Tag Archives: Films

Monsters vs Aliens

We all went to see Monsters vs Aliens today because, well, it’s called Monsters vs Aliens. What’s not to like? Well it turns out the film is what’s not to like. Great voice work, sadly drowned out by the constant dull thud of dead punchlines, plus animation that at times barely looked one dimensional, let [...]

Paul Newman

Sorry to see you go.

Emotional Rollercoaster

How to mess with a film fan’s dreams in two sentences by announcing a new film: Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins… Cool – not high art, but likely to be a fun couple of hours …features Batman Begins star Christian Bale as rebel leader John Connor. YES! Christian Bale rocks! Charlie’s Angels director McG will [...]

We need bears…

… lots of bears (HT: Neatorama)

Episode 3

I watched the final (or third of six, depending on how you’re counting) Star Wars movie last night. I hope it was the final one, anyway, because I couldn’t not watch any follow-up, and if it’s as woeful as that was… I now want to say “on the upside”, but I can’t think of one. [...]