Released: March 28, 2014. Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins. Runtime: 138 min. A film cloaked in controversy from the get go, Noah turns out to be a good, unique film. It's controversial because it's a largely different take on the biblical story of Noah's Ark from the Book of [...]
Month: April 2014
Box Office Predictions: April 11-13
The three main releases of the weekend are Draft Day, Oculus, Rio 2. For me, the horror film Oculus looks the most promising. It premiered back in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, in the Midnight Madness programme. The premise looks really cool, it's about a young woman who tries to exonerate her brother, who was [...]
Rio (2011)
Release Date: April 15, 2011. Director: Carlos Saldanha. Stars (voices): Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx. Runtime: 96 min. Blue Sky Studios produces decent animated movies; from the Ice Age flicks to Horton Hears a Who! to Epic. The studio is just that, though, decent. Their movies aren't anything extraordinary usually - and that's just the case with [...]
The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)
Released: March 28, 2014. Directed by: Gareth Evans. Starring: Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Yayan Ruhian. Runtime: 150 min. The Raid 2: Berandal is a direct sequel to 2012's The Raid: Redemption (a.k.a. Serbuan maut), taking place a stated two hours after the first film ends. Since the timelines are so direct, it helps to watch the first [...]
Top 20 Films of 2013
This list is a lot late, but I still wanted to see a few more films before making my list. I still have a lot to go, but I'm pleased with the current Top 20 I have at the moment. I might do an article later in the year with an unofficial updated list, just [...]
The Conjuring (2013)
Released: July 19, 2013. Directed by: James Wan. Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor. Runtime: 112 min. James Wan's The Conjuring has something too often missing from modern horror films: real scares. I think this film is scary as hell. This film is enough to make me paranoid before bed, but not able to [...]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier box office prediction
This weekend's major new release is Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the third film in Marvel's second phase of films. I've liked both films of Phase Two so far, I thought Iron Man 3 was the most enjoyable of the series, and I liked Thor: The Dark World about the same as 2011's Thor. These films have received [...]
Bad Words (2014)
Released: March 28, 2014. Directed by: Jason Bateman. Starring: Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Allison Janney. Runtime: 89 min. Bad Words is a shamelessly crude, rude, racist and mean-spirited comedy. But it's funny mean-spirited fun, and inspired by the end of it all. To enjoy it, you'll have to forget about your morals for ninety minutes. The [...]
