25-year-old Wes was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die […]
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Movie Review – The Forbidden Kingdom – Weak
While hunting down bootleg kung-fu DVDs in a Chinatown pawnshop, Jason makes an extraordinary discovery that sends him hurtling back in time to ancient China. There, Jason is charged with a monumental task: he must free the fabled warrior the Monkey King, who has been imprisoned by the evil Jade Warlord. Jason is joined in […]
Movie Reviews – The Spiderwick Chronicles – Enjoyable
From the beloved best-selling series of books comes “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great, […]
Movie Review – 21 – Geek Dreams
The true story of the very brightest young minds in the country – and how they took Vegas for millions. Ben Campbell is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who — needing to pay school tuition — finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school’s most gifted students […]
Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda – Overhyped
Po the Panda is the laziest animals in all of the Valley of Peace, but unwittingly becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life. I have to admit I did laugh when I saw the trailer for this movie at the cinema last year and was quite looking forwards to it. I […]
Movie Review – Rambo IV – Harrowing
In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. I was always a big fan of Rambo, of course Rambo: First Blood is still the classic and one of the best action/hero movies […]
Movie Review – The Bucket List – Happysad
Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die. This is a movie I only heard about after the phrase “Bucket List” swept the Internet recently, a list of things you must do before you kick the bucket – […]
Movie Review – The Kingdom – Serious!
After a terrorist attack to an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where families and the spy Francis Manner are murdered, FBI agent Ronald Fleury blackmails the South Arabian consul to get five days of investigation in the location. He travels with agent Grant Sykes, Janet Mayes and Adam Leavitt to revenge their friend […]
Movie Review – The Dark Knight – Jokertastic!
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham’s new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker’s crimes grow more and more deadly. Honestly I think Christopher Nolan can do no wrong….he’s only made 8 movies and 3 are in […]
