8 HEALING Is Not Your Average Prison Film Manon de Reeper May 22, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews Healing is an Australian movie about the people in a low-security prison, who are all trying to find their ways in life. The main character, Viktor Khadem (Don Hany), killed his best friend when he was drunk...
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 Three Many Weddings (2013) Proves Comedy Is Universal Kimberly Gamble May 12, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Movie Reviews, Uncategorized This movie is part of the Spanish Film Festival, which takes place during May. As one of the many films chosen to play at the Spanish Film Festival in 2014, Three Many Weddings (original title Tres Bodas...
6 To Fool A Thief (2013) Wines and Dines with Charm David Kahen Kashi May 8, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Movie Reviews, Romance This movie is screened during the Spanish Film Festival in Australia, taking place all May. In Ariel Winograd’s To Fool A Thief, we’re often reminded to think upon the kind of screwball comedies that...
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...
4 Fading Gigolo (2013) Is Far From Sexy Manon de Reeper May 1, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Movie Reviews 2 Comments Fading Gigolo is the comedy written and directed by John Turturro, who also plays the lead role of gigolo Fioravante. Woody Allen plays Fioravante’s pimp, Murray. Both men are in need of cash as their...
4 Transcendence (2014): A Pretentious Film From a Rookie Director Manon de Reeper April 29, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction 2 Comments Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman… The big names attached to this film as well as the potentially great story all promised a pretty awesome movie. The movie, however, did not live...
7.5 David & Me (2014): Not Guilty But Imprisoned for Life (Hot Docs) Manon de Reeper April 28, 2014 2010-Present, Discussion, Documentary, Movie Reviews, Time Period This post first appeared on CinemaAxis.com - David & Me will be screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival that takes place between April 24 and May 4, 2014. David & Me is...
6.5 Gravity (2013): Does the Multi-Oscar Winning Film Live Up to the Hype? Kimberly Gamble April 24, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews, Science Fiction, Thriller 6 Comments When I saw the first preview of this film, it appealed to me as a sci-fi thriller fan. I had every intention of going to the theaters to see it, but alas, I waited too long. Meanwhile, Gravity won several...
5 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) – A Review in Rhyme Derrek Greene April 18, 2014 2010-Present, Comedy, Movie Reviews, Time Period 1 Comment Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, a misnomer because the comedy was sloppy. It was nine long minutes before my first laugh. The movie was almost a scene for scene copy. When the writers were working...
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...
9 Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): A Vampire’s Melancholic Observation of Humanity Manon de Reeper April 8, 2014 2010-Present, Drama, Movie Reviews 5 Comments Last weekend I attended a screening of Jim Jarmusch's latest production, Only Lovers Left Alive, at the Luna Leederville Cinema here in Perth (which, by the way, is a beautiful original 20's art deco...