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Dead Genesis Movie Review

Dead Genesis Movie Review
The zombie genre is one that no matter how many times people say it’s done, it just keeps coming back for more. Nature of the beast I’m afraid. You can’t kill what’s already dead. But seriously, as continually proven there’s plenty of wiggle room in the genre for a genuinely surprising effort...

Movie Review-The Brothers Bloom

Movie Review-The Brothers Bloom
I was a big fan of Rian Johnson’s last film, the marvellous high school noir named Brick. In fact, I seem to recall it making the top of my best of 2006 list that year. Then last September I saw his follow-up at the Toronto International Film Festival and saw myself dazzled enough to place Brothers...

Movie Reviews-April

Movie Reviews-April
Fast & Furious The original B-list cast returns for a fourth installment of this enduring franchise. The plot of Fast & Furious centers around Domonic Torretto (Vin Diesel) who returns to the United States after his girlfriend Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) is brutally murdered. Brian O’Conner...

Movie Review-Coraline

Movie Review-Coraline
Director: Henry Selick Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders The film succeeds in bringing author Neil Gaiman’s award-winning novella to life in a unique and beautiful fantasy world. This is topped by amazing stop-motion animation in full 3-D but unfortunately it doesn’t take...

Movie Review - Friday the 13th (2009)

Movie Review - Friday the 13th (2009)
Director: Marcus Nispel Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti Friday the 13th brings Jason Voorhees back to the big screen meaner than ever and much more lethal. In addition to being an ace archer, Jason can now run full speed giving his victims even less of a chance of getting...

Movie Review - Slumdog Millionaire

Movie Review - Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto Not only did Slumdog Millionaire take home eight wins at this year’s Oscars, it won against films with bigger budgets and even bigger stars. A true Hollywood success story, Slumdog was one of the few films from 2008 that didn’t...

Movie Review-Push

Movie Review-Push
Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou Push introduces us to the world of super-humans where ‘seers’ can draw the future, ‘pushers’ have telekinetic powers, and ‘sniffers’ have an ultra-sensitive sense of smell. While the plot and characters are varied,...

Movie Review-Watchmen

Movie Review-Watchmen
Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode. One of the most anticipated movies of 2009 and potentially the biggest, Watchmen is finally set to hit theatres everywhere on March 6th.  The movie is based on the limited comic book series...