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Review: The Wolfman (2010)

Monday February 15, 2010

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Review: The Wolfman (2010)

The Wolfman is Universal’s first attempt at resurrecting one of their classic horror back-catalogue franchises.

It stars Benicio Del Toro as Lawrence Talbot, the son of Sir John Talbot (played by Anthony Hopkins), who returns to his childhood home in search of his brother, after receiving a letter from the wife of his brother (Emily Blunt), asking for his help. However upon returning he discovers that his brother has been killed in mysterious circumstances and seeks to find the killer.

I’ve been looking forward to this film for what seems like ages, but have been incredibly wary of the stories about it’s delays, edits and re-shoots. So when I finally got my ticket and sat down to watch it I was hoping that it would deliver and it would be worth the wait. Unfortunately it wasn’t.

The Wolfman butchers it’s victims, and likewise the editors of this film have butchered it too.

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Back Catalogue Review: The Faculty (1998)

Sunday February 14, 2010

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Back Catalogue Review: The Faculty (1998)

This is part of a new feature, where I pick a film from my collection that I haven’t seen in a while, wipe the dust off the DVD cover, and see if it’s stood the test of time. Today I pick, The Faculty.

The Faculty is a high school ‘creature feature’ directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Famke Jansen, Selma Hyak, Jon Stewart and Robert Patrick.

The basic synopsis is that a group of students suspect the local high school is being gradually taken over by aliens. Nobody believes them until it’s too late, so they have to take action themselves.

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Review: Up in the Air

Monday January 18, 2010

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Review: Up in the Air

Up in the Air is directed by Jason Reitman and stars George Clooney as a business traveller who spends a lot of time travelling around America by air, accumulating a ton of airmiles and loyalty points. His job once he reaches his destination, is to fire people. This job however, is under threat from a young graduate (Anna Kendrick) who has bright ideas about cutting costs by doing the firing via webcam. And during his travels he meets a fellow business traveller (Vera Farmiga), who he develops an unorthodox long distance relationship with, which ultimately leads him to question his lifestyle.

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Review: Law Abiding Citizen

Friday December 4, 2009

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Review: Law Abiding Citizen

Your wife and child are tragically raped and killed and the killer that you saw do it is let off with a light prison sentence after making a deal with the district attorney (Jamie Foxx). What do you do?

Well if you’re Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler), and you used to be an ‘ex-government killing genius’ (does such a job exist?) you orchestrate a plan for the next 10 years to get your revenge on the killers – and then everyone that was ever involved in the shoddy legal case (however tenuous their link) just to make a point on the state of the justice system.

But to prove just how good you are – and because you really want to piss off Jamie Foxx – you purposely get sent to prison and yet continue to kill people from behind bars.

Therein lies the unique selling point of this movie. How does someone kill people while locked away in prison?

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Review: 2012

Saturday November 14, 2009

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Review: 2012

When reviewing a film like 2012, it’s easy to be snobby about it and dismiss it as disaster porn, but I think that would be unfair. I knew exactly what to expect from Roland Emmerich so I didn’t have any expectations that it would have an intelligent script, have any depth, or be in the slightest bit realistic.

But it still managed to let me down, and here’s why…

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