G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (2013) DIRECTOR: John M. Chu STARRING: Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson GENRE: Action CERT: 12A *WARNING: Contains spoilers * To be honest having watched the first movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, it surprised me that a sequel had been commissioned. Even now, I still can’t remember anything about that movie, except that it had Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller in it. So my excitement was less than stellar. However, after seeing a trailer in the cinema and the news that…
DREAM HOUSE (2011) DIRECTOR: Jim Sheridan STARRING: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Mystery CERT: 15 REVIEWER: Gemma **WARNING – REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS** Dream House is one of those films that could easily be spoiled, thus ruining the enjoyment of it. However, the marketing people at the film studio decided to ignore this completely and give away some of the more interesting twists of the film. Luckily, I didn’t pay much attention and therefor it meant I was surprised by the twists. The plot of the film…
LIFE OF PI (2012) DIRECTOR: Ang Lee STARRING: Suraj Shaman, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall GENRE: Drama, Fantasy CERT: 12A REVIEWER: Gemma **WARNING:- Spoilers for the end of the film and probably the book** In a change to how I normally go and see a movie at the cinema, I decided to change things up a bit by partaking in “Cinema Roulette”. The rules were very simple. You go to the cinema and go and see the film that is starting nearest to your arrival time. You couldn’t go and see…
JACK REACHER (2012) DIRECTOR: Christopher McQuarrie STARRING: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike GENRE: Action, Thriller CERT: 12A REVIEWER: Gemma After the very poor Alex Cross, I was a bit apprehensive over going to see JACK REACHER. Coupled with the fact that I am not the biggest fan of Tom Cruise and the odds were stacked against this being anything but a turkey, at least for me. Thankfully, I rather enjoyed this film, even if it was a love fest for Tom Cruise (by now I come to expect that.) The premise…
FRIGHT NIGHT (2011) DIRECTOR: Craig Gillespie STARRING: Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Anton Yelich GENRE: Horror CERT: 15 REVIEWER: Gemma This is a movie that I originally saw in the cinema last year, but with it coming up to Halloween, I thought I would crack it out and watch it again. This is one of those movies that has that slightly cheesy hint to it that you don’t mind watching it again. This is a remake of a film by the same name made in the mid 80’s. I’ve never seen…
THE BOURNE LEGACY (2012) DIRECTOR: Tony Gilroy STARRING: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton GENRE: Action CERT: 12A REVIEWER: Gemma With a gap of five years since The Bourne Ultimatum and numerous attempts at continuing the franchise that, in my opinion, forced the makers of the Bond films to up their game, we finally have a new chapter in this saga. Rather than recast the character of David Bourne, when Matt Damon stated his reluctance to return as Jason Bourne if the original writer/director David Greengrass wasn’t on board, the…
BRAVE (2012) DIRECTOR: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell STARRING: Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thomson, Eric McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Ferguson GENRE: Animation, Fantasy, FairyTale CERT: U REVIEWER: Gemma When it was revealed that Pixar was going to step into the traditional staple of Disney by creating a Princess Fairy Tale, many including me were a bit wary. How could Pixar, famed for coming up with films that have unexpected themes and characters give their own spin on a Fairy Tale? Somehow, Pixar managed to pull another one out…
MAGIC MIKE (2012) DIRECTOR: Steven Soderbergh STARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez GENRE: Drama, Comedy CERT: 15 REVIEWERS: Gemma & Vickie GEMMA When the trailer came out for MAGIC MIKE, I literally got giddy at the thought of going to see it. Half naked males, gyrating across the screen? Sign me up! My calendar had the day’s struck off till it was opening. So did I think the film was worth the hype? Did the trailer give an accurate taster to the film?…
ROCK OF AGES (2012) DIRECTOR: Adam Shankman STARRING: Diego Boneta, Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Ackerman, Mary J Blige GENRE: Musical CERT: 12A REVIEWER: Gemma ROCK OF AGES is your typical love story, where “a small town girl, living in a lonely world” moves to the big city to make her dreams come true. In this case, she wants to be a singer. Now those in the back groaning, I know that the recent film Burlesque had the same theme. Before you switch off,…
PROMETHEUS (2012) DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott STARRING: Michael Fassebender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Logan Marshall-Green GENRE: Sci-FI CERT:15 REVIEWER: Gemma After a less than stellar review of Snow White and the Huntsman, I went to see the second big budget film starring Charlize Theron. It should be noted that I have not seen any of the Alien films before going to see PROMETHEUS, which has been billed as a prequel of sorts to the original Alien franchise. So whether its linked in any way, I don’t know. So this review is…
MIRROR MIRROR (2012) DIRECTOR: Tarsem Singh STARRING: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer GENRE: Fantasy, Comedy, Family CERT: PG REVIEWER: Gemma With the influx of numerous takes of famous fairy tales coming soon and recently shown in the cinema, ‘Mirror, Mirror’ decides to forgo the recent fad in making these stories we all grew up with resemble the dark folk tales of the original Brothers Grimm and instead goes for the more recognisable Disney-esque feel. And in many ways it works wonderfully. The writers have taken the well know tale…
