Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring: John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Chris Massoglia, Ken Watanabe, Michael Cerveris
Director: Paul Weitz

Adapted from Darren O'Shaughnessy's book series the Saga of Darren Shan, Cirque du Freak: A Vampire's Assistant is an endearingly goofy teen-vampire tale reminiscent of The Goonies or Lost Boys. Like those kids' horror classics, Cirque du Freak is a coming-of-age tale in which maturity is hastened by horrific discoveries of alternate realms. Best friends Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) and Steve (Josh Hutcherson) embark on a life-changing career path as monster prodigies after attending a taboo freak show starring various mutants and Madame Octa, a fluffy, neon orange, Muppetlike spider that Darren is irrevocably compelled to kidnap. Darren's petty theft results in the boys' introductions into the dualistic realm of good vampires, including the paternal Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly), and less-generous bloodsuckers such as Murlaugh (Ray Stevenson) and his Vampaneze family. Part of the fun is in learning how vampires are defined in this world; for example, they can't turn into bats but they have magic spit. The film's additional appeal is in its clever teen-vampire cultural nods, such as when Darren plays his Gameboy inside his coffin. The actual ...
Great Fun, 2010-03-08
I really enjoyed this movie, even though some reviews had been sceptical. The movie is fun, engaging, however often struggles decide who and what age it's target audience are. I really hope we see the continuation of the films to their natural conclusion, as this beats the melodrama of the Twighlight saga hands down.

Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Michelle Nolden, Alex Ferris
Director: Robert Schwentke

Beautifully Edited, 2010-03-11
I read this book a couple of years ago on release, although a strange concept the story has always stayed with me - the film edit is as moving and beautifully written as the book - Loved It!!

Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
Director: Neill Blomkamp

Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie BolttDirectors: Neill Blomkamp
what a surprise this was, 2010-03-11
wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a surprise this was, i had heard the hype about this film and it is all true, this is one of the most original films i think i have sen in a very long time, in fact i will go as far as to say this is as good as avatar or better, the aliens are superb and very real and there are loads of messy bits to keep everybody happy , all in all a stonker of a film 10 stars plus

Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster
Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe PantolianoDirector: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Matrix Trilogy on Blu-ray, 2010-03-03
Excellent deal. After upgrading to a blu-ray player this series was one of the first I had to have. The action sequences are crystal clear and the sound is superb. Definitely recommend.

Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring: Eddie Rouse, Dennis Quaid, Cung Le, Norman Reedus, Ben Foster
Director: Christian Alvart

an overall triumph!, 2010-03-07
Pandorum can be slightly confusing at times and can be quite slow but it starts to get better half way through. the setting is beautifully crafted but i did have trouble seeing it as most of the movie was in the dark and i found it difficult to see some fight scenes. the creatures are quite scary and they were the only reason i kept on watching the film. while i was slightly dissapointed by pandorum , its still a good sci-fi flick with an atmospheric feeling . recommened for sci-fi lovers.

Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Director: Roland Emmerich

Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich's 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids on a trip to Yellowstone; later he'll hook up with his ex (Amanda Peet) and her new boyfriend (Tom McCarthy) in a global journey toward safety. If there is any safety. The suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently, people, frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the Vatican falls over, the White House is clobbered (Emmerich's Independence Day was not enough on that score), and the California coastline dives into the Pacific Ocean. Unlike other action directors we could name, Emmerich actually understands how to let you see and drink in these vast special-effects vistas--and they are incredible. He also honors the old Irwin Allen disaster-movie tradition by ac...
FOR THOSE WHO GO TO MOVIES., 2010-03-08
So it is 2012 and the Mayans were right when they send the world was going to come to an end, but this is no film about stalking catacombs or a couple of heroes trying to stop the event and by the way it is not a film for the type of person who wants to spend two hours having their social awareness stimulated.


This is a movie in the original sense of the word.
In the old days they used to put lists on the bill boards of the epic things you were going to see when you paid your money and they put the thrills up there on the screen in return for your money so this film fits right in that corner. You get to see what happens when the San Andreas fault splits and Old Yellowstone blows its top and the Granddaddy of all tidal waves and there are some truly funny running jokes in this visual treat. yes the humour is black, but this is about the end of the World folks. To go to a movie like this and complain about the storyline is akin to going to a Circus and then complaining that the evening lacked the gentility of a night at the theatre watching Shakespeare.

The film is a Roller coaster ride (almost literally). You take the slow ride up to the top and away you go. All it requires is a desire to enjoy yourself. I wonder how many people sat through the original King Kong and moaned about the fake Monkey? and no I am not comparing this film to King Kong.
Yes the script could have been better, but then I am still laughing at the fact that Avatar was nominated for for best film even though being a copy of the old cartoon film - Fern Gully.
Possibly the best written film I watched in recent years was Dark Knight, but it failed as entertainment because I left the film feeling slightly mind raped.

In short then. if you sit down to this just wanting to be entertained, you won't be disappointed. The film delivers just what it promises. No more; no less.

Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
Director: Neill Blomkamp

A provocative science fiction drama, District 9 boasts an original story that gets a little lost in blow-'em-up mayhem. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the imminent eviction of extraterrestrials from a pathetic shantytown (called District 9). The creatures, it turns out, have been on Earth for years, having arrived sickly and starving. Initially received by humans with compassion and care, the aliens are now mired in blighted conditions typical of long-term refugee camps unwanted by a hostile, host society. With the creatures' care contracted out to a for-profit corporation, the shantytown has become a violent slum. The aliens sift through massive piles of junk while their minders secretly research weapons technology that arrived on the visitors' spacecraft. Against this backdrop is a more personal story about a bureaucrat named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who is accidentally exposed to a DNA-altering substance. As he begins metamorphosing into one of the creatures, Wikus goes on the run from scientists who want to harvest his evolving, new parts and aliens who see him as a threat. When he pairs up with an extraterrestrial secretly plann...
what a surprise this was, 2010-03-11
wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a surprise this was, i had heard the hype about this film and it is all true, this is one of the most original films i think i have sen in a very long time, in fact i will go as far as to say this is as good as avatar or better, the aliens are superb and very real and there are loads of messy bits to keep everybody happy , all in all a stonker of a film 10 stars plus

Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw
Director: Duncan Jones

Science fiction can encompass many genres--suspense, horror, action-adventure, romance, even comedy--but director Duncan Jones's Moon doesn't fit neatly into any of them. This smart, provocative film has no aliens or cool spaceships, and the effects (mostly consisting of model vehicles lumbering across the lunar surface) aren't all that special; instead, the material is character- and story-driven, centering on an excellent, multilayered performance by Sam Rockwell. The scene is some undetermined point in the future. Rockwell plays Sam Bell, an employee of Lunar Industries, the company responsible for mining a fusion energy source called Helium-3, which is vital to Earth's efforts to reverse a serious energy crisis and can only be found on the far side of the Moon. Sam is all by himself, and as he nears the end of his three-year contract, the solitude is starting to get to him ("Three years is a long haul," he says. "Way, way, way too long. I'm talking to myself on a regular basis"); his only contact with his wife and daughter back home comes through the occasional video messages he exchanges with them, while his sole interaction on the Moon is with GERTY 3000, a computer voiced by...
Real Science Fiction, 2010-02-28
Real story based Science Fiction, with a good plot twist. Low budget dose not mean low quality, you don't need big special effects to make a great film - look at Avatar amazing effects (in 3D) but average story.

Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring: Shia LaBeouf, Isabel Lucas, John Turturro, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Director: Michael Bay

Pure. Popcorn. Entertainment. That's an exact classification of director Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The action is nonstop, with battles and explosions from start to finish. The camera (without any subtlety) exploits Megan Fox's hotness to the max. As if she weren't enough, a new sex kitten (Isabel Lucas) is thrown into the equation. Shia LaBeouf is as charismatic as ever, and fills the starring role with ease. And then there's the humour. Sam's parents (Kevin Dunn and Julie White) provided some semi-raunchy laugh-out-loud moments in the first movie, but now they take it to the next level. Sometimes it seems like they are trying a little too hard, but it is still hilarious.

As far as the “plot” goes, the writers didn't waste much time--it's really just a context for the giant-robot death matches and dramatic slow-mo sequences. The movie kicks off two years later where the Autobots have formed an alliance with the U.S. government, creating an elite team led by Major Lennox (Josh Duhamel), in an effort to snuff out any remaining Decepticons that show up. The bad guys keep coming, and it turns out that a much more menacing force than Megatron ...
a more complete movie than the first, 2010-03-07
while i gave the first movie perfect marks for sheer entertainment,this sequel is actually a more complete film,in my opinion,as much as this type of movie can be.for one,the story is actually much more interesting and more developed.the humour quotient is upped in this one as well.there are quite a few chuckles.some of the transformers are really neat,especially on the Decepticon side.the fight scenes between the Transformers are quite spectacular,though that isn't surprising.what is surprising is that the transformation scenes(when the vehicles change into their robot forms and vice versa were not seamless,and looked herky jerky to me.in the original film,this was not an issue.still,it's immensely entertaining.and despite a few minor issue.a better movie overall.as an aside,the movie is nominated for a Razzie Award for worst movie,which mystifies me.it's nowhere near Razzie calibre.oh,well.for me,Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 5/5

Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser
Director: Chris Weitz

amazing, 2010-03-06
its uberly awesome buy it the minute it comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have read all the book at least 5 times over cos they're great!!!!!!!!! the films(so far) are equally amazing. buy it now! Amazing AMazing AMAzing AMAZing AMAZIng AMAZINg AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!