This Is It Film Review: Michael Jackson’s Last Stand
Director: Kenny Ortega.
Cast: Michael Jackson, Michael Bearden
This Is It gives a fascinating insight into a man who has in recent times been at the centre of media attention for all the wrong reasons.
The film gives a tantalising glimpse into the on-stage persona of the late, Michael Jackson. The result is Jackson as he has rarely [...]
Avatar Film Review: A Reinvention Of Cinema And A Re-Telling Of Human Insecurity
Director: James Cameron.
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Giovanni Ribisi.
The film Avatar has, over the past few months, lodged itself firmly into public consciousness. You would be hard-pressed to find a single individual that has not heard of the film. The hype that surrounded the release Avatar makes some of the [...]
The Devil Wears Prada Film Review: A Movie With Vivid Performances
Director: David Frankel.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker and Adrian Grenier.
The Devil Wears Prada is a fun and fast-paced film bristling with crackling bitchiness and feminine wiles. Full of bright and colourful characters the film is escapism at its best, with some outstanding performances from Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt.
The Devil Wears Prada tells [...]
Top Gun Film Review: Can The Fascination Be Explained
Director: Tony Scott.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Kelly McGillis, and Anthony Edwards.
Top Gun has often being cited as the film most closely associated with the 80s. It is strange that a film with so many weaknesses is so fondly remembered by many. In fact film director, Quentin Tarantino, memorably misquotes some of the script in the [...]
Film Review Revolutionary Road: Domestic Bliss Cannot Mask Shattered Dreams
Director: Sam Mendes
Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates.
Revolutionary Road is a deeply unsettling film that delves beneath the mask of domesticity and reveals desperation, despair and falsehoods. In short, this is a film that nearly everyone can empathise with. Either you have been in a similar relationship, you are in that [...]
Pan’s Labyrinth Film Review: A Confusing Film That Got Lost In Its Own Hype
Director: Guilermo Del Toro
Cast: Ivana Baquera, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil and Doug Jones.
The much acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth has received many rave reviews such as the prolonged standing ovation at Cannes. However, it is hard to justify such praise upon seeing the film. There are many good set pieces but taken in the whole [...]
A Glorious Re-Invention of James Bond: Casino Royale Film Review
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, and Jesper Christensen.
Casino Royale marks a stern departure from the typical James Bond films. Often criticised for being unrealistic and cartoon-like, James Bond films have of late been upstaged by the ultra-sophisticated realism of The Bourne films at the Box Office. It [...]
Julie and Julia: Film Review
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina.
Director: Nora Ephron.
Julia Child, is often referred to as the chef who revolutionised American cooking. Although this statement may be slightly hyperbolic, (America is still a country notorious for TV dinners, fast food and obesity), Child certainly provided the cooking archetype for people to aspire towards.
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Gran Torino Film Review
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Ahney Her, Bece Vang, and Christopher Carley.
Gran Torino is set in a downtrodden neighbourhood in Detroit, Michigan. It is here Walt Kowalski, played by Clint Eastwood lives, along with his Labrador dog, Daisy. A Korean war veteran, Walt is bitter, angry, and generally peed off with his life and fed up [...]
Jindabyne: Film Review
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, John Howard and Simon Stone.
Jindabyne, set in a small Australian town in the tough outback, is certainly not a typical film. Based on a short story, So Much Water So Close To Home by Raymond Carver, it deals with themes and issues that are often ignored, mainly the [...]
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