"Born in the shadow of Bourne, and destined to stay there"
The willing suspension of disbelief. Excluding superhero films, its presence is vital to the success of almost every film released. However, it does not give filmmakers carte blanche to abuse the trust of the viewers – there is a very fine angle between believable and nonsense, ...
"A high octane, balls out, typical revenge story, and it takes you on the ride from hell..."
Drive Angry 3D is a high octane, balls out, typical revenge story, and it takes you on the ride from hell. We meet Milton who is portrayed effortlessly by Nicolas Cage, an anti-hero that has broken out of Hell in order to seek his revenge.
Cage is brilliant as Milton, and while a lot o...
"Hopkins is magnificent, regrettably the only thing that is"
“Inspired by true events” - four of the most dreaded words that can possibly precede any horror film. When these two elements are combined, it’s generally a precursor to 90 minutes of scarcely believable rubbish.
Somewhat inevitably, those four words always seem to...
"It’s not a bad film, not by any means. For what it is, it’s basically what you would expect."
To fully comprehend and enjoy a film such as I am Number Four, you have to hold back any of your preconceptions of what is billed as a teen sci-fi, and put yourself in the mindset of the target audience for whom the film is intended. However, having done so, I still struggled to really enjoy the ...
"The basic problem with this film is that it’s just too cheesy"
You know that annoying bloke in the park, who sits amongst a group of obtuse friends, playing tedious melodic tunes on his guitar with his shirt casually thrown off onto the ground? Well that’s what this film is like.
And if this film bears similarities to such a scenario, then the ...
"It's actually a really heartwarming story of how different your life can be if you take a chance and go for it..."
Chalet Girl is your classic don't judge a book by it's cover rom com. Much like my review and initial expectations for No Strings Attached, I was frankly a bit depressed when I saw the Chalet Girl poster, to be honest it looked like an advert for the photo storie...