Well, I finally went to see Rise of the Guardians. It was one of the films I had been looking forward to this year. I liked the concept and I liked the William Joyce books they were based on, It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I confess I had not been particularly excited about Thor: The Dark World. The trailer really didn’t do much for me and the main reason for me to be excited about the first movie (Kenneth Branagh) was no longer an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well for this week I was pointed towards a film, the friend who recommended it to me described as “ a caper for idiots. This is a very good description of Poor White Trash. The film features the kind of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because I felt I still needed time to clease my pallete after watching Holy Mountain last week, this week I went with AustralianComedies. The first , Siam Sunset oppens with the most blatant examples of women in the refrigerator I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For numerous reasons ( the biggest one being expense) I’ve been very selective about what films I see in the theaters lately and for the most part I have’t even seen the need anymore. Because I’m more than happy to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this weeks selection I watched the 1964 epic, Zulu, and it’s 1979 prequel, Zulu Dawn I first ever heard of Zulu in a documetnery on Micheal Caine’s carreer telling how it was his breakout roll. The clip included caine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before I start this review I have to give a very special thanks to the complete strangers who gave me their surplus ticket to this film. Random acts of kindness like that must never be ignored or go unappreciated. I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week I treated myself to another viewing of Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood so I decided for this week’s theme would be interesting Shakespeare adaptations. Following Kurosawa’ example I figured I’d just go with Macbeth and Lear. Our first film,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While I certainly enjoyed the first Hobbit movie it was one of those movies I never had an overwhelming need to go see it again and again the way I did with the Lord of the Rings films. This carried[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well I first heard of A Letter to Momo less than a week ago when a couple of my friends were raving about it and making it clear that it would only been at the Varsity for the rest of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
