Posts Tagged ‘movie

20
Apr
09

Star Trek Review

Last week I was lucky enough to get invited to a press screening of Star Trek
You can find out if I thought the phasers were set to stun or kill here
Star Trek 2009

31
Jul
08

Vantage Point on Blu-ray review

Vantage Point - Blu-ray

I’m going to keep this review as spoiler-free as I can, so I’m not be divulging the plot twist that is supposed to be the highlight of this movie. Partly because in my opinion it’s not worth actually telling people, and everyone should get the chance to shout at the screen Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot at that juncture.

But to be honest it wasn’t the only time I was forced to voice my incredulity as the events portrayed in this movie, whole sections make about as much sense as Amy Whinehouse does after a complete bender.

If you didn’t catch the promotions for this movie the premise is simple, if not borrowed from at least three other movies I can think of. We’re presented with 23 minutes or time which usually runs to about 10 minutes of screentime, in which the same events are seen from a different perspective. With each ‘vantage point’ we get more information about the characters, their motivations and additional clues to what’s actually going on. Which, unsurprisingly, isn’t what we’re initially drawn to think.

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24
Jun
08

The Professionals on Blu-ray

I’ve not seen a old movie on Blu-ray before, so I’m glad the first one I did see was this one. Read about it here.

25
Apr
08

Early Ironman review

I didn’t get to write this, see the movie or attend the press briefing yesterday (damn it!), but one of our Geek brothers did. You can read about it here…

10
Apr
08

Buzzzzzzz….Blu-ray review of The Fly

Be Afraid…Be Very Afraid…it’s my review of the Blu-ray release of The Fly….here

04
Apr
08

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Blu-ray Review

Brad, Angelina, guns and stuff blowing up! What more can you ask for? Read my review here.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Blu-ray