Paranormal Activity (2007)

Shot on a shoestring budget, Paranormal Activity is proof that you don't need to be a megabucks blockbuster to be tedious and boring.

Film Jam 2 stars
Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Metacritic 68 out of 100

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Hannibal Rising, Janck snoozing.

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

High concept, low taste.

Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Should have stopped watching after the Stan Collymore/DLR train cameos at the start..

2 stars

Righteous Kill (2008)

Look beyond the De Niro/Pacino hype and see this for what it is.. straight-to-DVD fair starring Curtis "Fiddy" Jackson.

Janck 2 stars (Apr 09)



In spite of bad reviews, the De Niro and Pacino match-up is too big a draw for even the casual viewer to simply ignore. However, these Hollywood heavyweights never get out of first gear, hindered by a bland and dated script. The end result is below average...but you will feel compelled to watch it anyway.

Mitch 2.5 stars

Savage Grace (2007)

Unlikable characters generally make for a unlikeable film.. even if you throw in an incestuous three's up to jazz things up a bit.

2 stars

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

I'm already forgetting Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Janck 2 stars







It wasn't that bad; I must admit I did chuckle a fair bit. Some nice one liners in this comedic set-up of PRP (post-relationship politics).


Mitch 3 stars

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Pretty poor, but just about watchable.

2 stars

Suspiria (1977)

Cult Seventies schlocker. I kept waiting for something scary, or even something good, to happen but it never really did. Nice use of Technicolor though in it's final cinema outing.

2 stars

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Mitch : More enjoyable Summer blockbuster fare from Marvel. At least filmmakers are learning to pursue the darker, character-driven facets of such comic book transitions. Lessons have been learned from the previously offensively neon and corny mid-nineties Batman movies.

3.5 stars

Janck : The worst last half an hour of "film" I've seen in a while.. Why bother with separate cover art for the DVD when they could have used that of the videogame.

2 stars

Son of Rambow (2007)

Disappointed with this movie, I'm not quite sure if it's the annoying brat in one of the leads or just that it tries too hard.. but Son of Rambow doesn't work for me.

2 stars

The Number 23 (2007)

Is Joel 'Batman & Robin' Schumacher attempting film noir? I don't know, but whatever this film is it doesn't really work.

Janck 2 stars


Spoonfed mystery/crime/thriller for the masses. It is entertaining enough though; I've seen films with far worse pay-offs than this one.


Mitch 3 stars

Magicians (2007)

More Paul Daniels than Harry Houdini.

2 stars

Balls of Fury (2007)

The high points were the Xbox 360 product placement and Margaret Quigley's short shorts.

2 stars

Nines, The (2007)

That this movie contrived to be exactly ninety-nine minutes long tells you a lot about the film. Shame I was only interesting in what was going on for about nine seconds.

2 stars




Mitch: Forgettable, esoteric drama. The question is, if you could invent three worlds, why invent these three? WHY?!

2.5 stars

Painted Veil, The (2006)

Contract cholera or watch this movie again .. tough call.

2 stars

Marie Antoinette (2006)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/

This film felt very much like a two hour music video, not a cool music video like Daft Punk's Da Funk, but more like an Adam Ant one. Best avoided.

2 stars