Water For Elephants review

It stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, and a massive elephant called Rosie. It’s Water For Elephants, and here’s our review… The real revelation ofWater For Elephantsis, as mentioned earlier, Christoph Waltz. His character burns through the screen, and Waltz lends his sadistic ringmaster antagonist a startling sense of depth. Rating: 3 out of 5

April 28, 2011 · 1 min · 56 words · Julie Trevino

Attack The Block review

It’s War Of The Worlds with hoodies. It’s writer and director Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block, and it’s rather fabulous. Here’s Michael’s review… However, it is the cleverness of the films conception that gives it an edge. Although, for a pacy and wildly enjoyable flick, this isnt a harmful flaw. Alongside Ayoade, Cornish is now a director to watch. Rating: 4 out of 5

April 27, 2011 · 1 min · 64 words · Rebecca Barnett

Cedar Rapids review

Youth In Revolt director Miguel Arteta returns with quirky comedy, Cedar Rapids. Is it any good? The films split personality is down to the collision of two worlds. One, the honourable world seen through the eyes of the movies naive, folksy lead Tim. The other, the slightly sordid one seen by everyone else. Lippe is in a state of arrested development at the beginning of the film. Tims no Monsieur Hulot or Mr Bean....

April 27, 2011 · 1 min · 201 words · James Jones

Mortal Kombat PlayStation 3 review

Get ready to be impressed. Ad content continues below Your soul is mine! Underneath the polish and ton of extras, which well get to later, is a revamped fighting engine. First are the new power meters. These are split into three sections, and as you fight, they fill up. Its a great feature, and one that really adds to the game. However, this feature really comes into its own once you fill up all three sections....

April 22, 2011 · 2 min · 384 words · Whitney Mcdonald

Charlie Adlard interview: The Walking Dead, comic book adaptations and zombies

The extreme circumstance is the zombie apocalypse. Id also like to specify thats what I do honestly believe as well. Its a book about a disparate bunch of people who are coping however possible with a dramatic situation. The zombies are basically just a massive MacGuffin. They are only really there to assist our characters in getting from a to b within the plot. Its as simple as that. Its one of those things when you describe a book like that....

April 20, 2011 · 9 min · 1875 words · Michael Anderson

How can cinemas save themselves?

You have a partner that respects your [business] model and another one that doesnt. Youre going to give the screen to the partner that respects your model. (Interestingly, Disney, along with Paramount, have yet to commit to the new VOD service.) Modern technology and consumers habits no longer lend themselves to film at the cinema. While it will always have an audience, its an increasingly fragmented audience. It just has to adapt....

April 20, 2011 · 2 min · 258 words · Paula Brown

The top 10 most satisfying weapon-based moments in videogaming

Well, it was fun while it lasted. The slight delay between pressing fire and the resulting destruction only added to the weapons cheer-inducing sense of power. Awesome though its machine guns were,GoldenEyes most brilliantly powerful weapon was surely the Cougar Magnum. For truly spectacular kills, however, look no further thanSingularitys marvellous Seeker Rifle.

April 20, 2011 · 1 min · 53 words · Stephanie Henry

Music in the movies: Mark Isham

The Hitcher Ad content continues below Ishams score to the originalHitcherreally is quite remarkable. Its astonishing that such a bold and creative piece was created so early on in Ishams career. His build of suspense is present at times, but this is far from subtle. It contains plenty of great ideas and the elements are there, but nothing works together. The Mist The Mistis a film I have to admit I was wrong about....

April 19, 2011 · 1 min · 115 words · Katie Johnson

The Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole Blu-ray review

Zack Snyder turns his talents to family-friendly animation in the fantasy owl epic, The Legend Of The Guardians. Based on Kathryn Laskys series of novels, Warner Brothers had acquired the rights back in 2005. There are times when there seems to be a lack of focus when it comes to the story. These extremes in tone never seem to sit quite right and affect the narrative flow of the film....

April 19, 2011 · 1 min · 138 words · Theresa Reyes

Fast And Furious 5 review

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are joined by the mighty Dwayne Johnson for the latest Fast And Furious movie. Here’s Ryan’s review… In 1978, Richard DonnersSupermanmade you believe a man could fly. The plan, you may have guessed, involves the skilful manipulation of powerful cars. So much for the plot. Then again,Fast 5as a whole is deceptively well made. There are, however, a few problems. There are several things I definitely cannot say aboutFast And Furious 5....

April 18, 2011 · 1 min · 97 words · Christopher Chavez

10 things we want to see in The Dark Tower adaptation

Ron Howards reportedly set to adapt Stephen Kings sprawling series of novels, The Dark Tower. If you want to be entirely spoiler-free, you might want to give this one a miss. Specifically, we talk about the ending in the last entry in this list… Seven films may be a bit much, but three is a good solid number. After all, everyone loves a trilogy. Three films might be enough to successfully adapt the series without changing it completely....

April 17, 2011 · 2 min · 371 words · Stephanie Cisneros

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau interview: Game Of Thrones, acting and the fantasy genre

Well, Jaime, yeah. He certainly comes across that way in the beginning, intentionally so. I dont think he is that nasty. He had to do something, because of what happened. The specifics of that situation. It was a matter of life or death. What interested me about the series is that it adds so many taboo subjects to the fantasy genre. You dont see those full-blooded, adult topics in fantasy much....

April 17, 2011 · 5 min · 898 words · Michelle Hill

Thor review

Blockbuster season 2011 officially kicks off, as Chris Hemsworth stars in Kenneth Branagh’s film of Thor. So is it any good? In doing so, they might actually have created the definitive version of Thor. No prizes for guessing which God of Thunder interrupts things by falling out of the sky. Ad content continues below As an opening, its a little rough. WhereIron Manstarted with explosions and guitar riffs,Thorthreatens to talk you to into an early slumber....

April 17, 2011 · 1 min · 211 words · Kevin Vaughn