Movie Reviews - Page 2

Even for a band that has built a career on amazing music and the embrace of any medium that can support it, U2’s new 3D concert release must have been a daunting task. With an enormous logistics load already in place for their vertigo tour adding a large percentage of the world’s 3D camera rigs to the equation can’t have been easy, but the result seems to be worth it… kind of.

A romantic comedy that will tickle both men and women alike, Run Fatboy Run delivers enough laughs and cutesy moments to make this a perfect way to spend a Friday night out at the movies. Directed by David Schwimmer (he was the dude that played Ross on TV show Friends), it’s laughs all the way with a stellar British cast including Simon Pegg who delivers the comedic moments superbly.

The oldest epic tale in the English language has been brought to animated life on the big screen in 3d by director Robert Zemeckis, (Cast Away and What Lies Beneath), and the writing team of author Neil Gaiman (Mirrormask), and screenwriter Roger Avery (Pulp Fiction). With such a talented team behind the camera and a story that has survived a thousand years, it’s little wonder that Beowulf is taking cinema-goers by storm. It’s a classic tale of the warrior hero fighting the world’s evils, jam-packed with gruesome fight scenes, breathtaking scenery and plenty of bawdy jokes...

Rob Zombie's newest cinematic trick or treat is Halloween; a re-imagining of the 1978 classic horror film of the same name. The story follows a young Michael Myers who, after killing all members of his own family bar one, is sent to the nut-house for what will most likely be the rest of his natural life.

One half of the B homage Grindhouse, Director Robert Rodriguez has well and truly accepted the torch form his co-conspirator in Quinten Tarantino who produced the features sister production Death Proof. Ultimately better than its cinematic partner in most every way, Planet Terror is the first zombie flick in some time to actually warrant its own existence.

Starring the gorgeous Jessica Alba (Cam ) and Dane Cook (Charlie), Good Luck Chuck plays the light hearted comedy a little too loosely. Designed for the twenty/thirty something market, the only people who might get something out of this film are the ladies who long to see the hottest girl in the world make an ass of herself every couple of minutes.Without giving too much away, the plot revolves around a gothic curse inflicted on our protagonist Charlie after a spin the bottle game goes sour.

Quentin, Quentin, Quentin. Do you have an entourage of yes men on your payroll? How is it that you've lost your way so dramatically? Please dont take this as a generalised sleight as your body of work on the whole is marvellous, but you're in danger of parodying yourself.

So after scaring the bejesus out of horror fans around the globe with his slow burning Wolf Creek, director Greg McLean has made a clear and conscious decision to embrace a few of the trappings his recent success has brought. Many diehard fans of the horror genre have voiced concern that McLean has sold-out, going from a gritty mind-fuck of a picture to what equates in many ways to a hollywood monster film. So has he done enough to justify his move? Well in many ways no, not really.

"Superbad," is another comedy from producers of "The 40 Year Old Virgin," and "Knocked Up," to recently hit theaters. Very similar to that of American Pie, the story revolves around three (loser) high school seniors, Seth, Evan and Fogell, and their attempt to take one last shot at losing their virginity before they head off to college.