G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

2009 DIRECTOR: Steven Sommers NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? MAYBE I'm not sure that G.I. Joe was ever going to translate well into a summer blockbuster, but it didn't stop the effects mad Steven Sommers from trying. And it seems to have worked!…

AUSTRALIA

2008 DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann at his best, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge! and without a doubt his best work, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, can be one of the most promising talents in the business. But it's clear that the more edgy and artistic he goes, the better the results. Here, we have what…

THE HUNGER GAMES

2012 DIRECTOR: Gary Ross NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! CINEMA REVIEW Will we be adding this to our collection? YES 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!…

WIZARD OF OZ

1939 DIRECTOR: Victor Fleming  Also Directed By (Uncredited) George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, King Vidor  May Contain Spoilers! Wizard Of Oz, like It's A Wonderful Life, didn't ignite the film world on their initial releases, but these were films that found their treasured places in movie-goers hearts. Both are examples of movies where cinemas rival…

DIE HARD

1988 DIRECTOR: John McTiernan May Contain Spoilers! Based on the 1979 novel, Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, Die Hard (undoubtedly the better title) has become one of the most iconic action films in cinema history. The script was originally conceived as a sequel to Commando, but instead was tailored for Bruce Willis, at the time known a…

THE PROPOSAL

2009 DIRECTOR: Anne Fletcher NOT A PART OF OUR COLLECTION May Contain Spoilers! Will we be adding this to our collection? MAYBE What could have been an interesting comedy in a similar vein to the 1991 comedy, Green Card, became seriously hampered from the start by the mis-casting of Ryan Reynolds. But in my view, any…

DESPICABLE ME 3D

2010 DIRECTOR(S): Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud May Contain Spoilers! With the ominous tagline, "From the producers of Ice Age", I held out little for this one. But, in spite of one major misstep,  this was acually quite well developed, delivering laughs and decent sense of pace. The only real issue that I had was the inclusion…

THE FRENCH CONNECTION

1971 DIRECTOR: William Friedkin May Contain Spoilers! Almost 41 years later, this films gritty realism, fleshed out characters and slow burn, procedural police thriller plotting,  is still something to behold. Is this a masterpiece within its own genre? Undoubtedly, but it has also aged just as much. The fact that this is a 70's thriller is…

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

1971 DIRECTOR: Mel Stuart May Contain Spoilers! Simply one of the best family films ever made in my opinion. Well judged from start to finish, with a  great cast and an unflinching take on Roald Dahl's classic novel. Though Dahl himself wrote the screenplay to this adaptation, he later stated that this wasn't his favorite. But…

ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL

2008 DIRECTOR: Sacha Gervasi May Contain Spoilers! This was a real disappointment. Toted as the next and the "REAL" Spinal Tap, as it were, though not literally, we got a very straight, if not heart warming at times, rock documentary about the ill-fated 80's rock band, Anvil. They could have been one of the greats, and…