Tag: movies
Judge Dredd’s back: No need to be Sly
Another case where the original film was so mediocre there’s no risk in trying again! Let’s hope this is a more respectable attempt at realising the British comic book hero, Judge Dredd. Remake Original
Room 237: Nutbags talkin’ Kubrick
Another (slightly belated) review from the Melbourne International Film Festival. As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in this world. There are those people who love Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and then there are those that the forces of the universe have placed before me in order to test the limits…
Red Dawn: Original and Remake trailers
Once in awhile, the boys and girls in Hollywood will elect to remake a trainwreck of a movie, because of the potential of its premise. The benefit is that there is nobody to offend with a subpar version of the original. This is the case with Red Dawn. The remake The original
Carre Blanc: Evil guys with ties
Another quick review from the Melbourne International Film Festival Jean-Baptiste Leonetti’s first feature film, Carre Blanc, has been compared to such dystopian literary works as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984, and even to Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece, Brazil. All of these comparisons are a little ambitious and beyond the reach of Leonetti’s film…
Rampart: Woody Harrelson kills baddies… and goodies
Another quick review from the Melbourne International Film Festival Woody Harrelson proves once again that he is one of the most incredibly underappreciated actors of his generation in Rampart, the latest film from the talented Oren Moverman. Rampart follows the story a corrupt Los Angeles police officer who never misses an opportunity to indulge in…