It’s good to see the movie world adapt to the 21st century. One genre that has been slow in making the move to adapt to the new popular culture we live in has been the superhero genre. For years we have been living in the memories of Superman, Batman, Spiderman and never really tried to [...]
She’s out of my League is a new comedy sweeping through the Australian big screens. In short the film I about answering the age old question that is, ‘can an average, out of shape normal looking guy get the hot blonde bombshell everyone is craving for?’. The movie introduces viewers to Kirk, an average Joe, [...]
Date Night is the latest comedy film coming out of Hollywood, starring the famous Steve Carrol, who everyone will remember as the 40 year old virgin. The movie is out now and basically is about a married couple from New Jersey, who’s life is so routined and boring.
As the title suggests, The Rebound is a new romantic comedy all about a recently divorced wife on the prowl for a quick rebound. While on the search, she stumbles across a 25 year-old who just so happens to be the nanny of her younger child. From here the movie takes viewers on a fun-loving [...]
Darren Aronofsky produced one of the best movies in the past two decades when he released Requiem for a Dream in the late 90s. A decade later and he has impressed yet again, this time with the film The Wrestler. One of the movies of the year in 2008, The Wrestler was nominated for plenty [...]
The Karate Kid trilogy was one of the most successful and loved movie series in the 80s. Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio will forever be etched in our minds as the two who brought us the catch cries, ‘Daniel Son’ and ‘Wax on, Wax off”. Now, however, two decades after its last release, and the [...]
When I first heard about yet another version of Alice in Wonderland being released I couldn’t’ help but roll my eyes. With so many adaptations of the successful storyline since it was first written so many years ago, my initial thoughts were that the new installment would be a letdown to all fans.
Martin Scorsese has returned to the big screen in the form of a suspense drama film called Shutter Island. The film is based on the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane and so far it has been well received by the movie critics around the world. Shutter Island is set in the 1950s where two US [...]
There really is something about horror film remakes of old classics that really get the fans going. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Land of the Dead and Pshyco are just some of the few olden horror films that have been digitally enhanced, re-written and remade into box office hits, much better than the originals.
Surfing documentaries have been released in large numbers over he past decade. The increase in technology, coupled with the publics growing appetite for the sport has made surfing flicks a huge hit at the big screens. However, every now and then one surfing film is released that really captivates the sport and puts meaning behind [...]