Posted in Blockbusters, Horror, New releases on Jan 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
One of my favourite films of last year was The Host, a Korean monster movie with a heart. Aptly dubbed “Little Miss Sunshine vs. Godzilla”, it’s about a family of misfits who must unite to rescue their beloved daughter when she is kidnapped by a giant tadpole on the banks of the Han River.
The Host […]
Posted in Blockbusters, Rant, Sequels on Oct 16th, 2007 10 Comments »
In the innocent days of my youth, I had little time for intangibles such as artistic quality.
For me, the worth of a film was directly related to how long it was. Any film that tipped over the two hour mark gained merit simply by virtue of the attention span it demanded of me to sit […]
Posted in Blockbusters, High Definition, Reviews on Sep 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
In my last blog, I confessed that I had finally taken sides in the format war that - in a series of whimpers rather than bangs - is raging in seldom-visited corners of the internet.
So yes, I have a Blu-Ray player, and no, it hasn’t caused my hair to become thicker or more luxuriant.
(For that, […]
Posted in Blockbusters, New releases, Reviews on Jul 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
Still reeling from the horrors of Harry Potter, I decided that a bit of sympathetic magic was in order.
If a blockbuster had shaken my faith in movies, I reasoned, then perhaps TWO blockbusters might cure my malaise?
So Saturday morning was The Simpsons Movie (in 2D!). Although I came to the Simpsons late in life - […]