series “Firefly” to the big screen. From the Buffy & Angel legacy, he carry’s on the theme of the Zombies and Vampires in the deseased “Riva” ideal in that they are the walking dead, however set in a science based context [...]
