It’s hard to believe that it’s some nine years since the first of the so-called ‘Cornetto trilogy’ was released, with Shaun of the Dead providing a British take on the zombie genre. Some three years later, in 2007, Hot Fuzz did the honours with its combination of action movie heroism and Midsomer Murders ‘weird village’. […]
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[Review] World War Z
I’ll be honest, since I first started seeing trailers for World War Z, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to see it – mainly because I really enjoyed the book and could see it was going to be nothing like it. In many ways, I think the biggest problem that the film faces is comparisons […]
Toy Story 3 – Pixar hit another home run
I went to see Toy Story 3 last night, and before I went in, I was torn between outright trepidation and child-like excitement. I remember going to see the first one at the cinema when it first came out, and thinking it was one of the best things I’d ever seen, and when the second […]
The Killer Inside Me – A Review, Not A Confession
I’m not entirely sure why, but I’ve wanted to see The Killer Inside Me for a few weeks now. I saw it had garnered a few decent reviews, and seeing as how serial killer films are something of a specialty for me (my undergraduate dissertation compared three of Hitchcock’s serial killers with that of contemporary […]
Shutter Island
I went to see Shutter Island at last today. I’ve never been the biggest fan of Martin Scorsese, but I am a fairly big Leo fan, so off I trotted to my local cinema to see if the so-called ‘Gothic thriller’ would live up to expectations. For the most part, it did. Set a thriller […]
The Power of Books
Being as I am a fan of both Gary Oldman and Denzel Washington, I went to see The Book of Eli on Wednesday. Before going in, I knew nothing about the film, and had few expectations, but I wasn’t quite expecting what I saw. For those who have yet to see the film, the basic […]
