The expression free fallin' has always been synonymous with the opening tune from Tom Petty's 1989 debut solo album, Full Moon Forever, but now it has become even more synonymous with something else; that being the state of Nicolas...
I Am Number 4 is the latest in a series of teenage supernatural thrillers, as Hollywood production companies continue their attempt to cash in on the popularity of the Twilight franchise. Based on the science fiction novel of...
Jeff Bridges won an Academy Award last year for his portrayal of fictional fading country star, Bad Blake, in Scott Cooper's directorial debut, Crazy Heart. From the onset of the film there is a strong inclination that Blake's...
The star-crossed love affair of Romeo and Juliet has been retold and repackaged to us in several different forms and variations over the years, but one thing is for certain, and that is, you've never seen an adaptation of...
With all the strong animated films released back in 2010, one in particular has emerged as my favourite animated feature of the year, that being Pierre Coffin's and Chris Renaud's computer animated comedy, Despicable Me. The films opens right...
This deeply intimate and heartbreaking third feature from Derek Cianfrance stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as Dean and Cindy, a young married couple whose relationship deteriorates right in front of our eyes. What makes the dissolution of...
The story of Paul Anderson's science fiction thriller, Event Horizon, picks up as Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne) and his six crewmembers respond to the Event Horizon's distress beacon just off the outer surface of Neptune. Joining them on this...
Ever since my second year university paper on the Three Gorges Dam, I have been fascinated with China and its rapid pace of industrialization and how this process is conflicting with its past. Yes, it's inevitable that growth and...
If done right boxing films have the ability with every jab to excite and at times even inspire us. Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby did this; as well as Jim Sheridan's The Boxer; and lets not forget about Ron Howard's Cinderella Man....
Three years ago, a slew of western releases including James Mongold's remake of 3:10 to Yuma, Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James, and David Von Ancken's Seraphim Falls led several to proclaim that 'the western has returned'. However, it would...
If you default on your mortgage, creditors repossess your home. If you can't afford your monthly automobile payments, creditors repossess your car. In the future, if you take out a loan to pay for artificial organs to keep you...
At one point or another we have all experienced loss. Whether that be the loss of a friend, a relative, a grandparent, or a parent. But nothing could be more painful to endure and overcome than the loss of...
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