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 | The Artist (Film)I see what the hype was about - AineFor once the hype is absolutely worthwhile. As a general rule, I don't enjoy anything that's critically acclaimed or hyped . They leave me cold empty and a bit depressed……that is until now. All I can say is that the Artist is gorgeous, fun, heart warming and all round worth the hype. From the opening sequences where we're introduced to the so called hero more ... |
 | The Muppets (Film)Light the lights - AineOh where to start! There's so much to enjoy here for adults as well as children – it's nicely knowing like a lot of so called children's movies are these days. It might be glib to say there's something for all the family, but there really is. Movie starts in SmallTown USA where we're introduced to Walter and his brother Gary. There's something different more ... |
 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Film)Summary - AineI'm a bit conflicted on this one as I was the last one – the story having said that is better than the first outing but what always grabs me is that Robert Downey Jr is a wonderful leading man and you just want to watch him. The onscreen chemistry with Law is fantastic and it's obvious that they had a great time shooting the movie as well – all these things more ... |
 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (Film)Pleasing for the smallies - AineI brought my niece to see this movie recently and she absolutely loved it - so from that point, it definitely fulfills the brief. I fortunately/unfortunately remember Alvin and the Chipmunks from the original time around so I knew what to expect from an Alvin creating chaos point of view. I didn't really get the whole Chipettes thing but I guess we've got more ... |
 | The Hangover 2 (Film)Extremely predictable – bubble gum for the brain! - AineThere isn't a lot to write about when it comes to the Hangover 2, while well shot and amusing, it's a poor relation to the original. Although having said that, Bradley Cooper is always worth a look at! This was always going to be a tough second act. Having said that, the opening sequence and scenes are done very well. Having the “wolf pack” or part of it more ... |
 | Thor (Film)Chewing gum for the eyes and not a lot more - AineI was green to the canon of Thor going into this – all I knew was Thor was the Norse god of Thunder….and that's about it. Having said that, 5-10 minutes revealed the entire plot of the movie and not really in a good way. The story is a familiar one, arrogant Warrior God is outcast from his home and exiled to earth. Queue a lot of family dynamics not least more ... |
 | Paul (Film)Not quite Hot Fuzz but worth a view - AineLike the title says, this is most definitely worth a view but it's not quite as funny as some of Frost and Pegg's offerings. The whole arc of the story is excellent – I like how Comic Con frames the happenings and is a fitting start and finish for the two leads. I really like Simon Pegg, I find him funny, charming, amusing and all those good things that more ... |
 | The King's Speech (Film)Absolutely fantastic. - AineAbsolutely fantastic - a well worthwhile biopic/factually based movie I'd heard good things about this film before going to see it last night and I can say that not one of them was exaggerated. I'll be the very first to admit that my knowledge of history is not what it should be and not what I'd like, I think I'm probably a little wiser after seeing the more ... |
 | Life As We Know It (Film)Not too memorable but you coudl do worse - AineWhen I saw the trailers for this movie, I was very taken with it – it looked well with two extremely attractive leads, heart warming story, what looked like plenty of funny bits to enjoy. I'll hold my hands up and say I was wrong because really, this movie is as dull as dishwater and nearly as predictable. Story opens in 2007 when the two leads meet for more ... |
 | Salt (Film)Take Salt with a pinch of salt - AineTake Salt with a pinch of salt but some great twists. The above really sums up my views on this movie, from the badly explained opening all the way through to the unlikely ending. Having said all that, it is enjoyable as long as you check your brain at the door. I was a fan of Jolie in the tomb raider franchise but I think she's beginning to take more ... |
 | Sex and the City 2 (Film)Better than the first - AineProbably not the way the producers, directors, cast and clothes wanted me to react – but I laughed my way though this movie. I'm not entirely sure that there was a better way to handle it; and you know what, I'm not complaining as I enjoyed it thoroughly. For starters, SATC2 opens somewhere in Connecticut where Carrie is going to be the best man for more ... |
 | Get Him To The Greek (Film)Side splitting stuff - AineThis has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen in the cinema. I cried with laughter and my sides were sore by the time I left. I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall but this was something else entirely. I'm going to be controversial and say that possibly this was funnier than the Hangover. Back ground for the movie as people generally know is the Aldous Snow more ... |
 | Iron Man 2 (Film)Over the top but well worth it. - AineI've said this before, I'm a fan of superhero movies and I loved the first Ironman installation back in 2008, so I was fine and excited going to see this. While as with most other offerings, the original is best, this is a fine sequel and doesn't feel the 2 hours running time that it is. The plot on the surface is simple – Ironman v Russian baddie. It is more ... |
 | Coco Before Chanel (Film)As slow moving as continental drift - Aine…which possibly isn't a bad thing but it's not going to change your life either. This movie does what it says on the tin, it deals with the life of Coco Chanel from when she was left at an orphanage up until her first proper show at her atelier. For a woman who revolutionised how modern women dress, I had expected something a bit more from this. I more ... |
 | The Proposal (Film)Very pleasing - AineVery pleasing! I admit to being a sucker for chick flicks/Rom com, I enjoy them hugely. I was always going to enjoy the proposal – attractive male lead (Ryan Reynolds is gorgeous), quick sharp female lead, things going wrong….what more do you want from a movie? The proposal has a bit of a twist to it, Bullock's character Margaret (never more ... |
 | The Hangover (Film)Surely a life lesson! - AineDefinitely a life lesson. No matter how good an idea it seems to have a stag night in Vegas two nights before your wedding. DO NOT DO IT. Movie opens with the preparations for a wedding, massive cake – check, lovely house – check, bridesmaid dresses – check, bride in the midst of preparations – check. Groom……no where to more ... |
 | Star Trek (Film)best cinema experience I've had in ages. - AineEasily one of the best cinema experiences I've had in a long while. From the start to the end, there's something for just about everyone in this (unless you like subtitled foreign black and white jobbies…in which case this definitely isn't your cup of tea). For once, the hype has been worth it, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto do a fantastic job as more ... |
 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Film)Set up for a sequel. - AineIt's always difficult to determine if it's a good idea to bring a much liked character to the big screen in their own movie. It must be doubly difficult if the character did so well in a franchise and has their own back story in comics. For what my opinion is worth, I think that as a stand alone movie….the gamble paid off. However, as a movie that more ... |
 | Observe And Report (Video)Curiouser and curiouser - AineThis is definitely one of the stranger movies I've come across. I was hopeful that this wouldn't be anything like the awful looking Paul Blart - Mall Cop and I'm sure that it's not. I have a weird liking for Seth Rogan, I think he's quite charming and likeable in nearly all his roles, strangely this one is no exception, but it should be. Rogan's Ronnie more ... |
 | Marley and Me (Film)Turn off your brain - AineA harmless movie by any stretch - based on a book I've not heard of and in all likeliness will never read (I'm just not an animal fan). Wilson and Aniston are the couple in question who get married, move, have great jobs...and wonder what's next on the master plan. In order to stave off the children question awhile longer, John buys Jen a dog - Marley. So more ... |
 | Watchmen (Video)Far too much going on here - AineI'm going to start this review by saying (for what seems like the millionth time!) that I really had no idea what to expect from this movie. I'd heard that it got good reviews and I'd also heard that it was a graphic novel. The only other graphic novel based movie I'd seen was Sin City and while that was gorgeous to look at, it left me cold. Movie starts more ... |
 | Confessions of a Shopaholic (Film)Light and fluffy - AineI know that this movie got a bit of stick because of the credit crunch and as Rebecca herself would call the "Fish" crisis. This movie isn't pretending to be smart or clever or trying to change the world but it's possible that we could all learn some lessons from it. Rebecca Bloomfield is a shopaholic although she's in denial about it, her job more ... |
 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Film)Just excellent - AineThe trailers for this movie made it a very very tempting movie to see and I didn't feel one bit disappointed in it. I'm not familiar with any of Allen's movies so I didn't have anything at all to compare it with. Movie opens a little like a “mockumentary” with a narrator giving the premise of the story, the background on the two girls, why more ... |
 | He's Just Not That Into You (Film)One for the girls - AineDefinitely one for the girls. I remember quite clearly the line from the sex and the city episode, I got my hands on the book when it was released….so all things considered I was looking forward to the movie adaptation of it. The movie is based in Baltimore Maryland following a group of characters who are all interlinked through the strands of their more ... |
 | Slumdog Millionaire (Film)Very well told story. - AineI'm quite loathe to even write a review about this movie because so much has been written about it already. I'd heard a lot about this before I'd even gone to see it, having said that I didn't quite know what to expect. The premise of the movie is quite different, a boy from the backstreets of Mumbai ends up on who wants to be a millionaire (the Indian more ... |
 | Valkyrie (Film)Worth a cinema visit - AineLike a lot of other reviewers, I was skeptical about this film - given it had Tom "bouncing on couches" Cruise as the leading man. I didn't know much about the plot either - other than it obviously didn't go the way the consipritors would have liked it. I've been well surprised at Cruise here, and believe me when I say it's not something I take more ... |
 | The Reader (Film)Well put together - AineI'll admit to knowing next to nothing about this film before going to see it, and now even some time later I'd stuggle to say if I enjoyed it or not. There is no doubt but that this is a very well made film, the potentially explosive content is handled maturely and artistically for really want of a better term. All Kate Winslet's awards are justified. She's more ... |
 | The Wrestler (Film)Done very well - AineThis is a very well crafted movie that moves along quite well with some genuinely touching and heartfelt moments. Rourke turns in an amazing performance - clearly he gave this character his everything and it translates to the screen very very well. Movie opens with our back to the Ram who's recovering from an exhibition match for peanuts. He's really down more ... |
 | Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7''s (CD)Fantastic! - AineFrom what has to be my favourite band - yes despite the blight that was Candy and the much maligned and under rated Nu-Clear sounds. The double album intergalactic sonic 7s and Cosmic Debris (B sides) is one of my must haves. When I heard that this best of was being released, I was more than a little surprised, but then again, I was also taken back to more ... |
 | Taken (Film)Poor - Aine5 mins into this film, I was wondering why on earth someone of Liam Neeson's calibre is staring in a movie this bad. Yes really. It is that bad. There is potential there but it's just missed out on. Opening sequence is of a little girl's 5th birthday party (possible Madeline McCann overtures there I thought), cut to the present day where Neeson's character more ... |
 | Quantum of Solace (Film)No Casino Royale but not all bad - AineFor a movie that was more or less slated uniformally, I was expecting that this would either a) rock my socks or b) genuinely be awful. I found it somewhere in between. As pretty much everyone knows now, the action picks up about an hour after the end of Casino Royale with a crazy car chase through what looks to me like monaco to Sienna in Italy, in all more ... |
 | Ghost Town (Film)Warms the cockles! - AineI really didn't know much about this movie before going to see it other than it had Gervais in it. The starting sequence confused me somewhat though when it was the very excellent Greg Kinnear and not Gervais on screen, although that was quickly explained! I'd never have put Teá Leoni as the lead lady in a movie but I think she did really well here, more ... |
 | Pineapple Express (Film)Absolutely hilarious - AineI'd heard very mixed things about this movie before going to see it, so I didn't know what to expect. This is the funniest thing I've seen in quite awhile. Seth Rogan - yes funny guy and all seems to play the same character in nearly everything I've seen him in (i.e. a pot smoking loser). He does it well even if he's typecast at this point. James Franco is more ... |
 | In Bruges (Video)Slightly off the wall but very enjoyable - AineGleeson and Farrell do very well in this movie. Very different characters with very different motivations for doing what they do, they find themselves in a difficult situation which Gleeson's character is called on by their boss (Feinnes) to resolve. On the surface I guess things seem straight forward but throw in a stunning actress, a couple of irritating more ... |
 | 27 Dresses (Video)Predicatable but enjoyable - AineI really enjoyed this movie, although I can't imagine for the life of me being invited to 27 weddings yet alone being bridesmaid in 27 weddings! I've enjoyed Heigl in Greys anatomy and before that in Roswell where she played the very aloof Isabelle very well. I think she did really well in here playing slightly dowdied down leading lady, she does harassed, more ... |
 | Baby Mama (Film)Good fun - AineI didn't know what to expect really for this, now it's no mean girls but it's quite funny. Fey plays Kate, who realises she may have left it late to have a child, after trying to get pregnant herself, she finds she's a T shaped uterus and goes down the route of surogecy. Phloer does well as the uneducated white trash womb which Kate chooses, after a series more ... |
 | The Edge of Love (Film)Good stuff - AineLike many other reviewers I saw this knowing pretty much nothing at all about Thomas, his poems, his life or anything else. I can't say I know an awful lot more about his poems but I guess from the movie you get a good idea of at least one element of his life - his oddly open marriage and the friendship between his wife and mistress. I've mentioned before more ... |
 | You Don't Mess With The Zohan (Film)Avoid - AineI think that this is the worst film I have seen, I will laugh at pretty much anything and I don't think this movie made me even smile once. I wonder was Sandler looking for a toned down version of team america with some of the gags - if he was or even if he wasn't this effort was flat as a pancake. The jokes and even stereotyping was just not funny. The more ... |
 | The Duchess (Film)The Duchess - AineI agree with much of what has been said regarding the Diana angle. I don't think that they could have made the Duke Of Devonshire any more like Prince Charles if they tried......from the aloof nature down to the speech about him loving her the way he understands love (what is love?!) Finnes was very strong, although I got a tad creeped out thinking that it more ... |
 | Man On Wire (Film)I think he's nuts! - AineI didn't know what this was about before going to see it, but I'm glad I saw it anyway. Certainly there are worse things out there you could see (Mummy 3?!). Film captures Petit and his dream and how he made it a reality. The lengths they went to, the problems they faced and then eventually how they made it happen. Great stuff! It was a bit eerie seeing so more ... |
 | Get Smart (Film)Well I enjoyed it - AineI laughed my way through this movie, so I'm shocked that there are so many bad reviews. The whole point of Get Smart the TV show was to be a cross between Closeau and James Bond/Spy Genre. I think the movie did a great job of it. From the iconic steps and telephone shoe at the start of the movie I enjoyed it all, yes it's not going to win oscars but it's more ... |
 | The X-Files: I Want To Believe (Film)Very good - AineI have to say I enjoyed this movie hugely despite the nightmares it gave me afterwards! Watching Mulder and Scully on screen, I was shocked to realise it was almost ten years since the last movie had come out, I've always thought Duchovney and Anderson had great chemistry, my one quibble is that there wasn't quite enough screen time for them here. From the more ... |
 | Mamma Mia! (Film)Enjoyable but not going to set the world on fire - AineI saw the stage show a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it so I was looking forward to the movie adaptation. As the title in this review says, it's enjoyable (an Abba song for every life occasion!) but it's not going to set the world on fire....there is something very very odd about an ex James Bond singing but to be fair, the cast manage to pull it more ... |
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