Category Archives: Reviews
Senna (2010)
I’ll say this right off the bat, I’m not a Formula 1 fan. Never have been. I don’t mind watching it every so often, but I just don’t really dig it. As such, Ayrton Senna was a bit of an abstract concept to me. I knew he was a legendary Formula 1 driver who had died in a crash in more »
X-Men: First Class (2011)
I’m not an X-Men fan. I know, it’s strange, right? I mean, I’m a comic book fan in general. Iron Man’s a dude. I dig the Hulk. I love all things Batman (except when Joel Silver has messed with it). I geekgasmed all over my trousers in the lead up to THE DARK KNIGHT and actually watching it at an more »
Fast & Furious 5 (2011)
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. So if you think that the Fast & Furious franchise is the epitome of plot, I suggest you watch it before reading further. After the relatively successful reboot in 2009 it was inevitable that Vin and the Gang were going to make yet another visit to our screens. Finally, the wait is over, and, as more »
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
[Movie 316 / Day 335] After the success of GREMLINS, it was decided that a sequel would make plenty of money and so in due course, one got the green light. Rumour has it that director Joe Dante said he’d only do it if he could do whatever he wanted. What he wanted, apparently, was to take the original formula more »
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
[Movie 315 / Day 335] The latest live action made-for-TV movie of the popular kids show, ALIEN SWARM is based on the Alien Force version of the cartoon where Ben and Gwen have grown into their teens and have teamed up with Kevin E. Levin (who, as my sketchy knowledge of the show tells me, was a baddie in the more »
Gremlins (1984)
[Movie 314 / Day 334] Back in the early 80s, Chris Columbus was a struggling writer not long out of film school. Listening to the mice scampering around his apartment at night was a creepy enough sound to inspire him to write a screenplay featuring creatures called gremlins who were sadistic troublemakers. He intended that screenplay to act as a more »
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
[Movie 313 / Day 333] One of those gentle comedies that needs no thought, CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT is about the mess food writer Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) manages to get herself into when her austere boss and publisher, Alexander Yardley, orders her to entertain a wounded sailor at her farm for a traditional Christmas meal – and invites himself along more »
Elf (2003)
[Movie 312 / Day 333] Christmas comedy with Will Ferrell in one of his most enjoyable movies to date. He plays Buddy, a human raised in the North Pole as an elf after he managed to stow away on board Santa’s sleigh one year during the big man’s trip to the orphanage. After years of trying to keep up with more »