Knight and Day (2010)

The film is almost as bad as the title.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. me.

Janck 2.5 stars (Oct 2010)


Fresh, funny, fantastical. But also tangibly annoying and knowing at times, and bound to polarise viewer opinion. Typecast niceguy-geek Michael Cera plays this role perfectly; who cares about the one trick pony? There was enough horseplay here to keep me entertained.

Mitch 3.5 stars

Taken (2008)

MITCH : Liam Neeson is well cast in this tale of kidnap/revenge. Like many a modern day action thriller however, this is heavily Bourne influenced; but certainly much better than the average vigilante movie. 3.5 stars

JANCK : I wasn't.

Observe and Report (2009)

Very average and seemed long despite the sub 90 minutes runtime.

2.5 stars (Janck Sep '09)


One dimensional characters make for a bland comedy. Give this a miss.

2.5 stars Mitch

Avatar (2009)

JANCK : Largely pedestrian, lets hope 3D doesn't replace a decent plot, acting and script hey?

War, Inc (2008)

John Cusack, Hillary Duff, Marisa Tomei and numerous chilli shots should add up to more than..

2.5 stars

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Didn't quite work for me, but still found most the performances relatively enjoyable.

2.5 stars

Vantage Point (2008)

Mitch : Perfectly pitched Groundhog Day meets Anti-Terrorism thriller marketed for the masses. With each character's view of the same events, twists and turns abound. The film's pace never lets up in this Hollywood movie; but that's all this could ever be - just a Hollywood movie.
3.5 stars

Janck : Must rent Rashomon.
2.5 stars

Evan Almighty (2007)

Not as bad as you'd likely expect..

2.5 stars

The Transporter (2002)

Guns and cars make this a pretty standard movie for the boys.. and when halfway through the pretty girl is replaced by Statham wrestling half-naked in oil and a man kiss The Transporter makes sure it caters for boys of all persuasions ;-)

2.5 stars

Saw IV (2007)

A poor Saw.

2.5 stars

Lions for Lambs (2007)

Robert Redford lectures his students and the audience in this commentary on the "War on Terror".

2.5 stars

Cars (2006)

This is Pixar never really getting out of first gear. Lacking in va-va-voom.

Janck 2.5 stars





Third time lucky (thanks for the two previous scratched discs Lovefilm), but pleasantly surprised. Pixar manage to pull off another triumph, and actually feels like it was made for kids for once. Guilty pleasure.


Mitch 3.5 stars

Halloween (2007)

If it ain't broken, et cetera et cetera..

2.5 stars

White Noise (2005)

..well Micheal Keaton's blonde rinse was pretty scary..

2.5 stars

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

For a film with virtually no plot this does drag on a bit.. it was funny to see Peter Parker go all emo in the middle though. If they must make a fourth (and with almost $2.5bn grossed so far I'm sure they will) lets hope they use the coolest super villain ever created.. the Shocker.

2.5 stars

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

When a film is this so-so I struggle to write a glib review, which is the real crime of Elizabeth 2.

2.5 stars

Child's Play (1988)

A pint-sized angry red head terrorises a local community.. No I'm not talking about Gary Megon's tenure as Nottingham Forest manager, but 80s horror icon Chucky in this so-so horror pic.

2.5 stars