ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1903) – REVIEW

1903 DIRECTOR: Percy Stow & Cecil Hepworth FIRST EVER FILM VERSION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND Painstakingly restored by the BFI (British Film Institute) from a severely damaged print, this is still in poor condition, but for the those interested in taking a look at a small piece of movie history, this is still quite watchable. But there is…

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

2010 DIRECTOR: David Slade May Contain Spoilers! The ever controversial Twilight Saga returned with its third installment, its third director, this time 30 Days Of Night's David Slade, and yet another interpretation. This time, Twilight had gone epic, building on the ever more irritating and over blown love triangle between Bella, Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob,…

DREDD 3D

2012 DIRECTOR: Pete Travis May Contain Spoilers! CINEMA REVIEW Will we be adding this to our collection? YES Judge Dredd began life in the 1970's British comic book, 2000AD and has always been portrayed as warrior of justice, you might say. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where Megacity 1 spans from New York to Boston…

STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

2002 DIRECTOR: George Lucas May Contain Spoilers! Three years on from the omen of foreboding which was The Phantom Menace, I doubt that I was on my own when I was hanging the fate of the entire Star Wars franchise on this film redeeming itself, and not replicating the first major mistake of the saga.…

STAR WARS: EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE

1999 DIRECTOR: George Lucas May Contain Spoilers! Dreams shattered. Never has a film or a film maker been subjected to such castigation as The Phantom Menace or George Lucas for adding to their own body of work like this. Alarm bells rang out once the title was announced. The Phantom Menace... What do that even…

THE HUNGER GAMES (UNSEEN VERSION)

2012 DIRECTOR: Gary Ross May Contain Spoilers! The trailer didn't really appeal to me, but the reviews were good, both from professionals and the paying public alike so we gave it a go. Was it worth it? Absolutely! The Hunger Games is simply a grown up teen drama, playing around with ideas and inspiration from…

TOP 5 BEST SOUNDTRACKS TO UNDERWHELMING FILMS

FILMS SAVED BY THEIR SCORES Some people believe that a film can be saved by its soundtrack, whilst others can take te music or leave it. whilst I would agree that a rubbish film cannot be salvaged by a great score, it can at least make it watchable, so below is a my list of the my…

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

2009 DIRECTOR(S): Ron Clements & John Musker May Contain Spoilers! Line-drawn animation is dead. Or is it? 2009 saw Disney's return to their roots as they drew by hand (though be it heavily assisted by computers), their first traditionally animated feature in over a decade. Now since Toy Story was the first Disney film that I actually…

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

2008 DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro May Contain Spoilers! There's no doubt that Guillermo del Toro is man of vision and man not to dissimilar from Tim Burton in many respects, though not in a literal one. He has a visual style which lacks compromise when allowed to flourish and here, in the second outing his red…

HELLBOY

2004 DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro May Contain Spoilers! 2004 was at the height of the superhero revolution. From 2000 with X-Men, there was a string of successful films, with Marvel leading the way, taking the genre to stratospheric levels. X-Men 2 raised they bar again, proving that the genre appealed to more than just a…