Review:
Jaw dropping graphics, enjoyably confusing storyline, my favourite recent release.
Rating:
4.6/5
Quote:
Mal: I'll tell you a riddle. You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't be sure. But it doesn't matter. How can it not matter to you where this train will take you?
Cobb: Because you'll be together.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Review:
Very unusual action style. Potential cult classic, you'll love / hate.
Rating:
3.6/5
Quote:
Stacey Pilgrim: You should break up with your fake highschool girlfriend!
Scott Pilgrim: Wait who told you?
Stacey Pilgrim: Wallace.
Scott Pilgrim: He's not even conscious!
Trailer:
Very unusual action style. Potential cult classic, you'll love / hate.
Rating:
3.6/5
Quote:
Stacey Pilgrim: You should break up with your fake highschool girlfriend!
Scott Pilgrim: Wait who told you?
Stacey Pilgrim: Wallace.
Scott Pilgrim: He's not even conscious!
Trailer:
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Review:
Quite slow, disappointingly simplistic plot. Little action, and weak atmosphere.
Rating:
1.9/5
Quote:
Zac Hobson: I've been condemned to live.
Trailer:
Quite slow, disappointingly simplistic plot. Little action, and weak atmosphere.
Rating:
1.9/5
Quote:
Zac Hobson: I've been condemned to live.
Trailer:
Swordfish (2001)
Review:
Extremely underrated, with very explosive action, and an all-star cast.
Rating:
4.1/5
Quote:
Axl Torvalds: He exists in a world beyond your world. What we only fantasize, he does. He lives a life where nothing is beyond him. But you know what? It's all a facade. For all his charm and charisma, his wealth, his expensive toys... he's a driven, unflinching, calculating machine. He takes what he wants, when he wants... and disappears.
Trailer:
TRAILER
Extremely underrated, with very explosive action, and an all-star cast.
Rating:
4.1/5
Quote:
Axl Torvalds: He exists in a world beyond your world. What we only fantasize, he does. He lives a life where nothing is beyond him. But you know what? It's all a facade. For all his charm and charisma, his wealth, his expensive toys... he's a driven, unflinching, calculating machine. He takes what he wants, when he wants... and disappears.
Trailer:
TRAILER
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Review:
Engrossing storyline, perfect acting. Felt action packed, using just words.
Rating:
4.3/5
Quote:
Gordon Gekko: Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you.
Trailer:
Engrossing storyline, perfect acting. Felt action packed, using just words.
Rating:
4.3/5
Quote:
Gordon Gekko: Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you.
Trailer:
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
Review:
Interesting, but disappointingly slow and wordy. Far too little action.
Rating:
2.8/5
Quote:
[first and last lines]
Will: Most thoughts are memories. And memories deceive. The walk. The way he smoked a cigarette. Laughed. The dead are dead. He's gone. What's left to ever say he was here at all? Not much.
Trailer:
Interesting, but disappointingly slow and wordy. Far too little action.
Rating:
2.8/5
Quote:
[first and last lines]
Will: Most thoughts are memories. And memories deceive. The walk. The way he smoked a cigarette. Laughed. The dead are dead. He's gone. What's left to ever say he was here at all? Not much.
Trailer:
The Mist (2007)
Review:
Fairly traditional survival film, with religious undertones. Truly outstanding ending.
Rating:
4.2/5
Quote:
Ollie: As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?
Trailer:
Fairly traditional survival film, with religious undertones. Truly outstanding ending.
Rating:
4.2/5
Quote:
Ollie: As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?
Trailer:
The Road (2009)
Review:
Emotionally draining survival story. Deeply moving. Believable atmosphere and acting.
Rating:
4.5/5
Quote:
The Boy: Are we gonna die?
The Man: We are not gonna quit. We are gonna survive this.
Trailer:
Emotionally draining survival story. Deeply moving. Believable atmosphere and acting.
Rating:
4.5/5
Quote:
The Boy: Are we gonna die?
The Man: We are not gonna quit. We are gonna survive this.
Trailer:
Red (2010)
Review:
Acceptable, but not outstanding action. Sub-par humour attempts. Tired plot.
Rating:
2.8/5
Quote:
Frank Moses: Kordeski trained you?
William Cooper: Yea?
Frank Moses: I trained Kordeski.
Trailer:
Acceptable, but not outstanding action. Sub-par humour attempts. Tired plot.
Rating:
2.8/5
Quote:
Frank Moses: Kordeski trained you?
William Cooper: Yea?
Frank Moses: I trained Kordeski.
Trailer:
The Jacket (2005)
Review:
Great time twisting storyline, bit simple, Knightley not at best.
Rating:
4.3/5
Quote:
Jackie Price: Jack Starks is *dead*.
Trailer:
Great time twisting storyline, bit simple, Knightley not at best.
Rating:
4.3/5
Quote:
Jackie Price: Jack Starks is *dead*.
Trailer:
Goodfellas (1990)
Review:
Brutal and gritty shootings, robberies and more. Slightly too long.
Rating:
4.6/5
Quote:
Henry Hill: [narrating] Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. Trouble with the bill? He can go to Paulie. Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy, he can call Paulie. But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what. Business bad? F*** you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? F*** you, pay me. Place got hit by lightning, huh? F*** you, pay me.
Trailer:
Brutal and gritty shootings, robberies and more. Slightly too long.
Rating:
4.6/5
Quote:
Henry Hill: [narrating] Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. Trouble with the bill? He can go to Paulie. Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy, he can call Paulie. But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what. Business bad? F*** you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? F*** you, pay me. Place got hit by lightning, huh? F*** you, pay me.
Trailer:
Jackass 3D (2010)
Review:
Still funny at 40, good 3d, painful stunts, funny payoff.
Rating:
4.3/5
Trailer:
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Still funny at 40, good 3d, painful stunts, funny payoff.
Rating:
4.3/5
Trailer:
This was a guest post by Bill. Check out his site!
From Paris with Love (2010)
Review:
A solid, if generic, good vs bad shooter. Good performances.
Rating:
4.0/5
Quote:
FBI agent Charlie Wax: Nice work Reece.
James Reece: [splattered in blood] What's so nice about it?
FBI agent Charlie Wax: How 'bout the fact that he's dead and you're alive.
Trailer:
A solid, if generic, good vs bad shooter. Good performances.
Rating:
4.0/5
Quote:
FBI agent Charlie Wax: Nice work Reece.
James Reece: [splattered in blood] What's so nice about it?
FBI agent Charlie Wax: How 'bout the fact that he's dead and you're alive.
Trailer:
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Review:
This storyline will drive you insane. Very romantic, yet subtle.
Rating:
3.9/5
Quote:
David: I want to live a real life... I don't want to dream any longer.
Trailer:
This storyline will drive you insane. Very romantic, yet subtle.
Rating:
3.9/5
Quote:
David: I want to live a real life... I don't want to dream any longer.
Trailer:
Taxi Driver (1976)
Review:
Complex and winding storyline, excellent man's mental state deterioration film.
Rating:
3.7/5
Quote:
Travis Bickle: The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.
Trailer:
Complex and winding storyline, excellent man's mental state deterioration film.
Rating:
3.7/5
Quote:
Travis Bickle: The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.
Trailer:
Saved (2004)
Review:
Amusing piece of religious satire, with adolescent angst tacked on.Rating:
3.8/5
Quote:
Roland: "She's going to show her boobs! Thank you Jesus!"
Trailer:
This Is England (2006)
Review:
Extremely gritty, extremely realistic, genuinely moving. No holding back here.
Rating:
4.1/5
Quote:
Smell: You might look about four, but you kiss like a fourty year old!
Trailer:
Extremely gritty, extremely realistic, genuinely moving. No holding back here.
Rating:
4.1/5
Quote:
Smell: You might look about four, but you kiss like a fourty year old!
Trailer:
Memento (2000)
Review:
Great twist to a story that could be so simple.
Rating:
4.2/5.0
Quote:
Leonard Shelby: Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts.
Trailer:
Great twist to a story that could be so simple.
Rating:
4.2/5.0
Quote:
Leonard Shelby: Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts.
Trailer:
Machete (2010)
Review:
Fairly predictable hack and slash, very gory action. Ridiculous ending.
Rating:
2.7/5
Quote:
Padre Benito del Toro: I absolve you of all your sins. Now get the f*** out.
Trailer:
Fairly predictable hack and slash, very gory action. Ridiculous ending.
Rating:
2.7/5
Quote:
Padre Benito del Toro: I absolve you of all your sins. Now get the f*** out.
Trailer:
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Review:
Raw and brutal, but it's age shows. A true classic.
Rating:
3.5/5
Quote:
Private Joker: A day without blood is like a day without sunshine.
Trailer:
Raw and brutal, but it's age shows. A true classic.
Rating:
3.5/5
Quote:
Private Joker: A day without blood is like a day without sunshine.
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