Review: 13 assassins

Saw the latest Takashi Miike flick, "13 assassins". It is a good looking film with wonderful landscapes- those that you can only find in Japan, extremely strong acting and a real bastard villain. Miike is considered a horror genre idol with films like "Audition", "Dead or alive" and "Ichi the killer". These "gems" have pushed the boundaries of extreme violence and among the fans is you guessed it

Review: Hanna - Montana it is not!

Joe Wright's "Hanna" will bring recent memories of the scene stealing "Hit girl", in the comic book adaptation of "Kick ass". Both trained assassins since they were very young by their dads (Eric Bana and Nicolas Cage) and the similarities end here. KA was a parody of the superhero genre, a fresh (adult) take, a geek heaven with brilliant action sequences and a solid cast. "Hanna" is more serious

Review: Insidious - Interesting ...

"Insidious" is visually a very interesting film. James Wan's fourth directing effort is packed with excellent visual style and nice camera work that will put into the hall of shame veterans. After the huge success of "Saw", Wan developed a cult following with the not necessarily amazing "Dead Silence" and ""Death Sentence". However, i think "Insidious" contains some genuine shock scares that are

Review: Fast Five aka Fast and the Furious 5 - If it ain't broken why fix it?

Interesting...The word i would use to describe the latest installement of the "Fast and the furious" franchise. The 5th entry sees all the cast from every single movie coming together to race (not too much) and steal of course dirty money. How was this one? Pretty decent i would add with the exception of some really stupid sterotypes (and plooooooooooot holes). I will start with the bad ones of

Review: Thor - How dare you not like the Son of Odin?

Just returned from an exclusive preview of Kenneth Brannagh's "Thor". Besides Thor being one of my favourite comic book characters of all time, it was nice to see the amount of effort that director and crew put into this motion picture. The most important thing is to be able to maintain a balance between silly and serious. Thor sometimes refers to himself in the third person and despite doing

Review: Scream 4 - Get ready for a kick ass ride!

At the beginning a phone call, changed it all. "What's your favourite scary movie?" the voice asked...After waiting for one year, finally i got to see "Scream 4" at the big screen yesterday (in a packed premiere theatre-hell there was even a line before entering the cinemas!). The level of excitement was too high for me to stay quiet and i couldn't believe that i was ready to watch a fan wanted

Mortal Kombat Legacy premieres first episode

After months of speculation and pre-planned marketing campaign, the first episode out of 12 of the upcoming series "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" was released today. It includes the likes of Jaxx, Sonya, Kano and Stryker. My feelings are really mixed i have to admit. The fight choreography was very poor and you could see they hit the air from a mile away, the sound effects horrible, the music

Review: Sucker Punch is a kick-ass party!

Honestly, some time i can't understand film critics (is someone who actually does?). They destroyed the latest brain child of visionary director Zack Snyder, helmer of successful movies such as "Dawn of the dead", "300" and "Watchmen". Glorious mess, incoherent storyline, blunt action sequences, video game aesthetic. Where did they saw all this? Point is screw the critics. They are stupid. But

Review: Battle Los Angeles - this time its personal

"Battle: Los Angeles" belongs again to these films that you think how good could have been instead of how bad or average depending the perspective, it is. The idea is not original-we have seen alien invasions a million times before, brightest example being "Independence day"- but the witnessing of an ET invasion through the marines' eyes -they will protect when the time comes- in real time, admit

Review: The rite - cheap knock off

"The rite" had a very clever campaign. It felt like a realistic tale of the uber-classic horror tale of "The exorcist" with Antony Hopkins, an actor with such great abilities that can lift an entire film on his shoulders -he does that here as well. Despite a very intriguing trailer, this film fails on almost every level. Where should i start? While i was genuinely excited to see it, i manage to

Review: Drive angry - a blast!

Sometimes i cannot understand people. They are giving this film so much bullshit. Why? I am hearing it has Nicolas Cage. So what? So what if he has made some questionable or terrible and even odd choices in his acting career. The man certainly can act and he can deliver the goods as an action hero. Remember "the rock"? What about "Con air"? Or "Face off"? Anyways, "Drive angry" definitely is not

Review: I am number four

Oh mama...What a pleasant surprise. I went to kill a couple of hours expecting some decent action and a horrible rip-off of the already horrible "Twilight" thing with a sci-fi dose. So you guessed it. My expectations were pretty low. However, i have to describe my real feelings about this film. 
The cast is solid. The main lead does a good job and despite the fact i hated him on "Alex Ryder",

Concert review: Rob Zombie Live at Apollo Theatre Manchester

Finally, after waiting for 12 years to come to the UK shores, Rob Zombie arrived and was ready to kick ass. On Feb 17th 2011, at Apollo theatre, Manchester, Rob prepared an amazing show for his thousand uk fans-3500 actually. In first uk tour in nearly 13 years (all of his 6 shows were sold out), Rob mentioned that he would bring the whole set from US claiming that financially is suicide but the

Review: John Carpenter's The ward

Hey all sorry for being delayed. Watched on monday the latest flick from John Carpenter, his first film feature after a decade. The last one he shot was the critically sliced and diced "Ghost of mars" on 2002. After almost 10 years, he returned to the director's chair to deliver a promising tale of a well... haunted ward. 
Now is it good? A lot of buzz and fuzz about this film was made but i am

Review: Black Swan - A haunting masterpiece

Just returned from the screening of "Black Swan". OMG. Why nobody is making films like these more often? BW is a haunting masterpiece, a brilliant yet depressing portrayal of ego perfection. How far can an individual has to go to achieve perfection in something? In our case: ballet. Yes, we have seen a similar approach to many other films before (about football, soccer, singing, acting etc) with

Review: Green Hornet- Worst film of 2011?

Where should i start with this train wreck? Here it goes. "Green Hornet" is one of these films that the moment hear it will start production with that particular creative team behind, it will end up terrible. Now let's get something straight. The film is well shot and executed. Technically is ok and not below the standards that Hollywood has introduced to us. The car chase scenes are not

Review: Season of the witch

Finally after one year of delays, reshoots and re-edits i got my hands onto Dominic Sena's "Season of the witch". This is going to be the shortest review ever. Despite my personal hype about this one, it turned out to be a mediocre average film. The main saving grace is the moody atmosphere, something you can see it coming when you main idea is witches and knights. Although, it may not look as

Review: Tron legacy

Returning from the screening of "Tron: Legacy", i need to mention something. I watched in glorious 3D and in imax and at the moment the film ended i took an sacret oath of never EVER EVER EVAR going to a 3D film again. I had the worst headache that you could possible imagine. It is not enough that i am wearing my glasses, but i am forced to put on an extra pair for the 3rd dimension. LEt's be

Review: Machete is a tough nut to crack!

Machete: What a film! Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Whoever expects quality acting, solid script and realistic violence, what the fudge!? do not go. On the other hand, people who have embraced Rodriguez's hyperbolic cinematic style will have a total blast. Following the tradition of fast and quick edited mayhem presented in "masterpieces" such as "Desperado", "From dusk till dawn" and "Once

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 review- It is any good?

A film that is so so. Nothing extreme happens. it is just bordeline exciting. The filmakers splited in half the seventh book due to the bulky amount of material and in order to preserve characterization about their individuals heroes. How this decision work?Certainly i wouldn't have a problem, if part one had one truly memorable scene. After "The order of Phoenix" which ended in an amazing 20