Dir: Olivier Abbou Cast: Roc LaFortune, Sean Devine, Nicole Leroux, Cristina Rosato The Film: Territories is bound to go down as one of the more disturbing and just difficult to watch films that I have seen in 2011. This however does not make it a bad film; in fact this was a very good film. … Continue reading
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DVD Review: Everything Must Go [M15]
Dir: Dan Rush Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Pena, Christopher C.J. Wallace, Glenn Howerton and Laura Dern. The Film: Everything Must Go is another case of going into a film completely blind, my sole knowledge of the film was based on the DVD cover. I didn’t watch a single trailer and steered clear of … Continue reading
DVD Review: Armadillo [MA15]
Dir: Janus Metz The Film I had the opportunity to see Armadillo at this years Melbourne International Film Festival, and it was easily one of the best I saw. Upon re-watching it my feelings haven’t changed at all, the film is fantastic. It really is unlike any other war film I have seen, documentary or … Continue reading
DVD Review: How I Ended The Summer (2010)
Dir: Alexei Popogrebsky Stars: Grigory Dobrygin The Film Boy what a big piece of the human psyche this independent film is. If you’re ever wondering to yourself one particular quiet Sunday afternoon “I’d like to watch a film that brilliantly displays what happens when a modern-day young man falls apart simply because he’s afraid to … Continue reading
DVD Review: Biutiful [MA15]
Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Eduard Fernández, George Chibuikwem Chukwuma, Cheikh Ndiaye, Diaryatou Daff, Hanaa Bouchaib and Guillermo Estrella. The Film: Going into Biutiful, I knew virtually nothing about it, my sole knowledge was that it had been nominated for Oscars (Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor). Those accolades alone … Continue reading
DVD Review: Matariki [MA15]
Dir: Michael Bennett Cast: Jason Wu, Susana Tang, Sara Wiseman, Jarod Rawiri, Iaheto Ah Hi, Edwin Wright, Alix Bushnell, Michael Walley, Mark Ruka. The Film: I wasn’t sure what to expect before I watched this film. I didn’t know much about it other than it was that it was a multi-character/story drama from New Zealand. … Continue reading
DVD Review: Snowtown [MA15]
Dir: Justin Kurzel Starring: Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne, Louise Harris and Richard Green. The Film: Marcey’s Take: I knew sooner or later a film based upon the ‘bodies in the barrels’ case would happen, and I wasn’t really on board with that idea. The case of John Bunting and ‘his crew’ who killed … Continue reading
DVD review: America’s Hardest Prisons – Gang Central [M15]
The Documentary Series One if my favourites overall TV shows is OZ, it takes place in a prison, and it aimed to give a different perspective of that life and what leads those to end up there. Now I don’t consider myself an expert on the subject at all, and what I thought I knew … Continue reading
DVD Review: Robot Chicken Star Wars III [M15]
Dir: Chris McKay Voice Cast: Seth Green, Abraham Benrubi, Bob Bergen, Ahmed Best, Rachael Leigh Cook, Anthony Daniels, Hugh Davidson, Zac Efron, Eden Espinosa, Donald Faison, Keith Ferguson, Donald Glover, Mike Henry, Tom Kane, Seth MacFarlane, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Raymond Ochoa, Adrianne Palicki, Matthew Senreich, Zeb Wells, Billy Dee Williams The Special: From the … Continue reading
DVD Review: A Cat In Paris [PG]
Dir: Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli Voice Cast: Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui and Oriane Zani. The Film: What a wonderful little French animated film this turned out to be. I started this beautifully drawn tale with absolutely no idea what I was in for and I must say that I loved it immensely. … Continue reading
DVD review: The Buddha [G]
Dir: David Grubin Narrator: Richard Gere The Film I have always had a huge interest in Buddhism; I have seen countless documentaries and read books about the philosophy and Buddha himself. Some are beautiful and insightful while others lack in quality and aren’t true to what Buddhism is all about. David Grubin’s two-part documentary is … Continue reading
DVD review: A Somewhat Gentle Man [MA15+]
Dir: Hans Petter Moland Starring: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold, Jannike Kruse, Jan Gunnar Røise and Jorunn Kjellsby. The Film: A Somewhat Gentle Man is a different kind of gangster film, one that focuses on life after prison for a man and what he really wants to achieve. Stellan Skarsgård plays Ulrik, whom … Continue reading
DVD review: Source Code [M15+]
Dir: Duncan Jones Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright The Film Marcey’s Take: Source Code is the second feature length directorial effort from Duncan Jones, the man who gave us 2009′s Moon and my personal pick for the best film of that year. The film doesn’t stray to far from what … Continue reading
DVD review: Miranda Series 2 [PG]
Starring: Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland, Sally Phillips and Patricia Hodge This Series Now I haven’t seen Miranda Series 1, but the first episode of Series 2 actually explains the events so you can jump right in. The title character played by comedian Miranda Hart lives in this clumsy world where nothing ever goes … Continue reading
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