Movie Review – Skyfall 2012

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Ah.. the long awaited Skyfall ! Synopsis: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. James Bond’s (007 aka Daniel Craig) latest mission has gone horribly awry, resulting in the [...]

Movie Review: Frankenweenie 3D 2012

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We write alot about handmade food. There is handmade pasta, handmade burgers, handmade oven pizzas, handmade oils… well now its about a handmade film. It’s a film handmade for the season of carved pumpkins, Halloween. Why handmade you ask? Well, this Disney movie, Frankenweenie is a stop motion film with its scenes and characters completely [...]

Movie Review: Dredd 3D (2012)

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Some might remember Stallone’s mumbles and growls in his version of the flashier Judge Dredd in 1995. I certainly do and I wasn’t too impressed with the movie. Neither were many movie-goers or fans of the graphic novel. The re-runs on satellite television re-affirmed my judgement. When the announcement for a Dredd 3D preview came [...]

Movie Review – Taken 2

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In Taken 2, Liam Neeson’s character is taken hostage.. Sigh. Did these kidnappers not watch the first film.. will they never learn? The Plot: “Liam Neeson returns in Taken 2 as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. [...]

Movie Review: I Spit On Your Grave 2010 & The Woman 2011

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I Spit On Your Grave (2010) It isn’t everyday you get put up a post mentioning sodomy and rape of a beautiful girl unless you run a tabloid or a pornographic website so we are taking this opportunity with our review on I Spit on Your Grave to mention that yes a beautiful woman gets [...]

Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

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The Plot: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and [...]

Movie Review – Brave

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Plot: Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (Robbie [...]

Movie Review – Men in Black 3

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Plot : In Men in Black 3 (MIB3), Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and [...]

Movie Review – The Avengers

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Director Joss Whedon pulls off an amazing feat in finding the right chemistry and balance in the ring of clamouring superheros, villains and will thrill the audience off theirs seats! The Plot: Threatened with war and an impending alien invasion by the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston) – the bad guy from Thor – Nick Fury [...]

Movie Review – John Carter 2012

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Plot: From filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter-a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. Taylor Kitsch stars as John Carter, a civil war [...]

Movie Review: War Horse 2011

The Plot: According to the synopsis given, War Horse is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. It is directed by Steven Spielberg. War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young Devon boy [...]