http://entertainment.ie/rss/movie_reviews.asp Latest DVD reviews from Entertainment.ie Copyright (c) Entertainment Media Networks 2010 Fri, 18 Mar 2010 06:09:57 GMT Fri, 18 Mar 2010 06:09:57 GMT en-ie http://entertainment.ie/images_ei/base_nav.gif http://entertainment.ie Budgeted at a paltry $15,000, Paranormal Activity has gone on to rake in the kind of money that makes careers for the talent involved, and ensures promotions for the executives that bought it. While ridiculously billed as the most terrifying... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Paranormal_Activity/6927.htm Looking at the trailer for Law Abiding Citizen, I was convinced it would be an action thriller with substance. A story of a man, whose entire family is brutally murdered in front of him, it appeared to give Gerard Butler - a charismatic actor - a... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Law_Abiding_Citizen/6926.htm A touching coming-of-age story and a welcome-to-the-big-time performance from Mulligan is let down by languid pacing and uninteresting plot.
A musical talent on the verge of acceptance to Oxford, smart sixteen-year-old Jenny (Mulligan) has... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/An_Education/6923.htm Thoughtful and nicely played by a wonderful cast, this is Lee firmly switching gears and mostly succeeding.
After the intense sexual exploits of Brokeback Mountain and Lust, Caution, it seems Ang Lee felt like tackling something far lighter.... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Taking_Woodstock/6922.htm Embracing the Romeo and Juliet angle of the series even more overtly than the first film, New Moon may have less Edward than the previous instalment, but it also has a better director. Sure, the budget being doubled certainly helps, and there are... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/The_Twilight_Saga:_New_Moon/6921.htm Further proof, if any were needed, that Megan Fox is really good at playing slutty teenagers.
Coming from the brain of Oscar winning Juno writer Diablo Cody, there was always going to be a certain air of anticipation for this horror/comedy.... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Jennifer's_Body/6900.htm If the old man from Up lived on a council estate and was a trained killer, he might look something like Harry Brown.
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Much like its villain, Jigsaw, Saw is the franchise that just won't die. Made with a relatively paltry budget, each effort in the series has returned a profit... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Saw_6/6887.htm Glimpses of the genius that is Michael Jackson are prominent through-out, but fans shouldn’t expect any more than glorified fine-tuning of the concerts that never happened.
Assembled from rehearsal footage for his proposed fifty night... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/This_Is_It/6886.htm Cut To The Chase:
Pixar have done it again - Up can side proudly alongside other modern animation classics like Toy Story, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc. and Wall E.
Ever since he was a young boy marvelling at the feats of his... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Up/6876.htm There has been more than a few adaptations of Oscar Wilde's The Picture Of Dorian Gray and this is Oliver Parker's third attempt at a Wilde story after An Ideal Husband and The Importance Of Being Ernest. This outing is a solid if functional entry... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Dorian_Gray/6872.htm If you're going to make a film about a recent college graduate blossoming late and coming into his own during an eventful summer, working a crappy job in a grubby themepark, then you could do a lot worse than enlisting the director of Superbad. Greg... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Adventureland/6871.htm Essentially an elongated cooking show, with a flimsy parallel narrative thrown in, Julie & Julia may be a pleasant enough experience for those with interests in culinary history, but everyone else may find themselves bored (and hungry) waiting... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Julie_and_Julia/6924.htm This is about half as funny as it could've been, which still means laughs, just not enough for those who know how good these guys can be.
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It was a brave move on writer/director Camp's part to try and meld a romantic premise around that of a... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Love_Happens/6857.htm Based on the much loved novel of the same name, German director Robert Schwentke follows up the mundane Flightpan which an adaptation that engages occasionally, but is far too disjointed to really involve the viewer. The novel wasn't a bestseller... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/The_Time_Traveler's_Wife/6856.htm This may be a remake, but it feels like a breath of fresh air and is much better than the current trend of dance movies about folk from the "wrong side of the tracks" who triumph over adversity, bag the upper class guy/girl and then dance... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/Fame/6828.htm There does seem to be a problem with a lot of mainstream romantic comedies these days, in that they are almost perennially slight, and lacking in the kind of obtuse gags that will pull in the male masses. The Ugly Truth is a film that is pretty much... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/The_Ugly_Truth/6827.htm
High Concept comedies can be hit-and-miss affairs. For every Superbad (horny teens go on a quest to buy alcohol for a house party and chaos ensues) there's a Yes Man (a negative guy turns positive and chaos ensues); for every The Hangover (a... http://entertainment.ie/DVD_review/The_Invention_of_Lying/6830.htm