Blogs Posts in Movie Previews category; 439 blog posts

The Eye (2008) Movie Review

I passed on seeing The Eye when it hit theatres for two key reasons. First off its a remake of an asian film which is something that never impresses me and number two it starred Jessica Alba. I am unfortunately not the biggest fan of her wo [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Biographical Dictionary of Film No 41: Angelina Jolie

I know, you have been thinking that the only things that interest Angelina Jolie are adopting stray children, having more from her own loins, getting tattoos and getting herself in the papers and working out so that her loins are worthy o [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

The Incredible Hulk

If everyone agrees that "The Incredible Hulk" is of course better than the 2003 "Hulk" - and an infusion of man-on-the-run drama derived from the '70s TV series helps a bit this time - can we then get the Hulk outta he [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Capsule reviews of 'The Incredible Hulk' and other films

"The Happening" - Not much happens in fright specialist M. Night Shyamalan's latest. "The Sixth Sense" director effectively delivers his usual broody air of foreboding. And this fear-mongering story of an airborne toxin [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father? is Blake Morrison's moving and candid memoir of his father in the weeks leading up to his death. When Arthur Morrison was diagnosed with terminal cancer he had only a few weeks left to live. Morrison t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Awake (2007) Movie Review

Last November, Awake was dumped into theaters to die with no food, no heat and with no human contact. And die it did, making about as much money in its theatrical release to fill about half your tank. It’s not difficult to see why it [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

TEETH DVD Movie Review

Had a chance this week to FINALLY sink my teeth into the movie Teeth. My new good friend and fellow wannabee-critic Robert Bell reviewed it some time back and said alot of good things about it. So in order to continue our 'he said, she said [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Movie review: A red-hot adventure for aging archaeologist in...

After 19 years away from the big screen it’s full-speed ahead for Harrison Ford and his alter ego, Indiana Jones, in Steven Spielberg’s rip-roaring adventure yarn Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. A lost anc [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Movie review: Prince Caspian

This series is very popular and the first movie was both well done and well received. When I saw the next in the series was coming, I made plans to check it out. Although the movie attracts a younger audience, parts of it are very intense a [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: JANNAT

Drama: The serial kisser is back. Of late, Emraan’s lady luck had deserted him, given the fate of his past releases. Hope the much delayed ‘Jannat’ works for him. And it’s pretty topical too, what with the match f [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Movie Review: Love comes at a cost -- or does it?

Audrey Tautou, the dark-eyed French gamine who charmed the world in Amelie and flirted with mainstream stardom in The Da Vinci Code, grows up quickly in Priceless. Tautou plays Irene, a practiced opportunist who exploits her sexy aura to s [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Bhoothnath

“Spiderman and Superman and the one with the big ape have eaten into our market; Indian cinema needs to compete,” Amitabh Bachchan has said. Will this rare kiddie film kick-start a new genre in Bollywood? Middle-class couple [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Myth and movies

Prior to modern usage robbing the word of its original meaning, “myth” and its derivatives stood for something else entirely. “Myth” didn’t mean something patently untrue, but the Truth as seen through the eye [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2008 | Comments : 0