Archive for October, 2010
by Matt | 10.28.10 | Film Reviews
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is similar to placing a grenade-wielding squirrel in a microwave – you get all kinds of crazy. With Werner Herzog dispensing directorial duties and Nicolas Cage tap-dancing centre stage, what else would you expect? More »
Tags: Abel Ferrera, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage, Werner Herzog
by Matt | 10.09.10 | Film Reviews
At a running time of 150 minutes, The Bounty Hunter is precisely 150 minutes too long. The movie is an empty vessel, a ghost ship on a one-way voyage to the seabed, a coffee cup made out of bread. Creatively, it’s doomed from the get-go. More »
Tags: comedy, Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston, romantic comedy, The Bounty Hunter
by Matt | 10.07.10 | Film Reviews
What do you get if you cross a group of the funniest film comedians with a script more vacant than a flea infested motel? You get Grown Ups.
With a cast including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Dave Spade and Rob Schneider, you’d be forgiven for expecting at least a few laughs. More »
Tags: Adam Sandler, comedy, Grown Ups
by Matt | 10.02.10 | Film Reviews
I’ve come to the conclusion that any movie sporting the name, Gerard Butler, should be accompanied by a health warning.
This realisation hit me harder than a freight train the other night when I watched The Ugly Truth. I’ll tell you right from the get go, it’s one of the worst movies I’ve seen this side of the English Civil War. More »
Tags: comedy, Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth