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 | Moonrise Kingdom (Film)Anderson excellence - Colm2305If you're not a Wes Anderson fan don't waste your time, Moonrise Kingdom will not change your mind. It may be without Owen or Luke Wilson but this is still firmly set in Andersons quirky world of colourful palettes and erratic clothes all to the soundtrack of a battery powered portable vinyl player blasting out sixties French pop. It's charming and funny, more ... |
 | The Raid (Film)Let's fight! - Colm2305The Raid is awesome. That's all you need to know. People get thrown into walls, fridges get blown ups, machetes get swung. If you like action you'll love The Raid. Forget about slow motion or over the top explosions, having a small budget works to The Raids advantage as every punch and kick matters. No special effects here just very hard working martial more ... |
 | Marvel Avengers Assemble (Film)Stop jumping on the bandwagon people, it's only ok - Colm2305I had a lot of hope for this. Iron Man was great and the sequel while although inferior confirmed that yes Robert Downey Jnr is as cool as chips. Thor was a bad film but Chris Hemsworth was a hell of a lot of fun as the demi-God and weak as the story was the character was a joy. Captain America was good fun and The Hulk I have not seen, but alas with Joss more ... |
 | Headhunters (Film)A lot of fun but too many plot holes - Colm2305Another Scandinavian book adaptation with a looming American remake, Headhunters follows hot on the heels of its big sister The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hoping to find the same success. Produced by the same studio and containing just as much violence back dropped by IKEA furniture for the most part this works, and further cements the genre of 'Scandi more ... |
 | The Hunger Games (Film)A franchise worth financing - Colm2305I had never heard of The Hunger Games until the film trailer hit the web. The excitement around it encouraged me to read the book, which while I enjoyed I did find very overrated. The story of a young heroine in the midst of a North Korean style fascist future where the children of the poor are forced to battle to the death for the enjoyment of the elite more ... |
 | John Carter (Film)John Carter of disappointing - Colm2305I really wanted to like John Carter. Correction – I really wanted to love John Carter. The story of a man sickened by war on earth and unwillingly thrown into one on Mars is layered with rich characters and plenty of imagination. Unfortunately something happened. Something bad. And what should have done justice to one of the most influential sci-fi books of more ... |
 | A Separation (Film)Fine filmmaking - Colm2305A Separation has taken a while to get to us here in Dublin. Initially released over a year ago on the festival circuit it has slowly grown through awards, critical praise and recently the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film allowing distributors to finally put it on our (limited number of) screens with confidence it might return them a few quid. Deserving more ... |
 | A Dangerous Method (Film)Brilliant film - Colm2305Up until now David Cronenberg has never made a film that I have completely loved yet all his films have in their own way fascinated me and stayed in my mind longer than films that I seem to have enjoyed more. The last few years have seen Cronenberg depart from his usual style and embark on slightly more mainstream films while still keeping his unique spin more ... |
 | Chronicle (Film)Great fun - Colm2305It's refreshing to see a superhero film not adapted from a comic book but instead an original creation that although inspired by the likes of Superman and the X-Men it can be its own story and not have to include all elements of the comics allowing it to make allowances for the real world. My issue with Nolans Batman films is that he tries too hard to put more ... |
 | Martha Marcy May Marlene (Film)Strange title, great film - Colm2305Cults get a bad rep, and deservedly so. Their always the bad guys but are their members bad people? How did they fall so comfortably into such a 'wacky' lifestyle? Martha Marcy May Marlene follows one girl's involvement with a cult although you'll never hear the word uttered once during the film, echoing her confusion as to what exactly just happened to more ... |
 | The Descendants (Film)Good fun but forgettable - Colm2305It is refreshing to see Hawaii portrayed on screen as it really is. An island paradise yes, but one with traffic jams, ugly high rise buildings and the same demographic of sick and homeless people as any other place in the world, all underlined by the awareness of how this place once populated by native Hawaiians and their unique culture has sadly lost its more ... |
 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) (Film)Let's hope for sequels - Colm2305Stieg Larssons book 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' uses the story of a millionaire's murdered niece to introduce us to the characters that are to become the foundation of his best-selling trilogy. In my own humble opinion 'Dragon Tattoo' is the weakest of the three books but is essential in setting the foundations. Whereas book two and three fully get more ... |
 | Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Film)Damn good cinema!! - Colm2305The first Mission Impossble film was an expert demonstration of tension and suspense tied together loosely with action and mystery. The second let the series down by bringing on board action helmer John Woo and going balls to the walls with gun fights, silly explosions, and even siller slow motion. The third got the series back on track with JJ Abrams more ... |
 | Take Shelter (Film)Should have been better - Colm2305Michael Shannons a great actor. Anyone who's seen Boardwalk Empire will know he stole the entire thing from under Steve Buscemis nose. Already with an Oscar nod for his part in Revolutionary Road and with him taking on the role of General Zod in next years Superman reboot it looks like he's going nowhere too fast. There's a peculiarity to him that makes you more ... |
 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Film)Good winter fun - Colm2305The first Holmes film was simple fun. Weak on story and characters the two leads compensated for this by injecting as much fun as possible into their dynamic and the unseen third member of their gang, director Guy Ritchie, threw in some nice visual flourishes. It was a failure in that it broke no rules in storytelling and was as formulaic as they come but a more ... |
 | Hugo (Film)If only he had left out the kids - Colm2305He may be getting on in years but Scorcese is far from a beaten man. After a lull in the late nineties recently he's managed to pick up his game with several acclaimed films and with his last, Shutter Island, his biggest financial success to date. Scorcese for the most part continues his good run with Hugo, but disappointingly some major flaws which could more ... |
 | Moneyball (Film)Somewhat money - Colm2305Pitts on a role, producing and starring in the films he wants to. Lately he's been seeking out scripts of a certain quality he wants to put his name to (Tree Of Life, Inglorious Bastards) and bar a few glitches (Troy, The Devils Own) he's managed to sculpt quite an accomplished career out of it. Moneyball is his vehicle. Yes the Director does a great job, more ... |
 | The Rum Diary (Film)Cheers to this film!! - Colm2305Panned by critics and abandoned by audiences in America The Rum Diary arrives with the promise that Johnny Depp believes European audiences will have the 'intelligence' lacked by the cinema-going public across the Atlantic to truely appreciate this piece of work. Vanity projects rarely work. Aronofskys The Fountain and Travoltas Battlefield Earth both more ... |
 | Immortals (Film)Epic Fail - Colm2305Tarsem Singh likes his visuals. His previous directorial efforts The Cell (2000) and The Fall (2006) both made great trailers with impressive visuals and slick style but the final films fell flat, lacking the same talent in storytelling. Again this is the same with Immortals, proof that Tarsem is a great man to make a music video but over the length of a more ... |
 | Drive (Film)Slick, cool, violent cinema - Colm2305We don't get over eighteen rated films too often anymore. Kids have money these days and their a huge market for our cinemas. Setting a barrier between them and a film will not be to the films financial benefit. It's a relief then that a film arrives that ignores this fact. Drive is very cool, very stylish and extremely violent. All of these elements more ... |
 | Jurassic Park (Film)Still amazing - Colm2305This was the film. This was the one that made me love going to the cinema. This was my first hit of how awesome a cinema experience can be. For years i've tried desperately to recreate that high I felt eighteen years ago. Independence Day, The Lost World, Transformers. They all failed. Jurassic Park was the film that made me actively seek out other films more ... |
 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Film)lot of promnise but ultimately just not exciting or tense enough - Colm2305Maybe it was the lack of air con and a packed theatre causing uncomftorable heat in Cineworld Parnell Street, maybe it was the guy munching loudly on popcorn behind me, or maybe i'm just an idiot, but despite the universal praise (bar the Toronto Film Festival – go Canada!!) Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy failed to impress me. When the end credits rolled on what more ... |
 | The Inbetweeners Movie (Film)Still only inbetween - Colm2305I've never been the biggest fan of the TV show The Inbetweeners. I've always found Jay and Neil hilarious but Simon and Will fairly irritating, as well as an unfunny narration and too often desceneding into crassness. It comes as a surprise then that the film actually irons out a few creases. Simon and Will actually fair pretty well on the big screen, and more ... |
 | Troll Hunter (Film)Hello Norweigean Cinema! - Colm2305We do not know a lot about Norway. It sits there for the most part unnoticed, only occasionally wandering into our news. I cannot recall if i've even seen a Norweigean film before Trollhunter. One of the delights of cinema is that it can take us to a place we know little about and give us a brief insight into how things are, how the people act and how the more ... |
 | Cowboys and Aliens (Film)Cowboys & Idiots - Colm2305Cowboys & Aliens starts off promising enough. A confused and determined looking Jake (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the vast wilderness of the wild west. He takes in his surroundings, notices a new accessory on his wrist, and doesn't utter a word. Soon he's stumbled upon by a gang and a very entertaining brawl ensues. Barely a word is spoken. It's intense more ... |
 | Fright Night (Film)Good ol vampire fun - Colm2305Horror movies have been a dying breed lately. 'Found Footage' movies like Paranormal Activity and Apollo 18 have managed to keep the genre just above water, but the Saw franchise as well as the latest installment of the Scream series both passing by relatively unnoticed prove that the slasher formula has all but killed itself. No longer do vampires scare more ... |
 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Film)Rise of the Awesome!! - Colm2305You may have seen Charla Nash in the news this week. The US woman revealed to the public her brand new face after several months of gruelling operations. Back in 2009 a neighbours pet (95kg!!) chimpanzee ran amok and attacked Charla mutilating her facial features and body. Luckily for her she is one of the few people to have had a successful face more ... |
 | Super 8 (Film)Super OK - Colm2305Given his track record on TV and on the big screen (Lost, Star Trek) the thoughts of JJ Abrams making a monster movie was always going to be an exciting affair. Add to that formula a 70s setting, kids on BMXs, and the granddaddy of adventure movies Steven Spielberg himself producing, and you'd be forgiven for getting over excited and declaring this the film more ... |
 | Captain America: The First Avenger (Film)Hero on steroids - Colm2305Comic book movies used to be a solid bet. Studios would happily pump a huge budget into them knowing they had the backbone of an established solid story with a whole world of colorful characters and design that were already given the thumbs up by a loyal fan base, albeit in another medium. Things are starting to change. Lately studios have been jumping on more ... |
 | Horrible Bosses (Film)Horrible film? - Colm2305I've never killed a man, that i'm aware of. I've never even fantasised about killing a boss, but i'm told most people do, and I can understand why. I've been lucky to avoid them but sometimes horrible people with zero people skills and an evil streak are stupidly given sub-ordinates to manage. There are bad people in power, and maybe they should be killed? more ... |
 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (Film)Potter joins the rest of us in the dole queue - Colm2305I enjoyed the Potter series. I tried reading the books but couldn't get into them, but the films managed to entertain me. They were never masterpieces, especially the first few, but the last two films have nicely shifted the tone to a darker story with more substance. I couldn't tell you which Potter film is which, they've all blended into one, and they are more ... |
 | The Tree Of Life (Film)Cinema at it's best - Colm2305Not really about anything but at the same time being about everything is one of the confusing ways you might describe The Tree Of Life to a friend. There's no real plot or characters to grasp, instead moments, lots and lots and lots of moments. This is a Terence Malick film, those without patience leave the room now. And leave they did. At least one third more ... |
 | The Guard (Film)No smell of bacon from Gleesons Guard - Colm2305Another film from another McDonagh brother that's managed to attract the best of homegrown talent (Brendan Gleeson) and some fancy outsiders (Don Cheadle) as well as again striking up fantastic buzz at the Sundance Film Festival, 'The Guard' arrives with a lot of hype which may well be it's downfall. An accomplished movie indeed, but not the indie sensation more ... |
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