Review: “Balls of Fury”
An utterly flat sports comedy, "Balls of Fury" manages to completely waste a good cast with tired and tedious material that desperately tries...
Review: “Resurrecting the Champ”
Whilst it's wall-to-wall preachy in its desire to be one of those inspirational redemption flicks, the seemingly cliched 'Champ' shines in small moments thanks...
Review: “War”
The anticipated team-up of action heroes Jet Li and Jason Statham has yielded the bland "War," a convoluted action thriller which wastes an essentially...
Review: “The Invasion”
The fourth and weakest film incarnation of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" tale proves one of the year's more notable disappoinments. It's...
Review: “The Last Legion”
A generic TV movie that's somehow getting a theatrical release, "The Last Legion" is a rather hokey historical actioneer that plays like a throwback...
Review: “Stardust”
Whilst it avoids many of the trappings that post-Rings fantasy duds like "Eragon" and "Brothers Grimm" have made, the film version of Neil Gaiman's...
Review: “The Bourne Ultimatum”
After a Summer of bloated and tired sequels, the third 'Bourne' comes as a breath of fresh air - and at last delivers a...
Review: “The Simpsons Movie”
'Why would I pay to see something I can watch at home on TV for free?' Homer asks in the prologue to one of...
Review: “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
The longest and weakest of the Potter novels becomes one of the better film adaptations of the series in "Harry Potter and the Order...
Review: “Transformers”
No greater example of a text book Summer movie will be found this season than Michael Bay's live-action take on the near three decades...
Review: “Sicko”
In the six decades since the Second World War, most Western countries have evolved into societies so similar as to be near interchangeable. Walking...
Review: “Live Free or Die Hard”
A moderately respectable return to a mold of old, "Live Free or Die Hard" manages to deliver adequate action-techno thrills in a way that...
Review: “Hostel Part II”
Eli Roth may not like critics who label the work he does 'torture porn', but the trouble with that argument is - what else...
Review: “Romulus, My Father”
Speaking to a packed cinema in Sydney, Eric Bana said during the Q&A following Romulus My Father that he didn't do the film out...
Review: “Shrek the Third”
', 'Age comes to us all, even ogres, and with "Shrek the Third" comes the first twinges of arthritis in one of the few...
Review: “Once”
In a time when big budget and very theatrical studio musicals are in vogue again, this cute little indie feature manages to quietly reinvent...
Review: “28 Weeks Later”
A teenage girl takes up a specialist military sniper rifle and makes a perfect shot of it with no training, improper handling and in...
Review: “Georgia Rule”
Tone is something not often brought up in discussions about films amongst friends, but it's vital enough that it can make or break an...
Review: “Spider-Man 3”
With great money comes great accountability, not to mention a greater need to please everyone. Unfortunately this approach ultimately undermines the third "Spider-Man" film...
Review: “Fracture”
A strong start, a smart twist ending, and one of the greatest veteran actors working today butting heads with one of the brightest upcoming...
Review: “Vacancy”
What starts out as a slick but generic urban legend meets slasher film turns into a surprisingly enjoyable thriller in "Vacancy." The feature marks...
Review: “Hot Fuzz”
A solid follow-up from the makers of 2004's "Shaun of the Dead," the surprisingly rich "Hot Fuzz" is more than your average action movie...
Review: “Disturbia”
A post-modern, teenager-oriented, B-movie remake of the Hitchcock classic "Rear Window" it may be, but whilst "Disturbia" plays it safe and conventional in every...
Review: “Perfect Stranger”
Predictably trashy and silly, "Perfect Stranger" funnily enough lives up to what it is being advertised as - a straight up, B-Movie thriller serving...
Review: “Grindhouse”
Exploitation cinema of the 70's gets a loving tribute in "Grindhouse," a unapologetically entertaining double feature that, despite its drawn out runtime and clunky...
Review: “Black Book”
The best guilty pleasure of the year, "Black Book" (aka. "Zwartboek") looks like a real arty film at first glance - an English subtitled,...
Review: “The Reaping”
An interesting concept becomes lost in a sea of religious hokum and genre cliches in "The Reaping," the latest Dark Castle horror film which...
Review: “Firehouse Dog”
The advancements in computer graphics have led various genres of filmmaking to improve over the years on assorted technical levels. Family films however haven't...
Review: “Are We Done Yet?”
On paper I realised that this sequel to 2005's woeful "Are We There Yet" sounded familiar - it's "The Money Pit." More specifically both...
Review: “Meet the Robinsons”
The second of Disney Animation's experiments at going it alone on a CG-animated feature, "Meet the Robinsons" is certainly a step forward from the...