Meek’s Cutoff follows a group of settlers in 1845 as they journey across the grim landscapes of the American Plains in search of a new life. The vast desert plains are the perfect setting for director Kelly Reichardt who is fast becoming known for her bleak settings and grim characters. Meek’s Cutoff is an interesting insight into the journey settlers took and it shows the bleakness and despair they encountered in their search for a better life.
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Anonymous has created a lot of controversy by asking the question ‘was Shakespeare a fraud’? Locals from Shakespeare’s hometown Stratford Upon Avon have been up in arms about this movie,  briefly covering up Shakespeare related signs in the town in a campaign against the films release. Their concern is that people will take the film seriously and question Shakespeare’s authenticity as a playwright which ultimately could impact upon British culture and education.
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Of all the Bronte Sisters novels, Jane Eyre is the one that has been adapted to film and television the most times.  I think its popularity is due to the fact that  although it is set in the 1840s and contains tragic elements, as well as comments about society’s class divisons, it is at heart a compelling love story and a good romance tale will always attract audiences.
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A couple of days ago, I saw Super 8. Beforehand, I’d read about how this movie was made as an hommage to 70s and 80s scifi movies, like Spielberg’s ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Like those movies, and unlike the majority of modern scifi movies, Super 8 kinda works as a drama. It’s a bit overly sentimental, but at least it has actual characters, not just explosions and action. But at the same time it fails miserably at being a scifi movie.

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A psycho, a nymphomaniac, and a cocaine addicted jerk. These are the three horrible bosses of this comedy. I use the term ‘comedy’ loosely, as Horrible Bosses is nowhere near as funny as a good comedy should be. It conjures a few chuckles, but there are no laugh out loud moments. The funniest moments were all put in the trailer, and unfortunately the full length movie did not live up to the trailer’s promise.
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Red is proof that a film with an incredible cast can still be terrible. The individual talents of Bruce Willis, Brian Cox, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and Morgan Freeman come together in this movie to play a group of retired and extremely dangerous’ (RED) assassins. Sound good? It isn’t. The action is overdone with excess of bullets, guns and explosions, and the romance side of the plot is completely unbelievable and cringeworthy.  Even the man to man fights are disappointing, as they are exaggerated and include machinery, rather than plain old fashioned fists.
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Animal Kingdom is a great Australian film about a family of criminals. The film immediately messes with the viewer’s expectations by introducing the criminal family in their home environment. They live in a seemingly normal suburban house and appear to be a close family who even share a family breakfast around a table. The only giveaway that anything is amiss here are the great wads of cash being counted and distributed at the table and the mention of a missing sibling hiding out from the police.
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Reportedly, when Nathan Fillion’s phone rang and he saw on his caller-id that it was Joss Whedon on the other end of the line, he picked up and said: ”the answer is YES”. This was during the writers strike of 2007-early 2008 and Whedon was calling because, with all the regular programmes shut down, he and a couple of friends/relatives had come up with a pet project: an internet musical in three acts, viewable for free and since then released on dvd and blu-ray.
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Blue Valentine is a raw film about the turbulent breakdown of a marriage after only a few years. It’s not a film i’d recommend seeing after a break-up as its subject matter may hit home a little too hard. It shows a couple who have come to resent eachother and can no longer communicate unless they are arguing, but who are attempting to hold it together for the sake of their child. It’s a familiar story, but i’ve never seen it done on screen before in such an up close and personal way.
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Many, many years ago, this website was started to exchange movie opinions among a group of friends. We’d recommending hidden gems, and warn against rotten apples. Today, it’s time to do that once again, because I Am Number Four is such a terrible abomination that I feel compelled to warn you about it. Don’t go see it. Save the money and go do something fun instead. I wish I had.

Normally, I’d try to do a full review, explaining the movie’s plot, giving you details about acting performances, the works. But in this case, it’s all utter crap. Well, except for the cinematography perhaps. The movie looks okay. So do some of the effects. The irritating teenage brats playing the lead parts are all photographed very well. Teen hormones will likely be stirred.

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