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 | Bel Ami (Film)It's no Dangerious Liasions - mart1nThis type of story has been told many times before and it is a great story, it's a lovely tale of someone going in and social climbing using every means necessary to get there. But that story i just don't think it totally works here in Bel Ami. Cause first of al the main character played by Robert Patterson should be slightly more interested in power and more ... |
 | John Carter (Film)Bonkers - mart1nOne of the curses of Hollywood movies can be filming by committee and then what you see is an end product which has been passed through dozens and dozens of suits along the way and them having the job of trying to make the audience not see anything too practicable or give away too much to the movie. However whatever John Carter is, and it is many things, it more ... |
 | Wanderlust (Film)Not bad as I thought it be - mart1nThe clips i did see to this movie before i went looked painfully unfunny, so i was going to this movie fearing the very worst. But there is alot about this movie that i did like and found very funny. In it we have this New York couple whose lives are unravelling and in it we have a sort of pace and rhythm to it that makes it a good old school comedy. After more ... |
 | Project X (Film)Stop the party please! - mart1nIf i was 15 and sneaked into this film well then i might have loved it. But i just didn't like it. There's no prober story to it. One thing about the recent Oscars this year was that we all fell in love with the past again, with such movies as the artist and the likes of Hugo. But the elephant in the room there was box office figures in America where more ... |
 | This Means War (Film)If I could give no stars I would - mart1nThe think about this movie is that is a kind of theme in it to fuse two genres in it with action for the guys and romance for the ladies. And therefore have the perfect date movie, that will appeal to both sexes. I think as a film is possibly more enjoyable then being kicked repeatedly between the legs. As an experiment though it's a fail and here is why, more ... |
 | Red Dog (Film)A good feel good movie - mart1nRed Dog is set in the outback of Australia in the 1970'sand its about people who fall in love with this dog. Its filled with nostalgia and its sweet natured, the weird thing is its nostalgia but its someone else's nostalgia. Its Australia's nostalgia for the 1970's so for an Irish audience I'm not so sure if it's going to mean alot to us. I should say more ... |
 | Safe House (Film)you will be knackered by the end - mart1nThis film is pure Friday night entertainment, a good action thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the thing about this film you think it's going to end about 9 times before it does, which i didn't like. this film does however does exactly what it says on the tin. Its action and you have to judge it on that. it has a Bourne comparison, it more ... |
 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film)I can't believe it's not that good! - mart1nThis is a really nice film. But I just thought it's a chronically mixed bag. It can be very smart and very funny, with its motley crew of VIPs'. I think that's all great. I think there's one side of the film and in a polite way say it traditional. When they all turn up at a hotel run by a bumbling local. Sure that is a plot device that was used in carry on more ... |
 | Black Gold (2012) (Film)Epic fail - mart1nThis is basically Puss In Boots in the desert, only joking but there's a pitch! I do like Antonio Banderas but i just can't get that cat out of my head anymore anytime i see him now on screen. The producers clearly intend this to be the start of a whole new era of blockbuster Arab cinema, with it costing a whole lot of money to boot. i don't think it's more ... |
 | Rampart (Film)intense - mart1nWell i think on one level Rampart belongs to Woody Harrelson, its an absolute beast of a performance with him being in nearly every scene and he's almost in close up too in almost every scene so he dominates the movie entirely. But i think the voice of the movie belongs to someone else, it belongs to James Ellroy, the infamous crime writer who co wrote the more ... |
 | A Dangerous Method (Film)a good solid movie - mart1nA Dangerous Method is a very handsome film which is very elegant and very formal so on the outside i couldn't look anything like a David Cronenberg but I'm not so sure about that because lurking away under the surface we have this whole story of freakiness and weird things going on. In it we have two doctors who are working in this new field of work and all more ... |
 | The Vow (Film)Worst movie ever - mart1nI said before that the film New Years Eve was the worst film I had ever seen, I change my mind. The Vow is by far the worst film i have ever seen. I don't even know where to begin with The Vow, the difficult thing with this is that you can't say it's a bad premise because it is based on a true story which is romantic and heartbreaking. A couple are happily more ... |
 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Film)Extremely awful - mart1nWell hate is a strong word and an ugly emotion but sometimes i think its the only word that does the job. I will say there is a few very fine performances in the movie, the finest probably being Max von Sydow, doesn't say a word and he walks away with the whole film and that is so in contrast to Oscar the eleven year old boy in the movie. I had a strange a more ... |
 | The Woman In The Fifth (Film)Could past as a thriller - mart1nit's a very atmospheric movie this and i think in this Ethan Hawke and Christian Scott Thomas are very good here. I found it very interesting but it was a little to slight for me. There were many more paths it could have taken but it didn't and that was a shame. This is a proper old school art movie, the story could be like a thriller, we have this washed more ... |
 | The Woman in Black (Film)Very scary, very good - mart1nIl start by saying i really liked the book by Susan Hill and any ghost story is good if it's scary and can fill you with amounting dread and this is at times terrifying. I can't not recommend this enough, i thought the casting was spot on with Daniel Radcliffe cause it is so difficult for him, cause he is so much so Harry Potter in our head, but i think he more ... |
 | Chronicle (Film)Much better than I expected - mart1nI real boys movies here, but great. In a week that has been the best for films in many a year we have another great movie. It has alot going for it for many different people. Comic book fans like myself will love it for its sort of geekyness and some of the scenes are amazing. I really enjoyed it, however the devise of everybody shoots everything goes sort more ... |
 | The Muppets (Film)Don't be a muppet and miss this! - mart1nI heard they hired some of the original puppeteers from the original Jim Henson movies and supposedly tensions at times where high cause the original ones thought, well here are these young guys who are going to probably take over do it their way and be a bit snotty about it and i think it took them a couple of weeks to get things right. But here you more ... |
 | Martha Marcy May Marlene (Film)Lame title, but amazing movie - mart1nIt's funny every year there's two or three movies which come out and show me again how to fall in love again with cinema. And this is one of them. I think this is absolutely genius, even if the title for it is a bit lame. I think psychological thriller is one of the most off putting titles in cinema but this is a psychological thriller in the very best more ... |
 | Young Adult (Film)Should have been oscar nominated - mart1nThis film is just brilliant, and i can't believe it's been overlooked by he Oscars. Charlize theron so brilliant in this movie, which the director Jason Reitman who did Juno, he won an Oscar for that, he should definitely be getting a mention this year too, cause i feel this is better than Juno, its smarter, its darker, its just all round better. Theron is more ... |
 | Carnage (Film)Total carnage, totally great - mart1nWe have alot of feel good movies out there at the moment, war horse, the artist, the decedents and now its nice to see something different with a different tone then what we have been seeing in recent weeks at our local cinemas. In carnage we these two well to do couples in Manhattan who sort of meet up and talk about their children, its all chit chat till more ... |
 | War Horse (Film)A one horse race - mart1nWar Horse is going to go down as a classic I feel. It is pure cinema gold and it is Steven Spielberg at his very best. It is a story of a journey across some beautiful and breathtaking scenery, that is a visual treat. And a you lad who is desperate to find his horse that is gone missing. This is a movie about world war I and it is easily one of the best war more ... |
 | The Descendants (Film)Is a bit hit and miss - mart1nThis is a bit cuddly and cosy at times. Its like a chick flick for men in a way. That's not a bad thing though as i think it's very good. George Clooney is great here too, playing a character that flaying around and is not sure what direction he is going in and he's transformed himself here too, he's put on a few pounds and his hair is longer and he looks a more ... |
 | Like Crazy (Film)a good romance - mart1nI thought the main to actors here were great, and they play their parts well, like they really are falling it love. It all does feel very real. The difference here with most romantic movies, is that here it all falls apart and they have to live apart and the film follows them though the weeks and months and years of them being together then apart then more ... |
 | Man On A Ledge (Film)So bad it's good - mart1nIt's ok, it's just silly and pure action that is just run of the mill. Some of the dialogue here is truly stupid, the stuff they are saying is like something from a film you would see on the satellite channel movies for men! This is for teenage boys i think. I brought my 16 year old nephew to see this and im now his hero, cause this is what is this film is more ... |
 | Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Film)One to watch on the big screen - mart1nTom Cruise is back for the fourth instalment of the mission impossible series playing the worlds greatest spy Ethan Hunt. This is full on action throughout and it doesn't let up for a minute, with some amazing scenes and gadgets that look so cool that you would just love to own some of them yourself. the plot is along easy enough to follow, which is good more ... |
 | Haywire (Film)A good romp - mart1nThe central character here is great, she's tough and the film is compact nicely made. The only thing is the soundtrack, it was like it was made for another film, it's a bit jazz. it doesnt try to be the woman version of the bourne movies, which I liked. I didn't like it alot with some big names here like michael fassbender, Ewan mcgregar and michael Douglas more ... |
 | The Sitter (Film)Comedy by the numbers - mart1nDirector David Gordon Green seems to be going the same way the Farrelly Brothers went of making stupid comedies that are just by the numbers. After the awful Your Highness we have the Sitter. Jonah Hill does his best here with what he has to work with, laying a lazy guy in his mid twenties who is just a bit of a waster. But as hard as he tries here, it's more ... |
 | W.E. (Film)Total mess - mart1nThe set design here is great, but that's about it here really. The thing about the film is that it's told it two halves. A contemporary section set in 1998, it's just slightly deranged to be honest that bit of the movie. The period part of it is alot better, it's better scripted, better acted and they should have just made the period film. I just didn't more ... |
 | Shame (Film)Grim but engaging - mart1ni went to see this at a special preview screening last week and i was glad to see it early as I could try make my own mind up about it, even though id already had heard great things about the movie, but not from friends and family so was glad to see it first. This is a raw and unsettling movie, a film about sex but still isn't sexy. It follows the character more ... |
 | J. Edgar (Film)Seen a preview last night,wish I'd of stayed at home - mart1nI think something's in certain movies really stand out and here it's the make up. With de caprio playing j what Hoover and various stages and ages of his life. I think he's rather let down by the make up department as he becomes an older man cause they sort of confusion what an overweight man of about 70 would look like with a mans face looking just like it more ... |
 | There Will Be Blood (Film)Day Lewis at his very best - mart1nThere will be blood hits you like a steam train, it's so emotional and so engagingly and i can see why Daniel Day Lewis won the Oscar for this. After the film I went online to see how many awards he had won for this movie and he won 8 in total, all well deserved too in my view. It shows us how people can become greedy and only be out for number one, more ... |
 | Watchmen (Video)Not your average superhero movie - mart1nI can't believe it took me so long to see this movie, but i only seen it on television the other night. It is set in the year 1985 and Nixon has won his 5th US presidential election with the backdrop of two of the worlds superpowers about put the world into jeopardy with plans of nuclear war. The Russia's are just waiting to release the nuclear warhead but more ... |
 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) (Film)Better second time around - mart1nWhen I heard that the girl with the Dragon Tattoo was being remade into an English language speaking movie i was a little anxious as to if it be good or not but thought maybe it will go the same way as let the right one in and let me in. Two films both in their own unique way brilliant. Director David Fincher has indeed put his own mark on this movie and it more ... |
 | Midnight in Paris (Film)Not enough to keep me interested - mart1nI can see how people would love this movie, but i wasn't a fan. It does show Paris as being a place I've never wanted to visit before change my mind and want to go, as Woody Allen makes it look beautiful. Owen Wilson is great in this movie. Owen Wilson plays a screenwriter who wants to move to Paris, cause he loves the city and is trying to convince his more ... |
 | Tower Heist (Film)very good comedy - mart1nBrett Ratner the man who brought us Rush Hour 2 and 3 is here with what is his finest comedy film to date. I must admit when i heard first about Tower Heist I thought it would be just another run of the mill, easily forgettable Hollywood comedy that would be short on laughs. I wasn't even in the mood for it going into see it, i thought I'd be checking my more ... |
 | Sensation (Film)Gleeson the new sensation - mart1nIt's great to see yet another great Irish film hitting out screens just after the hugely popular 'The Guard'. It's been a good year for the Gleeson's, in Sensation we meet Donal played by Domhnall Gleeson, he is an awkward twenty something that finally gets his life going after the passing of his father. So Donal decides to explore his sexuality and doing more ... |
 | Dolphin Tale (Film)No flipper! - mart1nI brought to the kids to this one, and believe me it's one for the kids, they were impressed but not me so much. It's all your usual stuff here,. Be good, be nice to others and all will be ok. That's a good message but it's just not what's entertaining for me. It follows a younger who is a bit down on themselves but their fortune changes when he finds a more ... |
 | Contagion (Film)scary cause its so real - mart1nContagion is a different take on a scary movie, it is more scary cause you think this could actually happen and it doesn't make you a bit on edge while watching, a great tactic used by director Steven Soderbergh. This is definitely not for the germa phoebes out there, it even had me trying to not touch stuff after the cinema, so i know it did its job. There more ... |
 | Tyrannosaur (Film)Brilliant. - mart1nI have to say i do love a good gritty well acted British movie and Paddy Considine's directorial debut Tyrannosaur doesn't disappoint. This man is very talented and i will be looking forward to hopefully more from him from behind the lens. In Tyrannosaur we follow a drunk aggressive piece of work called Joseph played by Peter Mullan. When Joseph then meets more ... |
 | The Lion King 3D (Film)Roaring back to the big screen - mart1nSo the great Lion King has finally come to 3D and is it all going to make a difference? I will say though i am not a big fan of 3D movies. I loved Avatar though, but that was made with 3D in mind, many movies these days are made and the 3D aspect is added on later which takes away from the movie i feel, Thor and fright Night being two examples of movies more ... |
 | Footloose (2011) (Film)i must admit, i did like it - mart1nI start this review by letting everyone know the only reason I went to see this last night was because i won a competition to see it and my girlfriend dragged me along.... honest! Anyway I must say I went in thinking it would be total rubbish, but it actually isn't too bad at all. This film is different than the usual type of dance movies that are out at more ... |
 | Shark Night 3D (Film)No bite - mart1nI went to this movie with very low expectations and was hoping to be pleasantly surprised. But my gut said i wouldn't be and it wasn't wrong. In shark night we meet a group of people in their late teens or early twenties as they head off to an island to have a good time and get very drunk. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing until one of the group goes more ... |
 | Johnny English Reborn (Film)Awful - mart1nRowan Atkinson returns in this dreadful sequel as the bumbling secret agent M17 in Johnny English Reborn. I actually enjoyed the first Johnny English, but i was alot younger then and maybe if i seen it now i wouldn't think it was all that great at all. Its mad the way Atkinson can go from being such a fantastic comic actor in black adder then to Mr Bean more ... |
 | Warrior (Film)a real belter - mart1nIl start of this review with saying you don't need to be a fan of UFC to enjoy this, this has so much more going on in it. The fighting here is just a bit part player. In the movie we follow two brothers who don't get on. One played by the more and more impressive Tom Hardy and the other by Joel Edgerton. The two brothers grew up away from each other. Tommy more ... |
 | Crazy Stupid Love (Film)good movie - mart1nRyan Gosling is a busy man these days, two films release in the same week and both very different movies and very different characters. After the very underrated I love you Philip Morris, we have directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requs's second film which could end up with the same sort of faith. This is in my view not as funny as their first movie, but in more ... |
 | 30 Minutes or Less (Film)not bad at all - mart1nDirector Ruben Fleischer goes from the brilliant Zombieland which blended comedy and horror and did it to perfection. Here he has blended action and comedy, something that's been done many times before and he pulls this off too. Nowhere near as good and entertaining as Zombieland, this is still a good movie and it moves along just nicely. Jesse Eisenberg is more ... |
 | Tomboy (Film)A thin plot, but nice film - mart1nIn Tomboy we meet Laure who is just about to start school in a new area that her family has just moved into to. But Laure already at ten years of age wants to see herself as a boy, she has her hair cut short, enjoying playing sports like soccer and therefore tells everyone knew that she meets that her name is Michael. It is slow moving at first this film, more ... |
 | Colombiana (Film)forgettable - mart1nWe've seen this type of film over and over again and at this stage its getting tiresome. It's the whole,” you killed some of my family members thing and I will have revenge.” How many times have we seen this? It rarely works and if it does, it does need a little bit of something different, and unfortunately Colombiana hasn't got anything different at all to more ... |
 | The Change Up (Film)A laugh out loud comedy - mart1nWe have seen this type of movie many times before but it's always been for kids, like freaky Friday, 17 again and vice versa. All children's films really about body shifting. But in the Change Up from the writers of the Hangover and director of the Wedding Crashers we know that we will get something a bit more grow up in the terms of crude jokes. I thought more ... |
 | A Lonely Place To Die (Film)a good thriller - mart1nA lonely place to die stars Melissa George as one of five mountaineers heading of to Inverness for a weekend of rock and mountain climbing. All is going well until one of the members hearing what sounds like a child's voice, freaked out by this the group set out to find out where its coming from but then stumbled upon a pipe sticking out of the ground that more ... |
 | Troll Hunter (Film)a good laugh - mart1nWe are now use to these types of films with the shaky camera and the whole 'found footage' thing. Ever since the very different and original Blair Witch Project back in 1999. There has been a good few since, some good ones like Cloverfield and Rec so there is obviously a market out there for these type of movies. But I will say now, don't go to this movie more ... |
 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Video)well worth a watch - mart1ni remember seeing the original 1992 version with Harvey Keitel and to be honest i wasn't too pushed on seeing this then, but there are very few similarities between the two movies and i was happy with that. The story is strong and keeps your attention. Nicholas Cage plays a crack addict cop, who hasn't quite been the same since an injury in the line of more ... |
 | 9 (Film)very good and clever - mart1nThis movie is about a little rag doll toy called 9 and when it comes to life, he finds himself in a post–apocalyptic world. Although the plot of the movie did not sound all that promising to me, its turned out to be actually a brilliant film. Well paced, so beautiful animation and a good strong story that really kept my attention throughout the movie. more ... |
 | Gomorrah (Film)i was glued to this - mart1nGomorrah is an inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families that is based on a book by Roberto Saviano. It has five interconnected stories of the type of crime these families are in set in a run down Naples . It is a little slow at the start and took me about a half an hour to get really into it. But it was worth the wait as the film progresses we get more ... |
 | Friends With Benefits (Film)worst film ive ever seen - mart1nI went to the preview of this last night . and il say this now, it was the worst movie I've ever seen. I go to around two or three movies a week in the cinema and for the first time in my entire life i walked out of this picture. It was so annoying. I'm sick of good movies being overshadowed by this garbage. The start we see two couples breaking up, Justin more ... |
 | Fright Night (Film)frightfully good - mart1nIn Fright night we have the old and sometimes dodgy fusion of comedy and horror, and thankfully this time it works, just like it did with the original back in the 80's which back then was a surprise Box Office hit, which also then spawned a fairly lacklustre sequel though. In Fright night we meet teenager Charley played by( Anton Yelchin) who is a bit of a more ... |
 | Doomsday (Film)rubbish - mart1nThis is a good sci-fi concept of a national quarantine, but its then wasted with some utterly silly details and apathetic performances. Isolated by the civilized English, Scots turn to a state of barbarism. thirty or so years later the virus appears again in London prompting a team being sent to Scotland to look for immune survivors. When will directors more ... |
 | Kill List (Film)not for everyone, but i liked it - mart1nI went to see a preview of this movie last night and i really enjoyed it, i actually can't wait to see it again, my girlfriend on the other hand hated it. But i think that's what you will get with this movie, you will either love it or hate it. The film is mostly a gangster movie with some horror thrown in and this is a really good idea, it has elements of more ... |
 | Final Destination 5 (Film)bad, but not as bad as the last one - mart1nI hate when a good horror movie just gets ruined by making these stupid sequels. The first final destination was a great idea, it was scary and it was original, the same goes for the first Saw, clever and very original. These two great horror movies have been almost forgotten because there has been so many stupid sequels and the chance to cash in on the more ... |
 | Conan the Barbarian (Film)bad remake - mart1nThis is a terrible remake of the cult classic that was the original starting Arnold Schwarzenegger. The original had something that this doesn't, one thing being it was original. We have seen this all before, the plot being about revenge and its tiresome now to be honest. At the beginning of the movie we see a young Conan witness the village in which he more ... |
 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (Film)awful, even for kids - mart1nSpy kids is now into its fourth instalment and it should never have been made. Its directed by Robert Rodriguez who brought us some great films like From Dusk till Dawn, Desperado and also did a fine job on rebooting the predator series and giving it a whole new dimension. But here all I can see is an easy way to try and cash in with its 4D thing which is more ... |
 | The Guard (Film)great stuff - mart1nIn the Guard Brendan Gleeson plays Sergeant Gerry Boyle a foul mouthed, confrontational, moany man who is then made reluctantly work with American Wendell Everett played by Don Cheadle who is a by the book FBI agent who is over in Galway to try and take down an international criminal gang involved with trafficking drugs. Gleeson as always is fantastic as more ... |
 | The Inbetweeners Movie (Film)a great laugh - mart1nMaking a good sitcom into a movie can be a dodgy experiment at times, sometimes it can work wonders but other times it can be a total mess. This I'm happy to say works well, and it's a good finale to the hit show. There wasn't way too many episodes made in the first place and it's not like they were flogging a dead horse, far from it. It follows the four more ... |
 | Dorian Gray (Video)awful - mart1nWhat an embarrassment - this is a prime example of why classic literature should be left as it is! From the very beginning it's clear the director expects very little in terms of intelligence from his audience. Dorian's arrival in London feels like an episode of Barney the Dinosaur - he wanders around wide eyed and innocent, gaping at the sights like some more ... |
 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Film)go ape!!! - mart1nRise of the Planet of the Apes has by far been the best movie of the summer , maybe even the year so far. It brings us right back to the very start and the modern day and tells us how it all began. James Franco plays a young ambitious scientist who is looking for a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a disease that is close to his heart as his father, played by more ... |
 | Cowboys and Aliens (Film)could have been so much better - mart1nA mixed of a western and an alien film. A film for movie geeks and i was generally excited at hearing about it. I love westerns and science fiction and to bring the two together would be really interesting. In this film i felt like there was too many people in it and we don't really get to know any of them. The film starts off well with it just focusing on more ... |
 | Black Swan (Film)lame duck - mart1ni wasn't totally impressed by black swan, i felt it had a number of things wrong with it and had some poor performances too, one of which was natalie portman, i know alot wont agree with me saying that but that's mu opinion. i felt like the storyline was weak, it seemed to take forever to get going. and when it did it was over, throughout the movie we see more ... |
 | The Beaver (Film)great acting from mel - mart1nI loved this film and was very surprised it wasn't more popular. but in a summer full of blockbusters, the beaver was always going to find it hard to top the box office. In it Mel Gibson plays a depressed man called Walter Smith whose life is going down the pan, he has drink problems, his job is in trouble and his marriage is hanging on by a tread. Walter more ... |
 | Mr Popper's Penguins (Film)lame - mart1nJim Carrey has gone back to his old safer kiddy movies with Mr. Poppers Penguins which is inoffensive and just a run of the mill children's movie. Jim Carrey plays a divorcee businessman called Tom Popper who is given six little penguins from his father. After a while more of the flightless birds arrive and they are just everywhere, which Carrey can hardly more ... |
 | Knuckle (Film)great watch - mart1nSo its finally here after almost 13 years in the making, we have the most anticipated Irish movie of the year Knuckle. It follows two Traveller families and their quest to become king of the travellers in the savage world of bare- knuckle boxing. It also follows the feud that has ran for many years between these two families and the hope to finally get it more ... |
 | Super 8 (Film)good fun - mart1nSuper 8 is set in the late 70's and it centers around a group of kids who are making a horror film. When the kids are shooting the film they all witness a train crash and luckily for them catch it on their camera. More and more mysterious things start happening around the area they live, so the kids set out to investigate what is causing all this. Super 8 more ... |
 | Cars 2 (Film)just bfor kids - mart1nPixar have come up with some amazing films lately with the likes of Toy Story 3 and Wall-E. These two films alone stand up there to any other film in recent times in my opinion. So Cars 2 was really up against it. All the cast are back with a few extra cars too ( the toy manufactures will have a field day). The film follows our hero Lighting McQueen (voiced more ... |
 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Film)this should be it now really - mart1nThis is the third part of a now flagging movie franchise. This one does actually start well enough with it giving us a history of why the Autobots and Decepticons have been battling each other for so long. Just as you are getting into this the movie falls into its usual madness, again you can't make out which robot is which, there are too many running more ... |
 | The Green Lantern (Film)an average movie - mart1nAfter playing bit parts in two other Marvel comic book movies, Ryan Reynolds now does a D.C comic book adaptation and also gets himself the lead role. And he does make a good leading man for this type of movie. Reynolds plays his usual self in this movie a smart and cheeky guy by the name of Hal Jordan but in it Hal finds a dying Alien who gives him a more ... |
 | The Reader (Film)great movie - mart1nThe Reader is a brilliant and very moving movie which tells us of some of the lesser known happenings of the Holocaust, that being the role by some of the women guards in the concentration camps it is also a story about a sensual affair that slowly turns into love and how innocence is lost. This film is not all it about the Holocaust, but more so about the more ... |
 | Horrible Bosses (Film)a good comedy - mart1nHorrible Bosses is packed with some big names in it and aren't really used to their potential but there is still some very good laughs to be had and you can see the chemistry the actors have on screen. Everyone seems to be having a good time here. The film follows three lifelong pals who al have one thing in common. Each of them have bosses who they hate more ... |
 | Captain America: The First Avenger (Film)a solid comic book movie - mart1nCaptain America was always going to be a tough one to make into a movie, with him being so pro Uncle Sam, and with a suit that is very 1940's, but this summer's Captain America the first avenger has managed it well. It's an original story which can be rare lately with superhero movies. It has some good moments but wouldn't be quite as good as Thor in my more ... |
 | Antichrist (Film)dreadful - mart1nThis film took me quite a while to get into the thick of the story. The plot is all over the place also with twist and turns that never get fully explained. The main story full of holes and by the end you are not any wiser as to why certain aspects of the story were included. While the basic concept is fine about a grieving couple and their subsequent more ... |
 | Drag Me To Hell (Film)expected better but still good - mart1nSam Raimi directs with the his trademark zest for over the top, eye- popping horror. A gypsy curse leads to a battle for a young girls soul. ! Very well made horror with loads of creepy stuff, disgusting laughs, and action. Plenty of outrageous, darkly comic moments,although this one left me a little disappointed considering some of the reviews it has more ... |
 | Burke and Hare (Video)a matter of taste - mart1nIf you like dark comedy and are not over-sensitive about death, this is for you. Lots and lots of cameos from some really great and funny actors but none of them shine when they are on screen. The story gives a good idea of the lengths anatomical research was prepared to go to in the 19th century while you can't really condemn the two main characters. The more ... |
 | The Town (Video)brilliant - mart1ni do have to say that when i went to see this film I expected a predictable film but i ended up being pleasantly surprised. In saying that is a tad predictable at times but it definitely catches you in the action and makes you want to wait to see what happens next. Ben Affleck does brilliantly in this film on both sides of the camera. Don't know why he gets more ... |
 | Garage (Video)a gem - mart1nIf you want action and special effects don't get this film. If you want a feel good comedy don't get this film. If you want to see a classic Irish made very moving story this is the one.. Pat Shortt is great as the lonely big hearted Josie. An excellent and realistic portrayal of loneliness in a contemporary small Irish town. This film often had me more ... |
 | A Single Man (Film)great acting - mart1nColin Firth plays George Falconer who is an English professor who has been struggling through his life since the sudden death of his long term partner. The film follows him through one day and shows us his pain at losing his loved one. Tom Ford's direction here and cinematography is spellbinding, its so well done. There are many scenes here in this film more ... |
 | Unknown (Film)good - mart1nIn Unknown we see five men who awake in an old warehouse type of place that is out in the middle of nowhere and they try to work out who they are and how they got there. Things are even more complicated by the fact that one man is handcuffed and shot, another tied to up to a chair and a third has been beaten up. The premise of this movie is interesting and more ... |
 | The Lovely Bones (Film)dont believe the hype - mart1nI don't usually compare movies to the books that they were based on, so that is not the reason for my disappointment in lovely Bones. Saoirse Ronan is very good is this while Stanley Tucci is outstanding. However I did felt that Peter Jackson took on too much with this adaptation of book and would have been much better off just concentrating more on the more ... |
 | Looking For Eric (Film)king eric - mart1nNot they usual Ken Loach gritty kitchen sink tragedy although that's the setting. Very good drama, you very quickly empathise with the main characters in spite of their flaws. This is an uplifting fantasy with lots of humour and will put a smile on your face. The whole Cantona connection sounds strange on paper, but somehow they pull it off and he fits more ... |
 | The A-Team (Film)good come back - mart1nSet your expectations and sit back. A lot of action, shooting, explosions and driving fast. A little low on the building stuff our of what you'd find in your garage, but then again there is a scene where they try to fly a tank ! Setting is different from the series but it worked. Overall a fairly good night's entertainment - provided you like that sort of more ... |
 | Splice (Film)good - mart1nReflecting a Frankstein theme, but more relevant to the present regarding genetic manipulation and ethics that are an unspearable issue. Very well performed and spliced together film. Suspense without too much gore and a humane feeling prevails with a philosophical undertone which is a nice change. Worth watching as a science fiction thriller/fantasy with more ... |
 | Alien vs Predator (Film)these two need to be kept apart - mart1nAs a big fan of the alien series was really looking forward to this what a disapointment llets face it you can see what they are trying to do by re-creating the suspense of the first movie but it fails so dramatically its shocking,The director or writer obviusly wanted the aliens and predators to be the main characters here but since they dont talk theres more ... |
 | Harry Brown (Film)very good - mart1nDid I enjoy it, yes was the story a bit far fetched yes, is this an accurate portrayal of life in England I dont think so for one minute,, they didnt have such a storyline as Gran Torino so decided to spice it up with lots of violence. One minute Harry is a ninja boy as quick as lightening the next he is collapsing after a little run so what is it is he a more ... |
 | The Hangover (Video)great comedy - mart1nTodd Phillips director of Old School brings us a comedy about a stag party that gets out of control in very funny ways. a few days before his big day, Doug (Justin Bartha) takes a ride to Las Vegas with some of his best friends Phil and Stu (Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) and his future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis), for a blow-out bachelor party more ... |
 | The Book of Eli (Film)not too good - mart1nI expected much more from this film and was looking forward to it which made my disappointment all the more. The world is bleak as befitting a post apoloyptic world and well constructed, but once we become introduced to the obsessed Gary Oldman the film takes down hill run rapidly and resorts to cheesy futuristic version of Sergio Leone without the style. more ... |
 | An Education (Video)a gem - mart1nHaving heard and read a few reviews around the time of Oscar hype I thought I'd like this. I was not wrong. This is a little gem of a film, great cast and perfectly formed. Great mix of comedy (particularly from Alfred Molinas character) and tension. Very well acted by all involved. Very funny, sad and nostalgic by turns. Carey Mulligan well deserved her more ... |
 | Salt (Video)top movie - mart1nI may be biased as im an Angelina fan anyway, but i thought this was a brilliantly entertaining movie. The action kept me on the edge of my seat, the story was great and kept you guessing. Can't say enough about it. Angie was of course fab as usual, and you could see she did most of the stunts herself which was an added extra. At the beginning of the movie more ... |
 | A Nightmare On Elm Street (Video)you will fall asleep - mart1nThe feeling I got from this film is that the producers, directors, whoever, watched the original Nightmare On Elm St from 1984 & completely failed to get the point. Fred Krueger is scarier when there is less to know about him, either in back-story or physically - how can you be horrified by him if they show you him in the first reel in glorious more ... |
 | Tangled (Film)Disney is back - mart1nFor many years now Disney has lived in the shadow of Pixar and rightly so. nearly all of the recent very good animated movies has come from them. So Disney with its 50th animated feature have done something new and with this it is their best work in many years. there's lots going on here and my i note its a welcome change that the animals don't talk here. more ... |
 | Little Fockers (Film)so bad - mart1nthis is dreadful, meet the parents was good, meet the fockers was bad but this is just terrible. Robert de Niro who plays the ex CIA man still has it for the nice son in law played by Ben Stiller, and we still don't know why. and at this stage we don't really care, it seems the cast dont either. The new film's plot, is a mixed of a mess of things really. more ... |
| Black Swan (Film)sink or swim - mart1ni wasn't totally impressed by black swan, i felt it had a number of things wrong with it and had some poor performances too, one of which was natalie portman, i know alot wont agree with me saying that but that's mu opinion. i felt like the storyline was weak, it seemed to take forever to get going. and when it did it was over, throughout the movie we see more ... |
 | Let Me In (Film)see it,even if you have seen let the right one in - mart1ni went to see this film as a big fan of let the right one in, so i was a bit weary of the American version could pull it off, as the Swedish film had everything, dark humor and great scenes that would live long in the memory. but i must say it let me in is very good too. its nearly shot the same frame for frame with a few slight differences. it is a story more ... |
 | Conviction (Film)a good story - mart1nthis film is a fantastic story, that really should be told. great actors here on show and well acted, but its maybe too pushy in the sense that the actors come across let we have toi tell this story and really mean it and get it across. it just didnt need to be pushed so much. the film is a about a man who is inprisoned for a crime he did not commit and his more ... |
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