MIRROR MIRROR (2012) – Review

2012 DIRECTOR: Tarzem Singh 70/100 I finally got around to watching this 2012 Snow White adaptation after 8 years an was pleasantly surprised. I missed it at the time, put off by what appeared to be a kids movie, favouring the mediocre Snow White and the Huntsman, in the Cinema instead. I misjudged both films…

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955) – REVIEW

1955 DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock's attempt at comedy; Blackest of black, certainly for the time in which this was shot, The Trouble With Harry is that like the majority of comedy vehicles, its shelf life was inevitably limited. The film's most notable boast is that it introduced Shirley MacLaine to the big screen in her…

CALIGULA (1979) – REVIEW

1979 ORIGINAL UNCUT VERSION DIRECTORS: Tinto Brass (Principle) & Bob Guccione & Glo Luiiancar (Additional Footage) May contain spoilers! I was left literally speechless after watching this. What is it? Is it a porn film? Is it a period drama? Is it an art house extravaganza? Well, for certain, it is the one of the most obscene…

THE LIFEGUARD

2013 DIRECTOR: Liz W. Garcia NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? NO Well, if you like watching an R rated film, which thinks that it is giving and insight in to the life of a twenty-something who can not accept her grown up life, told…

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

2005 DIRECTOR: Ang Lee May Contain Spoilers! This bitter romance garnered three Academy Awards back in 2006, and even though politics played a huge role, it would be unfair to right off the successes of this film. In the summer on 1963, two ranch hands are sent up the slopes of Brokeback Mountain to camp out…

GREASE

1978 DIRECTOR: Randal Kleiser May Contain Spoilers! Grease was originally released in the U.K. on the 14th September 1978, just four days before I was born (34 years ago today!). I have already selected Grease as my first Film Of The Year, for 1978. Also, a DVD edition was also released in 2006, entitled "Rockin' Rydell Edition"…

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,…

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.…

ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THEIVES

1991 (Theatrical Version) 1991/2002 (Extended Version) Extended Version Theatrical Version DIRECTOR: Kevin Reynolds May Contain Spoilers! Back in 1992, when I first saw this on Video, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves seemed to be one of the freshest takes on a medieval story that I had ever seen. I was 13 at the time and couldn't stand…

KING ARTHUR (DIRECTOR’S CUT)

2004 DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua May Contain Spoilers! 2004 wasn't the best year for cinema as far as I was concerned. So when I sat down to watch this new, more realistic take on the King Arthur legend, I remember thinking that this could be the film that would redeem 2004. Over two hours later, that dream…