| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) - Unrated | June 8, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| El Orfanato (The Orphanage) - R | June 3, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Dirty Mary Crazy Larry - PG | June 3, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Ai nu (Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan) - R |
Set in a brothel and centring on one of the establishments inmates, Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan is a film unafraid to keep its exploitation elements at the forefront of the plot. But with its lavish sets and sumptuous cinematography, director Yuen Chor manages to make the film much more than a simple sleaze-fest and deliver a rather good revenge flick packed with overt, and very effective, eroticism. There is much to like about this film and it does work on many levels ? as a martial arts action film, as an exploitation film with something to say about exploitation and as tragedy about love and vengeance. Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan also has a depth that is often missing from films of this genre, but it really could have done with an extra half hour to more fully develop both the plot and some of the supporting characters. Full Review |
June 2, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Wind and the Lion - PG | June 2, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Machinist - R | May 27, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Sex and the City - R | May 26, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Postal - R | May 20, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Perdita Durango - R | On the face of it, this film has no likeable characters and a black humour that is often sick. But the lead characters, Durango and Dolorossa, are treated sympathetically and their characters do develop as the film progresses so that you find yourself really caring what happens and, at the end of the day, that's what matters. | May 17, 2008 | N/A | |||
| V for Vendetta - R |
V for Vendetta is, unashamedly, an action film. But it's an action film with something to say, about moral panics, creeping authoritarianism, about the power of symbols and about individual resistance. The film throws up questions rather than answers, but these are questions that need to be asked and for this reason, if no other, it is a film that is well worth seeing. It helps, of course, that the action parts of the film are all suitably spectacular. |
May 17, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Forbidden Kingdom - PG-13 | May 17, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - PG-13 | May 17, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| I Drink Your Blood - R | From this post-AIDS perspective, the idea of an entire community being infected sexually is an interesting one and the whole disease-makes-zombies idea is one that is worth playing around with. It?s just a shame that this film does it so badly. | May 16, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Made of Honor - PG-13 | May 12, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Midnight Meat Train - R | May 12, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| What Happens in Vegas - PG-13 | May 10, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Fall - R | May 5, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Speed Racer - PG | May 5, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Conan the Barbarian - R |
The film that launched both Arnold Swarzenegger's career and a whole slew of sword and sorcery films in the 80s. And it really is rather good. Conan is not only gloriously violent but is also played absolutely straight, giving it a dark and intense feel. Granted, the plot is full of holes but in spite of these the film remains a wonderfully dark and gloriously violent example of the Sword and Sorcery genre and one of the few films of this genre that is actually worth watching. |
May 2, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Son of Rambow - PG-13 | April 28, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Horror Vault - Unrated |
The Horror Vault brings together nine films around a common theme of madness and cruelty and it's well worth looking into and one which manages to maintain a consistently high standard throughout. If this film is indicative of the state of independent horror then the genre is in very good shape indeed. Full review |
April 22, 2008 | N/A | |||
| The Visitor - PG-13 | April 17, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| The Pianist - R | April 17, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Moon to (Protégé) - R | April 12, 2008 | N/A | ||||
| Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed - PG |
I have much better things to do with my time than watch a bunch of whiney creationists tell lies. Expelled Exposed |
April 5, 2008 | N/A |
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