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Overview – Tinker Bell Movie
Tinker Bell is what I’d describe as a ‘whole new fairy tale world’. Directed by Bradley Raymond (Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas) and voiced by a huge array of stars including Anjelica Huton (The Grifters, The Royal Tenenbaums), Raven-Symone (College Road Trip), Jane Horrocks (Little Voice), America Ferrara (Ugly Betty), Mae Whitman (Night in Rodanthe), [...]
Continue reading...Overview: Stop-Loss Movie
31. July 2009
Stop-Loss marks a return to the big screen for director Kimberly Pierce, who was responsible for the extraordinary Boy’s Don’t Cry. It centers on the policy of the US military that, in times of war, a soldier’s tour of duty may be involuntarily extended beyond his or her contractual separation date, a controversial policy which [...]
Continue reading...The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
6. July 2009
Director Andrew Adamson (Shrek) once again takes the helm for this, the second film in The Chronicles of Narnia, based on the series of books by C.S. Lewis. William Mosley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keyes and Georgie Henley reprise their roles as the four Pevensie children. This is a far darker and more savage Narnia than [...]
Continue reading...The Dark Knight – Overview
3. July 2009
The Dark Knight is the triumphant return to the screen for Batman at the hands of director Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, The Prestige). Much of the cast of Batman Begins reassemble here, and the story continues where the first film ended. This time Gotham City is in the thrall of a rising criminal mastermind known [...]
Continue reading...WALL-E Movie Overview
20. June 2009
Academy Award-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton (also directed Finding Nemo) and the technical geniuses and inventive storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (also creators of Cars, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles) have done it again with this computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL-E. Since its July 2008 opening, WALL-E is now amongst the most [...]
Continue reading...Yes Man Movie Overview
5. June 2009
ONE WORD CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING Peyton Reed (previously directed ‘The Break-Up’ and ‘Down with Love’) directs Jim Carrey (previously starred in ‘External Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘Bruce Almighty’ and others) as Carl Allen in Yes Man. Carl, a “just say no” man, is persuaded to attend a Yes Man seminar by an acquaintance who has already [...]
Continue reading...Overview – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
12. May 2009
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is the second film based on a series of four novels by Ann Brashares about a group of four girlfriends who maintain their closeness by mailing back and forth amongst themselves a pair of thrift-store jeans that they had discovered together. The four friends are played by Blake Lively [...]
Continue reading...Review – Space Buddies Movie
25. April 2009
Space Buddies is the third film featuring Disney’s irresistible talking puppies, all an indirect offshoot of the original 1997 Air Bud, featuring a Golden Retriever named Buddy who could play basketball. Space Buddies follows the five puppies, Rosebud, Buddha, Mudbud and B-Dawg – each of whom have distinct personalities as, following series of unfortunate occurrences, they [...]
Continue reading...Crank: High Voltage
15. April 2009
Crank: High Voltage is the 2009 sequel to the 2006 action film, Crank. It picks up exactly where the first Crank film left off, retaining its “real-time” feel. Crank: High Voltage was written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who both wrote and directed the previous Crank film. Once again also, it stars [...]
Continue reading...Fast & Furious 2009
7. April 2009
My quick take on Fast & Furious (2009 film) which stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster: Eight years ago, The Fast and the Furious highlighted the subculture of urban street racing, and two young, relatively unknown male actors burst on the scene as the movie became a surprise summer hit. Since then, [...]
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21. November 2009
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