[Film Review] The Hunger Games

[Film Review] The Hunger Games

Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, I am sure you’ve heard about The Hunger Games. The books are being read by just about everyone and the inevitable film adaptation has been made. But is it any good? In one word … YES! Now I haven’t read the book by Suzanne Collins, the first … Continue reading

DVD Review: Attenberg [MA15]

Dir: Athina Rachel Tsangari Starring: Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Giorgos Lanthimus The Film: Even though the films are quite different, I can’t help but refer to Dogtooth with this review. The producer of that film wrote and directed this one with Giorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth director) producing and acting in this one. The films … Continue reading

[MQFF ’12] Absent (Ausente) (2011)

[MQFF ’12] Absent (Ausente) (2011)

Absent (Ausente) is a film that kind of lives up to its title on the surface but when one digs deeper, it is anything but. I have to say I found this Argentinean effort to be quite interesting and it took me off guard. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from it, and the … Continue reading

[MQFF ’12] Ballroom Rules (2012)

[MQFF ’12] Ballroom Rules (2012)

Ballroom Rules is an Australian documentary about same-sex ballroom dancing, and it follows several couples as they prepare and then compete at the Gay Games in Germany (2010). It is really great to see homegrown documentaries and this was such a great surprise. Ballroom dancing probably showed up on a lot of radar’s here after … Continue reading

[MQFF ’12] Becoming Chaz (2011)

[MQFF ’12] Becoming Chaz (2011)

Judging by the title of this documentary, subject matter is pretty obvious, it follows the journey of Chaz Bono (formally Chasity, the offspring of Sonny and Cher) as he makes the transition into the self he always knew he was meant to be. It is a very interesting documentary, and it certainly does not hold … Continue reading

DVD Review: The Bomber [M15]

Dir: Vitaliy Vorobiov Starring: Nikita Yefremov, Yekaterina Astakhova, Aleksandr Daydov The Film: Films about WWII are a plenty, that entire film sub-genre has many interesting films and those that aren’t so good. My interest on these films is pretty high, I find the subject fascinating and I do like to see the subject tackled from … Continue reading

DVD Review: Escapee [M15]

Dir: Campion Murphy Starring: Dominic Purcell, Faith Ford, Christine Evangelista, Scott Elrod The Film: Escapee is a film with some interesting ideas, but it is very predictable and full of typical clichés. I really wanted to like this film, but it really fell into ‘typical slasher’ territory and it did not offer anything new or … Continue reading