Cuckoo review

The support cast delivers great and subdued acting. Ad content continues below The storyline follows Polly at a pivotal moment in her life. She is about to leave a research post for a new job. This plotline is subtly nuanced and played. But is she paranoid or is someone out to get her? There is, indeed, a lot going on here, although you wouldnt call it an action thriller. There is a lot of brooding, over-thinking, fearing and hearing....

December 12, 2010 · 1 min · 165 words · Christopher Hubbard

Looking back at Neil LaBute’s The Wicker Man

Its also quite, quite wonderful. So, thats a difficult audience to work with. A shark or something?) or terrorising the female populace with fists and feet. Ah yes, the bear costume. Howd it get burned?!) elsewhere in the film. Released without preview screenings, critics formed an orderly queue to pour scorn on LaButes film back in 2006. As a remake of Robin Hardys classic 1973 film, the scorn levelled atThe Wicker Manwas largely deserved....

December 12, 2010 · 1 min · 110 words · Eric Dawson

Somewhere review

Stephen Dorff stars in director Sofia Coppolas new drama, Somewhere. Does it recapture the brilliance of Lost In Translation? Heres Lukes review… Somewhereopens with a nice, big metaphor. Seconds later it reappears, flashes past, then disappears again. And then again, and again, and again. Its going round in circles, basically. Okay, thats a little hokey. ButSomewheredoesnt do hokey at all after that. In fact, it doesnt do much of anything at all after that....

December 9, 2010 · 2 min · 380 words · Francisco Fleming

Super Meat Boy PC review

The controls seem deceptively simple: you could walk, you could run, and you could jump. But this disguises a great deal of subtlety. Despite the familiarity, the game never feels tired. The levels have been designed meticulously and the learning curve is very smooth. The art design manages to tread a difficult path between cartoony cuteness and gross-out comedy. The gore is sufficiently abstracted to avoid being distasteful and keeps the humour to the fore....

December 9, 2010 · 1 min · 194 words · Aaron Kennedy MD

The Warrior’s Way review

The line that got Mark sold on The Warrior’s Way. So what’s the movie itself like? Here’s his review… Its more concerned with Yang taking mercy on the last survivor of an enemy clan, a baby girl. Yang very willingly takes on the American way, as is the fashion of these films. Animated blood and wonky CGI are here, along with many other fixtures fromBlood: The Last VampireandNinja Assassin. The permanent straight face is what makes some parts unintentionally hilarious....

December 8, 2010 · 1 min · 177 words · Cynthia Garcia

Tron: Legacy: An interview with producer Justin Springer

Weve been shown 20 minutes ofTron: Legacy, the long-awaited follow-up to the 1982 Disney classic. Were huge fans ofTronat Den Of Geek, and were now fans ofLegacy, from what weve seen today. You liked what you saw? Weve still got a lot to do, so… Ad content continues below Theres a lot. What you saw today was only in 2D, and not even finished. In the last month, a third of the movie will be finished....

December 8, 2010 · 3 min · 486 words · Mary Miller

Michael Apted interview: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, 3D, Harry Potter, James Bond and more

Caspian and crew do battle with slave traders, dufflepods and a sea serpent. But hope and faith being the stuff Narnia is made of, sail away they didnt. How important do you think fidelity is to the original material in film adaptations? I think fidelity in spirit is the important thing. We did venture to be totally faithful to the book but it never worked. So, we eventually stole from that and put it in this story....

December 7, 2010 · 4 min · 784 words · Angela Guerrero

The origins of A Bug’s Life

Did Pixar really take influence from the all-time classic Seven Samurai when making A Bugs Life, we wonder? If youre looking for inspiration for an animated film, then its generally all around you. But how many have looked to Akira Kurosawas classic movie,Seven Samurai? The answer, predictably, is one. And the identity of that one? seven samurai to protect the harvest from people looking to steal it. Its a stunning film, and, it should be noted, a much longer one thanA Bugs Life....

December 7, 2010 · 2 min · 238 words · Patricia Miller

Tron: Legacy: an interview with concept artist David Levy

For the last fifteen years Ive worked on videogames, so for me this was a very new thing. But a natural transition, in a way? Ad content continues below Exactly, yes. I know thats why they contacted me, because of my experience on games. I perhaps had a different perspective as well, maybe. What was it like bringing Syd Mead and Mobius designs into the 21st century? Well, one of the reasons I was so excited on working on this movie is because of Mobius....

December 7, 2010 · 2 min · 396 words · Samuel Perez

Lemmy review

Ad content continues below Over its two hour runtime,Lemmytreads this line between reality and mythology. We see its subject both in candid footage and through the eyes of his family, friends and fans. It is a terrific film, and should take pride of place next to other music documentaries likeAnvil! Rating: 4 out of 5

December 6, 2010 · 1 min · 55 words · Curtis Burns

Interview: Justin Springer and Steven Lisberger, co-producers of Tron: Legacy

Lisberger, of course, wrote and directed the originalTron, and acts as producer on the forthcomingLegacy. Ad content continues below Steven Lisberger: The original animation studio was actually right up the street. Like, seven blocks from here it used to be called Washington. Everybody was doing backlit animation in the 70s, you know. It was that disco look. And what happened was, I sawPong, and I said, well, thats the arena for him....

December 2, 2010 · 8 min · 1665 words · Cody James

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale review

First things first, though, this is definitely not a little kids film. Ad content continues below Now for the positives. It is a tremendous bait and switch which I wont spoil here. However, it is not all perfect. but feeling oddly Christmassy. You will however, be terrified at what may be coming down your chimney this year… Rating: 4 out of 5

December 2, 2010 · 1 min · 62 words · Michael Munoz

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader review

As movie-making goes,The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderhas been far from plain sailing. Away from Narnia and loose on the Eastern seas, the franchise feels revitalised. Ad content continues below C.S. Lewis is obviously responsible for much of what works about the film. As characters, the Pevensie children can be a bit too earnest. Because of course, theres no room for scepticism in Narnia. But not all ofDawn Treaders improving morals stick in your craw....

December 2, 2010 · 1 min · 161 words · Mitchell Mays