7.2 GODZILLA Is Far From Perfect, But Is Perfectly Entertaining Manon de Reeper May 28, 2014 Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews 2 Comments The long anticipated 2014 edition of Godzilla has not been hailed too positively by the critics. I recognize its flaws, but ultimately, I found the movie to be an enjoyable and entertaining ride. Godzilla -...
8.5 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): Never Mind The Haters, Here’s A Positive Review Jeff Peterson May 18, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Super Hero For anyone who hasn’t noticed yet, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is getting destroyed by critics.It’s currently got a 54 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Not only is that nearly 20 points down from the first...
8.5 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): On Political Paranoia David Kahen Kashi May 5, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Super Hero 2 Comments “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” - Horace "It is sweet and right to die for one’s country". Most famously, and aptly, used by the World War I era poet Wilfred Owen in his poem, "Dulce Et Decorum...
5.5 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): Pretty, but Xenophobic and Cliché Manon de Reeper April 15, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Super Hero 7 Comments Last night I attended the Australian premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and because it won't be released in the US for another two weeks, I had to hand in my phone. My phone's my only way of telling the...
6.8 Divergent (2014): The Glorification of Extraversion Manon de Reeper April 3, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Divergent's a fun, entertaining movie, but it has a few flaws. We discuss whether the film lived up to the book, and its glorification of extraversion.
8 Pacific Rim (2013): A fun film, or a wasted concept? Tyler Rowe April 1, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Tyler Rowe's review of Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim. Those kaijus and robots were awesome, but we wanted MORE. Of everything.
4 Oldboy (2013): A Case Study in How Not to Do a Remake Jeff Peterson March 24, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Drama, Movie Reviews, Mystery 1 Comment In this 2013 American “reinterpretation” of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy – which was itself loosely based on a ‘90s manga by Tsuchiya Garon – a misogynistic, binge-drinking ad exec (Josh Brolin) is...
5.5 Oblivion (2013): Visually Stunning but Without Content or Originality Manon de Reeper February 11, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Adventure, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction Oblivion was a movie I’d been looking forward to as I'm a huge (dystopian) sci-fi fan. Unfortunately, it was quite a disappointment. Rarely have I seen a movie as unoriginal as this one. In Oblivion,...
8 Why World War Z (2013) Is More Nuanced Than You Realized (Review) Manon de Reeper January 21, 2014 2010-Present, Action, Horror, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller 3 Comments I'm honestly not much of a horror fan, especially the ghosts I cannot handle (nor the high-pitched violin shrieking and shots that give me heart attacks). Zombies are something else, though. I'm pretty good...
9 Review: Elysium (2013) Manon de Reeper August 25, 2013 2010-Present, Action, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction In Elysium, the world has gone to shit. It is heavily polluted and poverty has risen to extremely high levels - the ghettos stretch as far as you can see. This is where the poor working class lives. The rich...
5 Review: Dead Man Down (2013) Manon de Reeper August 20, 2013 2010-Present, Action, Drama, Movie Reviews Warning, the following contains spoilers. In Dead Man Down, Colin Farrell plays Victor/Laszlo (whom I'll just call Victor henceforth), a Hungarian gangster who's part of an organized crime syndicate. We...
5 Review: Gangster Squad (2013) Manon de Reeper August 2, 2013 2010-Present, Action, Crime, Drama, Movie Reviews Mobsters are trying to get a foothold in the City of Angels, and good cop John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and his gangster squad come to the rescue. We are introduced to L.A. in 1954 - first thing we see is big...