(Continuing my old film reviews onto this blog, this is the version directed & co-written by Jonathan Hensleigh, and starring Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Roy Scheider, Samantha Mathis, Will Patton, Rebecca Ramijin Stamos, who should all know better.) Although blatantly based on Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon’s 'Welcome Back, Frank'…
(Better late than never – I hope to be more current in my reviews in the near future.) There is a scene in the film Jarhead, a memoir of marine sniper Anthony Swofford during the first Gulf War, where the troops watch Apocalypse Now and get really excited by the…
Constantine the movie. I never would have imagined it possible. The background character whose visual was based on Sting and became the street-level magic man of the Vertigo universe is somehow transformed into Action Hero. The filmmakers don’t get it: Constantine is a magical conman, not an action hero –…
Written by Frank Miller Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller (Cut & Shot by Robert Rodriguez) Starring a whole load of people, including Mickey Rourke, Elijah Wood, Rutger Hauer, Carla Gugino, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Clarke Duncan, Brittany Murphy, Nick Stahl,…
(I think I was the only person in the world who didn't see Spider-Man 3 at the cinemas over the weekend. So, this means I can't read most other blogs at the moment, nor can I write a review of the film, for obvious reasons. Therefore, I shall continue my…
You have to feel a little sorry for someone who wins the Oscar for best director with their first film. What the hell do you do next? Fortunately for us, Sam Mendes decided he wanted to adapt a graphic novel (by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner) for the…
Like my other reviews of comic book movies, I should point out my appreciation of the source material. I really enjoy Hellboy the comic – Mike Mignola's creation is a wonderful idea, the artwork is atmospheric and gothic while still being recognisable as the product of a craftsman, using shadow…
(Not all of my reviews are as full as they should be. I'm trying to get all my writing together on this blog, scattered around as it is, so the style of this review might seem different to more recent posts. The theme of this post and the ones over…
This isn’t really a review. It’s more of a collection of my thoughts on the film. This film has been reviewed to an incredible degree on the blogosphere, as is appropriate, and I’m writing this over a week after it came out in the UK, not to mention the two…
I try to remain impartial when I see a film, to give an unbiased opinion about the movie (as all reviews are – I can’t really call myself a critic, I just liked the name for the blog). However, try as I might, I really can’t be a completely objective…