Category Archives: Film Reviews

My take on the latest and greatest of films and DVDs

The Lost Boys

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Want to see a ​real ​vampire film? This ain’t no glitter-in-the-sunshine crapola! This is the real deal of blood-sucking beasts (that aren’t bad on the eye) and traditional vampire qualities.

It isn’t a full-out horror though. More of a black comedy similar to Shaun of the Dead styles… Continue reading

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Misery

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It has been a long time since I felt uneasy going to bed after watching a horror film.

Actually, this psychological thriller isn’t that horrific (for the most part..), it’s just when it finishes that you realise how disturbed you feel…

I haven’t read the book, but it’s pretty common knowledge that Stephen King’s work translates to film very successfully (The Shining, The Green Mile, Secret Window…) so I knew that I was in for a spectacular treat… Continue reading

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21 Jump Street

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So it’s not the typical genre that I would watch at the cinema, so my expectations were somewhat low.

However, I am happy to say that this film was certainly a good laugh! I did enjoy it.

I guess it was specifically marketed at the Gen-Y population – I couldn’t see my parents enjoying it, and certainly not anybody younger than me!

It surprised me that it was the same directors as Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs – what a change in genre!! Continue reading

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Little Miss Sunshine

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Okay, if you adored the humour of Juno, you will fall madly in love with this film! It was full of that dry, black humour where you don’t know if you should laugh or cry. It has that “typical family” quality where you can relate to every character because we all know somebody like them.

I mean, who doesn’t know a teenage boy who refuses to speak, a grandfather who is a heroin addict, a gay uncle who is suicidal and a father who is a failed businessman. Continue reading

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The Horse Whisperer

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I am a sucker for any great horse film – such as Black Beauty, but ​​unlike​ War Horse.
And The Horse Whisperer is certainly way up there in terms of lack of soppiness, being accurate in the training and horse terms as well as having a strong sense of realism.

So it begins in the most idyllic farm blanketed in thick snow. Grace (the young Scarlett Johansson) puts her riding boots on and tip toes out of the house. She sees he friend over in the next field… Continue reading

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