Best and Worst Films of 2013!

So another year bites the dust, and I get to compile my annual list for 2013! Same rules apply as always (and please feel free to look back at previous years!) I don’t only watch films in the theatres, I also watch DVDs and include them. Of course, only films I’ve never seen before! (I…

Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is more of a requirement in film than it is in art, giving some sense of closure to millions affected, and treats the subject with respect. The film follows the true events of one CIA woman’s dogged determination to finally find and kill terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden. Directed by Katheryn Bigelow…

Review: Frozen

There’s a lot to be said about Disney’s latest offering, some people saying it is the beginning of a new golden age for the studios, others saying its awful. But everyone agrees, the trailers are not to be trusted! Elsa, a princess of a far away kingdom, has the power to control and create snow…

Review: The Last Stand

Even with the simplest premise imaginable, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newest solo outing is surprisingly good fun. Now sheriff of a lazy, backwater town, Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) used to be an LA cop and soon finds his old skills required once more when a drug lord makes a prison break for the Mexican border and only his…

Review: It’s a Wonderful Life

No. Just get it out of your system now, no, I hadn’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life until now. Yes, I should have, what kind of a film reviewer am I? Now let’s move on! A businessman who is compassionate and kind to everyone around him, intent on running a bank for the people, find…

Review: The Hunger Games – Catching Fire

This sequel makes up for a lot of its predecessor’s glaring faults, yet somehow continues to paint its theme in the same unbelievable and contrived fashion. Having survived the Hunger Games, a gladiatorial arena fashioned by a tyrannical society called The Capitol, heroes Katniss and Peeta must deal with their limelight fame from those they…

Review: Gravity (3D)

As the film is quick to remind us: Life in space is impossible, and never has this been more apparent than in the new film by Alfonso Cuaron (director of Children of Men). During repair work on the Hubble space telescope, a massive debris field destroys most of the repair team’s operation. Incredibly isolated and…

Duo Review: Thor & Thor – The Dark World

A fantasy adventure film with plenty of energy and excitement, and keeping with its subtitle it has some surprisingly dark undertones and visuals! Lightning strikes twice today. While Thor does battle across the Nine Realms to restore order, scientist Jane Foster discovers an anomaly on Earth that acts as a doorway to a long forgotten…

Review: Mirrors

A decent little horror/thriller, unique with a few notable scenes, even if it is a remake of a Korean film five years previous. Kiefer Sutherland plays a cop and father who is trying to redeem himself to his family after alcohol abuse by taking the job as a night watchman at a burnt down shopping…

Review: Ozombie

I’m sure these days it is said: “Anyone can make a zombie film”. Ozombie is proof that this is not the case. Oh okay, as soon as you know the premise, you’ll know that you cannot take this seriously, and it shouldn’t be,  but even as a spoof it is terrible. So, after her brother…