Minute44 - Dan Schonhaar

Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver

James Cameron returns to the fore after a 12 year hiatus with his $3oo million game-changer, Avatar. This simple story of man’s ruthless desire to take anything he wants has been brought to life in stunning 3D. Paralysed ex-marine Jake Sully is the last hope of a peaceful arrangement with the native population of the planet Pandora, the Na’vi. Using a remote controlled Na’vi body called an Avatar, Sully must gain the trust of the native population and urge them to move away from their home, an area of great interest to the human invaders. As patience runs out, Sully finds that he may have been on the wrong side of the fight all along.

continue reading Review: Avatar – 3D (12a)

Directed by: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden

Richard Kelly once again squeezes our mind-grapes in his trademark style. The Box follows a couple played by Diaz and Marsden who are offered the opportunity to make a million dollars to push a button and be responsible for the death of one person, somewhere in the world, they don’t know. Unbeknown to the pair, this choice is just the beginning of a mind-bending series of events that will tear the family and even the human race apart.

continue reading Review: The Box (12a)

Today, with one exception I’ll be recommending fairly recent movies. For this reason you may well have heard of most of them. Still, if you haven’t seen them before or haven’t seen them recently, you should check them out. So with that, here are my final recommendations for 2009.

continue reading Movie Recommendations: December ‘09 Part II

Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx

Gerard Butler stars as Clide Shelton, the lone survivor of a home invasion that saw his wife and young daughter brutally murdered. As the case reaches court Clide witnesses what he believes to be an even greater crime; that his own lawyer (Jamie Foxx) brokers a plea deal in exchange for a lenient sentence in an effort to keep his own career untarnished. Snap forward ten years and Clide’s plans for true justice begin to surface.

continue reading Review: Law Abiding Citizen (18)

Welcome back, everyone! Time for another dive into movie gold with five more of my movie recommendations. We have a very mixed bag this time with drama, thrillers, true crime and side-splitting comedy genius. Get yourself a brew and check out my latest movie picks.

continue reading Movie Recommendations: December ‘09 Part I