Posts Tagged “action”
by Matt | 08.12.10 | Film Reviews
Avatar 2-D is flatter than a pancake. Given that I don’t like eggs, you’ll understand how I feel about pancakes.
I remember leaving the cinema one frosty night earlier this year having been wowed by James Cameron’s visual-effects epic. The film review which followed was, of course, more than favourable. More »
Tags: 3-D, action, Avatar, James Cameron, The Terminator
by Matt | 08.08.10 | Film Reviews
Edge of Darkness is the perfect name for a Mel Gibson biography. As it turns out, it’s the name of his latest film.
These days, the Lethal Weapon star is never far from controversy. Whether it’s his directorial output or social transgressions, Gibson isn’t a guy to be taken lightly. More »
Tags: action, Edge of Darkness, Martin Campbell, Mel Gibson
by Matt | 04.23.10 | Film Reviews

When you buy a bar of chocolate, you expect chocolate. When you splash out on a new pair of shoes, you expect shoes. And so it is when you sit down to watch a film called Fighting, you expect a fair bit of fighting.
Say what you will about Snakes on a Plane, it had plenty of snakes on a plane and Big Nothing was well, big on the nothingness. More »
Tags: action, Dito Montiel, Fighting, Jean-Claude Van Damme, martial arts
by Matt | 02.19.10 | Film Reviews
Wednesday evening, flu coursing through my veins, head about to explode. I need a release, an escape from the realities of a cold February night. Mustering just enough energy to hoist my head in the direction of the door, my eyes fix upon a rental that dropped there earlier in the day.
Could this be the antidote to my woes I ask? More »
Tags: action, Gamer, Gerard Butler, Hollywood, video game
by Anthony | 01.21.10 | Film Reviews

Every couple of years or so a film comes along capable of turning the most ardent arm-chair viewer into a temp cinema-goer. Avatar is one such film. Scores of people continue to brave the harsh winter in a bid to catch a glimpse of this year’s ‘Event’ movie. More »
Tags: 3-D, action, Hollywood, James Cameron