Archive for May 2012

Movie Review – What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012)

May 31, 2012 2012 Movies, Reviews No comments

A movie I wasn’t expecting much of, What to Expect When You Are Expecting is a light-hearted comedy about pregnancy and couples, that I neither liked nor loathed. It has some great hits with the humour but also felt pointless and dragged on at times too.

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With an all star female cast including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Aussie Rebel Wilson and my personal favourite Anna Kendrick, we see each go through their own problems with thier lives. Romance blossoms, couples get pregnant and the plot is pretty much centered around the build up to childbirth. 

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The Weekly Watch: Installment #16

May 28, 2012 Weekly Watch 7 comments

This week I enjoyed a good mixture of classic films, new releases and a film from 2000 I’ve been meaning to see in Battle Royale.

I watched Daniel Radcliffe’s new movie The Woman in Black, caught Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows and then reviewed Men in Black 3.

I watched two ‘classic’ movies in Star Wars Episdoe V and VI which means I’ve finally caught up on the older Star Wars movies! (Yes, I know this is very embarrassing that I hadn’t seen them!) Read on for my thoughts…
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Movie Review – Men in Black III (2012)

May 25, 2012 2012 Movies, Reviews 4 comments

After a small hiatus, Will Smith is back on the big screen for the third installment of the popular Men in Black series and while my expectations were low it defintely surprised me. MIB3 had some good laughs, some great actors and even some emotion as Agent J (Smith) goes back in time to save Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones).

The movie opens with a scene not starring either of the main characters, as we see an alien “Boris the Animal” (played by Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords) escaping his high security prison on the Moon. We shortly learn that Boris lost his arm 40 years ago to Agent K and is seeking revenge, which provides the basic back story for the movie.  Read more

Recommend a Film: Installment #2

May 21, 2012 Recommend a Film 10 comments

After heaps of contributions to the first installment last week I have heaps of movies that have been added to my watchlist! I’ll compile all the recommendations up and would love to hear which you’d recommend so I can prioritise. I’ll endeavour to get through them all eventually.

Take a look at the list below for all the recommendations.   Read more

The Weekly Watch: Installment #15

May 17, 2012 Weekly Watch 4 comments

After heaps of great submissions from the Recommend a Film segment, majority of the films I’ve watched over the last 10 days have been from readers. There will be a new segment soon for more recommendations! I watched the dark Super and the gripping Michael Clayton (both recommended by Rhys) and the mind-messing Stay featuring Ryan Gosling which was recommended by Samantha.

With Prometheus coming up (July 7) I finished off the Alien quadrilogy with Alien: Resurrection. Embarassingly, I had not seen the old Star Wars movies so got started with Episode IV: A New Hope last night.

Finally I watched a new release for this week in The Dictator which I loved. Read on for brief reviews and grades!
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Movie Review – The Dictator (2012)

May 14, 2012 2012 Movies, Reviews 5 comments

Sacha Baron Cohen‘s latest installment in The Dictator is as rude, sexist and offensive as ever before and it had me laughing the whole way through. Cohen’s role as General Aladeen is played to perfection as we watch the North African dictator risk his life to ensure that democracy never exists in his country.
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After the successful Borat and not so successful Bruno, Cohen knows how to offend everyone and he doesn’t let up here. Some of the humour seems like it is taken too far but it’s the extremeness of it all that is just hilarious and works perfectly. Numerous times I was laughing when I was trying not to! Dictator Aladeen pokes fun at all races, cultures, genders (well, mainly females) and any demographic imaginable as he travels to the USA to defend his country against the UN.  Read more

The Weekly Watch: Installment #14

May 6, 2012 2012 Movies, Weekly Watch 7 comments

This week’s installment is really the fortnightly watch as I didn’t make a post last week. Over the last two week’s I saw four new releases included the highly acclaimed The Avengers, the very cultural Trishna and the great Aussie film Wish You Were Here. However the best of the lot was definitely french film Café de Flore.

Only one older movie with 2003 film Basic which was recommended to me in the new Recommend a film segment.

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The Avengers (2012) – This was as awesome as it was hyped up to be. Starring heaps of Marvel characters including Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and more (Scarlett Johansson, Tom Huddleston, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson, the list goes on!), this movie combined action, entertainment and humour all into one. Director Joss Whedon does a great job of combining the best traits of all the characters together for one mammoth entertainment fest. While I liked it, I probably wouldn’t see it multiple times which it seems a lot are. B+
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Recommend a Film: Installment #1

May 1, 2012 Recommend a Film 10 comments

I watch a fair few movies each week, most being new releases with the occasional older film getting ticked off my watch list. But I often find the best movies are the ones I hear from friends, family or other passionate movie fans.

So this segment is all about you recommending me a film! Just leave a comment with a movie you liked that I haven’t seen (nearly all the films I’ve seen are in the A-Z tab above) and a brief reason why you loved it. I’ll do my best each week to watch at least a couple of the movies mentioned.  Read more